SPACE OBSERVATORY, RESEARCH AND LEARNING CENTER
Using a top-down strategy, the architect attempted to design a space observation center that shouts its regional relevance, locational significance; one that would carry the scientific torch for many decades to a new generation of scientists and enthusiasts.
Project Media
Entry Perspective_03
The plinth in a starry night. During a night tourism session, an observer can sense the most fundamental and basic link between his soul and his sight. What we seem to have forgotten in the name of progress. Mildest of the red light will be used in the dimmed light features to ensure visitors' navigation.
Background_01
The site has a unique geographical coincidence. The tropic of cancer and 90 degree east has intercepted in the site. The project is the celebration of this unique attribute along with it's primary goal is to facilitate and enhance astronomy and astrophysics related fields in Bangladesh.
Background_02
The site is located in Bhanga, Faridpur, Bangladesh. It is a rural site still not touched by the development works like country's first expressway, Padma bridge and so on. So the site has potential in connectivity from the capital and other cities yet possess the flexibility of planning for a Dark Sky site for astronomical expendations.
Masterplan
The masterplan explored the way of enhancing the cross and axes in a way that embrace the Sky as a background. From any point of the project whether its indoor or outdoor, the main focus was the relation between human and the sky.
Entry Perspective_ 01
The entry is designed to feel and question the drama in two axes'. One hold the clear plinth to walk on other hold a visually heavy linear massing leading to a big depression in the center. Dilemma and drama yet the Sky is everywhere. The main mass is depressed in the ground which create the main entry as a total landscape of sky holding the project.
Entry Perspective_02
The plinth. Here the sky is the most prominent element that is holding the mystery of the axis. The exploration both in the form of spiritual and literary. The axis mundi then unfolds the perpendicular second axis with another surprise. The boldness of the axes prevails on the site as all the architectural elements brings the sky within.
Gallery Perspective_01
This gallery represents the ancient Indian scripture based astronomy, its origin and practices. The sculpture garden is visually connected as these sculptures were created and interpreted from the scriptures of the galleries later.
Gallery Perspective_02
Sculpture Garden. The interpretation of the classic rig veda created these sculptures later found in many Janter Manters in India.
Gallery Perspective_03
Modern astronomy gallery. Consists of early instruments used in astronomy. Also the Star gallery connects the basement and upper level. Connection to Sky is created with this gallery.
Gallery Perspective_04
Contemporary gallery entry from Axis Mundi. This shows the prominence of the second axis along the line. which created the entry in the contemporary gallery as well as divided the whole mass with the force.
Gallery Perspective_05
Inside the contemporary gallery the sky is eminent with the line or break in the massing caused by the perpendicular axis. The primal characteristics of light and shadow creates an unique effect every time.
Gallery Perspective_06
The force of the perpendicular axis expressed in the image. As it has broken the visually heavy massing into parts allowing the diverse effect of sky entering the galleries.
Sections
The Sections shows the drama of light and shadow in different parts of the building as well as the relation of the massing and flow in the campus.
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where can I get full documents and full details of this project?
Hello yash, You can get the detail here