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UNIVERSCIENCE 2016
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ONE OF EUROPE’S
TOP SCIENCE CENTERS
CITÉ DES SCIENCES
ET DE L’INDUSTRIE
INTERACTING WITH SOCIETY
The Cité des sciences et de l’industrie successfully met the challenge
of creating a forumto link science, industry, technology, innovation
and society in Northeast Paris. Designed by Adrien Fainsilber and
opened in1986, the architectural ensembleplays oncontrasts between
themainmonumental parallelepiped and the dazzling, facetted silver
sphere of La Géode, housing a giant hemispheric screen.
DIVERSIFIED CHANNELS OF ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
The specific identity of the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie draws
on its public areas rooted in society, its museographically innovative
exhibitions, a library, and areas dedicated to children, services, new
technologies and experimentation.
An impressive gateway in the heart of a 35.5hectare parkwithmultiple
cultural venues, the modern Cité des sciences et de l’industrie’s
building has become a unique setting for visitors to grasp issues of
science, technology, innovation, society and everyday life, and so
respond to contemporary challenges more effectively.
The specific identity of
the Cité des sciences et
de l’industrie is reflected
in the interplay of its
high dimensions and
volumes with public areas
rooted in society.
