Building
The Copernicus Science Centre building has been erected on the bank of the Vistula River in the very heart of Warsaw (the corner of Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie and Zajęcza streets, above the Wisłostrada tunnel). The building design was developed by young Polish architects from the firm RAr-2 in Ruda Śląska, who won an architectural competition for the Copernicus Science Centre facility in December 2005, with engineers Buro Happold.
The Centre complex comprises:
- a two-story building with total floor-space of 15,000 square meters housing permanent and temporary exhibitions, laboratories and workshops, a conference centre, cafes and restaurants, plus office space and a distinctive rooftop garden
- a garage and a workshop on a subterranean level
- a multimedia planetarium housed within an intriguing boulder-shaped building, including an observation deck
- a surrounding Discovery Park, including open-air experimentation stations, an outdoor art gallery, and an amphitheatre.
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