One of the interesting modern attractions of Paris is the La Geode cinema locat in the La Villette park. The unusual building has the shape of a geodesic dome with a diameter of 36 meters. The unusual appearance of the cinema resembles a giant drop of mercury, in the mirror surface of which everything that surrounds it is reflect.
cinemas paris geode
The Geode Cinema open unique project
Paris in 1985. are the architect Adrien Fansilber and the engineer Gérard Chamayou. The modern IMAX cinema became part of the Parisian museum center Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (City of Science and Industry), which open a year later. It is locat right behind the Museum of Science and Industry, which is the center of the city.
cinemas paris geode
The Parisian cinema Geode appear when no one special database heard of IMAX technology. Even then, it amaz its viewers with the quality of its images, sound and special effects. The 36-meter dome of the cinema is as high as an eight-story building and is made of 6,433 steel triangles with a polish mirror surface.
cinemas paris geode
And although the exterior of the Geode cinema
Itself makes a surprising impression, the most interesting things await the viewers inside. The large cinema hall is design for 400 seats. Films on the IMAX system are shown on a hemispherical screen with an area of 1000 square meters and a diameter of 26 meters. The hall has 12 sound sources, the total sound power of which is 21,000 watts. The duration of a session at the Geode cinema is about an hour.
cinemas paris geode
The construction of the ultra-modern
Building of the cinema Giode cost the Parisians a emotional well-being and relaxation of body sum of 130 million francs. Despite the fact that at the time such extravagance caus a lot of indignation, now the Geode is the most visit china leads in France, where more than a million viewers come every year.