Copernicus Science Centre

The Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw (Polish: Centrum Nauki Kopernik ) is a building complex on the western bank of the Vistula, dedicated to the advancement of knowledge. It is named after Nicolaus Copernicus. Visitors can independently perform experiments that explain the basic laws of science. The center is a joint project of the City of Warsaw, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Ministry of National Education.

History

The initiative to establish the center came from Łukasz Turski, a professor of theoretical physics at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw -. In December 2005, the project team of architects " RAr -2 laboratory Architektury " Gilner Kubec was selected in the competition. In November of the following year, the projects for two museum spaces ( "The World in Motion " and " Man and the Environment" ), a consortium of two Dutch companies ( Bruns and Northern Light ) were adopted in a further bid. In further calls the Hüttinger won the contracts for the exhibitions " The roots of civilization " and " The zones of light".

In July 2008, construction began. The building stands on the banks of the Vistula River near the town center. It was built on the ceiling of a modern road tunnel close to the university library and the proposed metro station " Powiśle ".

The inauguration of the main building in November 2010. In the year 2011, in the center of the conference ECSITE (European Network of Science Centres and Museums ) occurred.

Structure

The center will exist after its full completion from different parts:

  • A two storey building on an L-shaped floor plan with 15,000 m² of floor space for exhibition rooms, laboratories, a conference center, a restaurant and café and offices
  • Park and workshop rooms in the basement
  • A multimedia planetarium with a 16 -foot dome in a body that resembles a huge boulder and topped by an observation deck is
  • Park the inventor - with an amphitheater

The six exhibition areas of the Science Center include hundreds of interactive exhibits on an area of ​​5500 square meters:

  • The World in Motion
  • Humans and the environment
  • The roots of civilization
  • The youngest
  • The zone of the light
  • The Youth Gallery
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