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Constellations Thesis Book by Nesrin Zidan

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Architect’s Vision

“In making this building, we wanted to create a place

where the institutional mission is fully enmeshed with

an architecture that itself is teaching, and finds form in

some of the fundamental principles that shape our universe,”

said Thomas J. Wong, Design Partner at Ennead

Architects. “The big idea of the Shanghai Astronomy

Museum was to infuse a visceral experience of the

subject matter into the design and to deliver that before

you even enter the building. And at the end of your visit,

there is this culminating moment directly with the

sky, which is framed and supported by the architecture.”

Fig. 5.1. Astronomical design concept; the oculus, inverted dome, and the sphere

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