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The dome of the Pantheon is an engineering marvel. It is entirely unreinforced concrete, the modern formulation of which would collapse under its own weight if used in this manner. The coffering and the oculus help reduce the weight, as does a tapering effect in which the concrete at the apex of the dome is considerably thinner than that at the base.
Rain does come in through the oculus and drains away through small holes in the marble flooring.
The dome is hemispherical, and was the inspiration for Brunelleschi's famous Duomo in Florence.
Oculus Quest - August 2020: Family fun with a virtual reality gaming gadget that I won in a competition.
Rome shows its love for the simple circle.
The dome was covered with bronze, removed possibly for Gian Lorenzo Bernini's, baldacchino over the altar in St. Peters. It was made with Roman concrete and was the largest dome in the world until the 20th century.
The Oculus at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub | Santiago Calatrava
Manhattan | New York
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Oculus Quest - August 2020: Family fun with a virtual reality gaming gadget that I won in a competition.
There's a curious oval rotunda in Terminal E at the Houston Intercontinental Airport. It is surrounded by dozens of analog television sets. None of them were turned on when I was there. With a bit of Web searching I found another photo showing the TVs on, perhaps displaying some sort of electronic art. It's an interesting space.
This was shot using the inexpensive fisheye lens for my point & shoot camera. The tradeoff with this lens is the significant distortion around the periphery of the image.
The $4 billion Oculus as seen from Church Street in Lower Manhattan, NY. It opened on March 3, 2016.
The Oculus is the name for the Head House for the WTC hub. Head House is an American term that refers to the part of a subway station that is above ground and may contain escalators, elevators and ticket agents. In New York it is also called a Control House. They were built in certain locations were a kiosk or staircase was not desirable.
The transportation hub terminal was formally renamed as the World Trade Center Transportation Hub or just World Trade Center for short. It was previously known as the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) Station.
As a transportation hub, it has five tracks, three island platforms and one side platform in a basement four stories underground and was designed to connect various modes of transportation in Lower Manhattan and handled more than 17 million passengers in 2017.
It also has three levels of roughly 365,000 square feet of retail space called the Westfield World Trade Center and was the largest shopping complex in Manhattan when it opened on August 16, 2016. It replaced the original 'Mall at the World Trade Center' that was under WTC 4 and 5 that was destroyed during the 911 attack.
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The Oculus is the main station house of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. Designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened in 2016, it replaces a rail station destroyed in the World Trade Center attack of 2001.
A close-up view of the ribbed wings of the Oculus World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City.
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