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La Géode

La Géode is an Omnimax theatre in the Parc de la Villette, in Paris, at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, which is probably the biggest science museum in Europe, a public establishment of an industrial and commercial character specializing in the fostering of scientific and technical culture. This steel sphere with a diameter of 36m, built by the architect Adrien Fainsilber and engineer Gérard Chamayou, consists of 6433 triangles. The building of the science museum can be seen in the reflection.

- Sources: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_G%c3%a9ode,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cit%c3%a9_des_Sciences_et_de_l'Indu...

If you're interested in the math behind the construction of such a geode, take a look at this Wikipedia article (in French): fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%c3%a9ode

 

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