Today we have the example of
"City of Arts and Sciences' in Valencia's see how hopelessly far behind
our architecture. At a time when Moscow was built temples of bad taste -
Ryad shopping mall on the Manazhke, TC "Atrium" and dozens of other
squalid sheds, the Spanish built the city of Arts and Sciences. The
design belongs to the Valencia architect Santiago Calatrava,
construction began in 1996. The complex is one of the outstanding
examples of modern architecture. In Russia, this will not build another
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"The City" consists of five buildings, commonly referred to by their Valencian (Catalan) Names:
El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía - Opera house and the scene for other theater
L'Hemisfèric - Cinema Imax, planetarium, laser theater productions
L'Umbracle - Gallery / Garden
El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe - Science Museum
L'Oceanogràfic - Oceanographic park in the open air.
The complex is surrounded by
parks, streams and pools, this area - a popular place of recreation for
residents and visitors alike, there are bars and cafes. Types of air
stolen from the internet)
At the spot where now stands a
complex of buildings of Calatrava, formerly a river Turia, which was
drained after a flood in 1957. By 1980, there grew a garden, which is
called - Garden River Turia.
In April 1998, the complex opened
its doors to the public from the building of L'Hemisfèric. Eleven
months later, the president of Valencia, Eduardo Zaplana opened the El
Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, although the museum has not yet
been completed. The museum was opened to the public twenty months later.
December 12, 2002 the opening of the L'Oceanographic (the largest
aquarium in Europe). Finally, October 8, 2005 Palau de les Arts Reina
Sofía was inaugurated and became an opera house in Valencia.
This is an interactive science
museum, reminiscent of the skeleton of a whale. Its area - 40,000 m ² -
is the biggest building in town. It is unique in that it does not have a
single right angle.
But, as always happens in the
event of something new and does not fit into the framework of everyday
life, the City of Science project has caused controversy among the
people. For example, the People's Party saw in the City of Science "work
the Pharaohs," which will only serve up to inflate the ego of
socialists, advancing this initiative. Tower has become the main target
of criticism, but, nevertheless, continued construction of the project.
Museum of Science and Technology, adapted for students who are asked to always touch and operate its exhibits.
Planetarium, built in the shape
of the eye, the eyelid which can be raised and lowered. The area of
??this building is 13,000 m ². Here, the first day of opening, and
remarkably beautiful laser show, which brought together all of Valencia.
The discovery of Calatrava - a
huge swimming pool that surrounds the complex. Reflected in the mirror
of water, doubling the hemisphere, shutting it all around, in the form
of the human eye.
Art Gallery. Here, along the main
axis of the complex, there is a transition length of 320 m and 60 m
wide, filled with a variety of vegetation. It is a winter garden,
adorned with 55 arches and 54 fixed - mobile, height 18 m
The bridge connects the city with the south side of Minorca Street
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