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Construction continues on site.
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Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture’s design for the Powerhouse Science Center re-envisions a historic riverfront structure as a hub for science education, exploration and promotion in the City of Sacramento. On the banks of the Sacramento River, the Science Center grows out from an abandoned power station building. As a principal component of the Riverfront activation, the Powerhouse Science Center anchors Robert T. Matsui Waterfront Park and borders the southern terminus of the 32-mile American River Bike Trail.
Vacant for over half a century, the structure undergoes a complete historic rehabilitation and the construction of a new floor level inside. A new two-story addition projects from the east side, containing a lobby, classrooms, offices and a cafe. A 110-seat planetarium is prominently on display with a zinc-clad hemispheric dome rising above the building’s mass. As representation of our place in the universe, the facade and building mass is sectioned by multiple planes, creating continuous vector lines that extend across the building and site. From satellites to world landmarks, the lines form connections with local and global points of interest.
The original PG&E Power Station B was designed in 1912 in the Beaux Arts Style by architect Willis Polk and was formally closed in 1954. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historic Places and the Sacramento Register of Historic & Cultural Resources. The Powerhouse Science Center is designed to achieve a USGBC LEED Rating of Silver.
Photo by Otto Construction.
A few more quick edits from my Edmonton trip. All photos taken from various spots around the city.
This shot was taken on the campus of UofA, by the Human Sciences, correction, Earth Sciences building which is wonderfully reflective. It would be very difficult to walk by this building and not look at your reflection. Aryn took a lovely photo of this building several years ago and posted his shot here. Here we were giving the students inside a little demonstration on the effects of human science.
Wilson Hall, Fermilab's administrative building towers over it's prairie-like surroundings near sunset on a cloudy December day. The building is named after the lab's first director, Robert Rathbun Wilson - also the building's designer. Wilson Hall was based off of St. Pierre's Cathedral in Beauvais, France,
Set Description: For fun, myself and a group of friends took a grade-school like field trip of Fermilab, the nation's biggest particle physics laboratory and home of the Tevatron particle accelerator. Here are some photos.
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Photo showing Klaus Luger (AT) (Mayor of Linz) during Ars Electronica Gala at Brucknerhaus
credit: Florian Voggeneder
The School of Sciences at Stevenson University hosted a research poster session on January 16, 2014 to display the work students did on their various topics. Students, faculty, staff and visitors were able to see the great work Stevenson's students do to further their education
Bryan and Sandwich's wedding at the Science Support Center, McMurdo Station Antarctica, August 3 2013. Photo by Meghan Brown.
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Description: Example of Feynman diagram. The American physicist Richard Feynman invented this kind of diagram for his personal use in the late 1940s, in order to facilitate vectorial calculus in quantum electrodynamics.
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Image and caption provided by: Silvia di Marco, CFCUL
Colorado State University College of Health and Human Sciences graduates celebrate at the Spring Commencement. May 16. 2014
Kitt Peak National Observatory, Arizona, USA.
This photo is taken from the 4.0 metre Mayall Telescope building - the largest one on the mountain.
I never actually observed here, but I did spend several hours on the mountain after dark. I was attending an astronomy conference in Tucson, and there was a day trip organised to tour the observatory. We spent the better part of the day here, but when it was time to leave our bus took an overly ambitious hairpin turn on one these narrow roads and got wedged on the road, with the middle of the bus on the road and the wheels suspended. We had to get a crane sent up the mountain to lift the bus free, which took several hours.
In the meantime, night fell, and it got cold really quickly. We took shelter in the astronomer's dining/recreation building while the observers for the evening got down to work. I spent much of the time explaining cricket to some American astronomers. :-)
This one will not appeal to anybody accept me, it is of an exhibit in the London Science Museum and it really caught my eye, the colours and depth are something my poor little compact just couldn't do justice too.
July construction progress on the Powerhouse Science Center.
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Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture’s design for the Powerhouse Science Center re-envisions a historic riverfront structure as a hub for science education, exploration and promotion in the City of Sacramento. On the banks of the Sacramento River, the Science Center grows out from an abandoned power station building. As a principal component of the Riverfront activation, the Powerhouse Science Center anchors Robert T. Matsui Waterfront Park and borders the southern terminus of the 32-mile American River Bike Trail.
Vacant for over half a century, the structure undergoes a complete historic rehabilitation and the construction of a new floor level inside. A new two-story addition projects from the east side, containing a lobby, classrooms, offices and a cafe. A 110-seat planetarium is prominently on display with a zinc-clad hemispheric dome rising above the building’s mass. As representation of our place in the universe, the facade and building mass is sectioned by multiple planes, creating continuous vector lines that extend across the building and site. From satellites to world landmarks, the lines form connections with local and global points of interest.
The original PG&E Power Station B was designed in 1912 in the Beaux Arts Style by architect Willis Polk and was formally closed in 1954. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historic Places and the Sacramento Register of Historic & Cultural Resources. The Powerhouse Science Center is designed to achieve a USGBC LEED Rating of Silver.
Photo by Otto Construction.
The murals around the Central Rotunda depict various scientists/thinkers who had contributed to the"Advancement of Science", Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles; July 2011
Pile driving begins on site.
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Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture’s design for the Powerhouse Science Center re-envisions a historic riverfront structure as a hub for science education, exploration and promotion in the City of Sacramento. On the banks of the Sacramento River, the Science Center grows out from an abandoned power station building. As a principal component of the Riverfront activation, the Powerhouse Science Center anchors Robert T. Matsui Waterfront Park and borders the southern terminus of the 32-mile American River Bike Trail.
Vacant for over half a century, the structure undergoes a complete historic rehabilitation and the construction of a new floor level inside. A new two-story addition projects from the east side, containing a lobby, classrooms, offices and a cafe. A 110-seat planetarium is prominently on display with a zinc-clad hemispheric dome rising above the building’s mass. As representation of our place in the universe, the facade and building mass is sectioned by multiple planes, creating continuous vector lines that extend across the building and site. From satellites to world landmarks, the lines form connections with local and global points of interest.
The original PG&E Power Station B was designed in 1912 in the Beaux Arts Style by architect Willis Polk and was formally closed in 1954. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historic Places and the Sacramento Register of Historic & Cultural Resources. The Powerhouse Science Center is designed to achieve a USGBC LEED Rating of Silver.
Photo by Otto Construction.
Academics, students, scholars and numerous guests attended the conference, which was also broadcasted online vloghvr.consilium.europa.eu/?p=2482 (Courtesy of Sciences Po)
After a long break from flickr, I am back! We are in the middle of APOGEE, the technical fest of our college (BITS, Pilani). Photography Club has events and workshops planned. This year's exhibition is the place where photography meets technology. More on it soon...
By the way, this snap was my entry for 'On the spot' photography competition held during APOGEE. The theme for this year's contest was 'Everyday Science'. No prize for me this time but do check out winning photographers - Abhinav Toshniwal's (Tullu) and Aman Manglik's photostreams.