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Structure-ID: s0006043
Created on: 10/07/02
Modified on: 07/12/06


La Géode

Completed in: 1985
Status: in use
Location: 19th arrondissment, Paris, Ile de France, France
Parc de la Villette<br>Canal de l'Ourcq, Géode.
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Structural Type:
Geodesic dome
Function / usage:
IMAX theater
Part of: Parc de la Villette

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Adrien Fainsilber
Engineer Gérard Chamayou

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
façade  steel
dome  steel
base  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  diameter 36 m

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Relevant Literature
* Chamayou, Gérard   La Géode, sa sphère miroir, presented at .
* Lavalou, Armelle   La Villette, Editions du Patrimoine, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858226113, 2000.
* Mission Interministérielle de Coordination des Grandes Opérations ...   Architectures capitales, Electa Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2866530411, 1988; pp. 156.
* Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie   Le guide du Patrimoine: Paris, Ministère de la Culture - Hachette, Paris (France) , ISBN 2010168127, 1994; pp. 562.

 
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