2. In your passport…
Read the following 2 slides
Fill in your passport info – name, architect, location, movement
In your point form notes section, include the following info:
a) What is it made out of?
b) What part of the structure burned?
c) Why was it built?
d) What did it turn into later on ?
3. Expo 1967 Biosphere
movement: contemporary
The architect of this geodesic dome was Buckminster
Fuller.
As their contribution to Montreal's 1967 World's Fair
Exposition the United States government
commissioned architect, scientist, and well-known
genius Buckminster Fuller to design a pavilion for the
Canadian exhibition.
The building originally formed an enclosed structure of
steel and acrylic cells– a plastic bubble consistency, 76
metres (250 ft) in diameter and 62 metres (200 ft) high.
It was built for the World’s fair for 1967 and was a
dedicated structure for the environment
4. Inside the plastic bubble, there were four themed platforms
divided into seven levels.
The building included a 37-metre-long escalator, the longest
ever built at the time. There was also a monorail that ran
through the pavilion.
In the afternoon of 20 May 1976, during structural
renovations, a fire burned away the building's transparent
acrylic bubble, but the hard steel truss structure remained.
The site remained closed until 1990.
Biosphere Environment Museum
In August, 1990, Environment Canada purchased the site for
$17.5 million to turn it into an interactive museum showcasing
and exploring the water ecosystems of the Great Lakes-Saint
Lawrence River regions.
The museum was inaugurated in 1995 as a water museum. It
offers interactive activities and presents exhibitions about the
major environmental issues related to water, climate change,
air, Eco technologies and sustainable development.
5. In your passport…
Read the following 2 slides
Fill in your passport info – name, architect, location, movement
In your point form notes section, include the following info:
a) List 4 architectural components to the building (look at the graphic?
b) How is this building an example of two peoples love and loss?
c) What is it now?
d) Define the following words… mausoleum, mosque, crenellated and
explain how they relate to this building.
6. Taj Mahal 1632-1653
India
Archtiect: Ustad Ahmed Lahauri
Movement: Mughal architecture
ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank
of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra.
It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal
emperor, Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–1658), to
house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz
Mahal.
The tomb is the centre piece of a 42-acre complex,
which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is
set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by
a crenellated wall.
7. The Taj Mahal was commissioned by Shah Jahan in 1631, to be built in the memory of his wife
a Persian princess who died giving birth to their 14th child
The imperial court documenting Shah Jahan's grief after the death of his wife illustrate the
love story held as the inspiration for Taj Mahal.
The principal mausoleum was completed in 1643 and the surrounding buildings and garden
were finished about five years later.
