The Shanghai Astronomy Museum in Lingang New City, Pudong, was designed by Ennead Architects of New York, with Thomas J. Wong as design partner. It opened in 2021 and is part of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. The article gives no address, client, construction dates or materials.
The design has no straight lines or right angles. It is intended to reflect the shapes, movement and geometry of the universe. The architects aimed to abstractly embody some of the fundamental laws of astrophysics in the architecture.
The article describes a dome covering 38,000 square meters and calls it the world's largest planetarium by building scale. It is an educational and entertainment visitor site.
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