Phaeno, Building As Landscape

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Zaha Hadid's Phaeno Science Center is spaceship like structure located between downtown Wolfsburg and the VW Autostadt. A great concrete and glass triangle, the project satisfies two ambitions: for Hadid, it is one of her first major works; and for the city, it is a statement of identity in the face of Volkswagen's powerful tax base. Built on large cone bases housing museum reception, café, and gift shop areas, the main exhibition hall contains 250 scientific experiments providing learning and amusement opportunities for children and adults. The building frees public space below and suggests a way of being part of the world and yet feeling space; as Zaha Hadid says: "the landscape is the plan".

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26 min 14 sec

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