It projects the future.
Architecture becomes one of the most important areas of the modern world. Best able to use the experience of architects and scientists.
The Project “Biosphere 2”
The Arizona Desert
Billionaire Edward bass decided to show humanity how important the planet is. To this end, he hired scientists who developed the project “Biosphere 2”, simulating a closed ecological system. The main task was to put the idea about the working ability of the person in a completely closed environment. The idea of the bass, the success of the experiment could allow humanity to establish similar complexes on other planets.
It was built a huge network of sealed buildings. Each maintained its own ecosystem. Within two years the complex lived a group of scientists, but the challenges they faced during the experiment, not allowed to develop it. In 1994, the project ceased to exist.
Giant telescope to Zenith
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Plateau of Mauna Kea, located in Hawaii, was the perfect platform for one of the largest academic buildings in the world. It was implemented the project of the telescope to Zenith, which for 15 years has been the largest mercury telescope in the world. Zenith weighs more than 25 tonnes, and its equipment allows scientists to observe the energy distribution in galaxies. With “Zenith” there is a search for distant supernovae, these data provide an opportunity to understand the principle of the development and of our galaxy.
Antarctic Sunrise Antarctic laboratory
Antarctica
The draft Antarctic Sunrise is one of the most complex scientific research in recent years. Not least because of its construction, the scientists had to climb all the way to Antarctica. Here, they drilled a one-mile pit, which will allow to study particles of neutrinos.
The giant NIF laser
Livermore, CA
The world’s largest laser was built in 2009. And he, oddly enough, not designed for military purposes: with it, scientists collect information about thermonuclear processes. In the coming years should begin experiments on controlled thermonuclear fusion reaction — that sounds just as promising as scary.
The European extremely large telescope
Cerro Armazones, Chile
The name is not a figment of fevered thinking of gigantomania. This telescope really has incredible dimensions: diameter of its lens is of 39.9 meters. Construction will be operational in late summer of this year, while on-site construction preparatory work.
The large hadron Collider
Geneva, Switzerland
The European organization for nuclear research (CERN) has been engaged in high-energy physics. This organization built the Large hadron Collider was, at the time, the “horror years” — many believed that he would cause the death of the entire planet.
The Earthscope Project
Palo Alto, CA
This project was created specifically so that scientists can understand the cause of frequent earthquakes in California and learn how to control them. In the future, Earthscope will allow researchers to control the amplitude of the movements of the earth.
