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Science City: Futuristic Research Complex to Vitalize Egyptian Desert

12 Sep

[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ]

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A new 125,000-square-foot science complex to be built outside Cairo will combine research, learning and museum facilities in a future-focused structure designed by competition-winning architects.

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Architects Weston Williamson+Partners beat Zaha Hadid Architects to secure the role of lead designer on this forward-thinking Science City complex. Their plans include a planetarium, observation tower, workshop rooms and conference facilities in addition to spaces dedicated to scientific research and development.

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The competition brief called for a future-oriented, state-of-the-art interactive science museum for the new century, and “a set of buildings and spaces that must be inspiring on the outside and motivating and exciting on the inside to visitors and employees alike” – it attracted nearly 500 submissions from architects around the world.

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The circular footprint is filled with umbrella-shaped protrusions serving to define spaces and paths while providing shelter from the Egyptian heat. While currently located in a semi-remote location, the design is intended to form part of a larger regional master plan for redefining and expanding Egypt’s capital city.

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futuristic science complex

Of their victory, the architects said: “We are proud to have won. Needless to say that Egypt has a unique cultural heritage, but we were also attracted by the ambition of the project, clearly expressed through the brief. We look forward to developing the design and creating something worthy for Egypt’s future generations.”

End of the World Cinema Abandoned in the Egyptian Desert

In the middle of Egypt’s inhospitable Sinai Desert, stacked on a rocky hillside overlooking a pile of sticks, row after row of worn wooden movie theater seats sit eerily empty. Why would anyone …

Nomadic Urbanism: Futuristic ‘Walking City’ Draws on History

The notion of a mobile city is not new, but in this case, the architect has gone to great lengths to construct a vision that could conceivably be built. So while it may look like fantasy at first …

Instant Abandonment: Faux Desert City Built to be Bombed

Normally, urban design is done with death and destruction in mind – but prevention, rather than facilitation, is the focus. This unique mini-city was made to be destroyed, pummeled into the dust …

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End of the World Cinema Abandoned in the Egyptian Desert

15 Mar

[ By Steph in Destinations & Places & Travel. ]

Abandoned Theater Egypt Desert 1

In the middle of Egypt’s inhospitable Sinai Desert, stacked on a rocky hillside overlooking a pile of sticks, row after row of worn wooden movie theater seats sit eerily empty. Why would anyone have built a cinema out here, especially when Egyptian authorities forbid desert visits that aren’t part of an officially sanctioned tour? According to Estonian photographer Kaupo Kikkas, who captured these images, the answer involves a wealthy Frenchman and “some puffs of a magic smoke.”

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On a trip to this remote desert location circa the year 2000, the visiting Frenchman looked around at the unlikely setting and somehow thought to himself, “Why aren’t there any movie theaters in the desert?” So he went back to Cairo, bought original seats and projection equipment from an old cinema, and lugged it back out to create the End of the World Cinema.

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Never mind the fact that there aren’t exactly hordes of tourists and locals waiting to descend upon this sandy spot to view a film under the hot desert sun – the project was bound to fail anyway, because Egyptian authorities don’t take kindly to this sort of ‘enterprising spirit.’  A number of things ‘accidentally’ went wrong at the premiere, and not a single movie was ever shown.

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The theater was quickly abandoned and has sat like this ever since, the building created to house the generator already crumbling. These modern ruins are far from the only ones of their kind in Africa – the remains of the Tattooine set from Star Wars Episode IV can still be found in Tunisia, among many other fascinating abandonments. 

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IMA Solutions – 3D exploration from CT scan datas of ancient egyptian mummies – Siggraph 2009

11 May

Here is the non 3D stereoscopic version in 720p of the IMA Solutions FullHD 1080p 3D stereoscopic original movie that will be displayed for the Panel Session: “A Journey From Outer to Inner Space: Scientific and Biomedical Stereoscopic Visualization” at SIGGRAPH 2009, New Orleans the Thursday 6 of August 2009 at 3:45pm, room 271-273. Come in to explore ancient Egyptians mummies using the last CT scan and computer graphics technologies and discover their hidden secrets. Animations, production and special effects: IMA Solutions, Benjamin Moreno and Julien Arrué Original soundtrack, compositor and sound engineer: Olivier Lafuma, www.myspace.com/ollaf Curator of the Archeology department of the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie de Besançon: Agathe Legros CT scan performed by: MD. Samuel Mérigeaud, Radiologist, CHU Montpellier CT scan of the two egyptian mummies performed at the CHU de Besançon, France Special thanks to all the people working at the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie de Besançon.

James Cameron’s AVATAR the game (PC) Various footage from the game showing the stereoscopic 3D graphics of the game. All graphics settings maxed, DirectX10. Rendered on ATI Radeon HD5870 Recorded with a Blackmagicdesign Intensity hdmi capture card 3D is rendered with the native 3D rendering integrated into the game, works on PC for both Ati and Nvidia graphics cards and also works on HD consoles for both PS3 and Xbox360. The game does not come with anaglyph (red/blue) glasses, In order to see the 3D effect in the game, you need a proper stereoscopic 3D display. Check the stereoscopy FAQ at Ubisoft forums to see a list of supported displays : forums.ubi.com Youtube only displays 30fps, for the full 60fps framerate download the original file : all links at Meant-To-Be-Seen forums : www.mtbs3d.com Meant To Be Seen : consumer driven stereo-3D advocacy group www.mtbs3d.com
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