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Old 02-24-2012, 01:11 PM
 
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New science museum to break ground Friday - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/23/2658056/new-science-museum-to-break-ground.html - broken link)

A groundbreaking ceremony marks the onset of construction for the bayfront science museum in Miami that’s to open in 2015.

BY HANNAH SAMPSON
HSAMPSON@MIAMIHERALD.COM
Miami’s new science museum will let visitors dance on a floor that captures their energy, eat food grown in the on-site hydroponic gardens, gaze at stars in a 3-D planetarium and gape at a tank full of sharks overhead.

In short, the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in downtown Miami’s Museum Park will feature much of what it offers today in its decades-old location near Coconut Grove, but on a much larger scale in a much larger, grander, more interesting building.

Except for the sharks. Those will be brand-new.

“People might be frightened of physics, but they’re not frightened of fish,” said Gillian Thomas, the museum’s president and CEO.

She and supporters of the museum designed by the firm of British architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw will celebrate the official groundbreaking at the site, 1075 Biscayne Blvd., Friday morning. Work on the foundation is set to start within a week or so, and construction and installation of exhibits will continue through late 2014. The project is expected to generate 400 construction jobs.

Read more here: New science museum to break ground Friday - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/23/2658056/new-science-museum-to-break-ground.html#storylink=cpy - broken link)




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Old 02-24-2012, 01:25 PM
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Very nice. What will they do with the energy once they capture it?
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Old 02-24-2012, 02:32 PM
 
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Very nice. What will they do with the energy once they capture it?
I assume use it to power the building.

Glad to see the ground breaking, this is going to be fantastic for downtown along with the art museum. Anyone know of the plans for the current mueseum building once they move?
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Old 02-24-2012, 02:44 PM
 
Location: Miami / Florida / U.S.A.
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New science museum to break ground Friday - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/23/2658056/new-science-museum-to-break-ground.html - broken link)

A groundbreaking ceremony marks the onset of construction for the bayfront science museum in Miami that’s to open in 2015.

BY HANNAH SAMPSON
HSAMPSON@MIAMIHERALD.COM
Miami’s new science museum will let visitors dance on a floor that captures their energy, eat food grown in the on-site hydroponic gardens, gaze at stars in a 3-D planetarium and gape at a tank full of sharks overhead.

In short, the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in downtown Miami’s Museum Park will feature much of what it offers today in its decades-old location near Coconut Grove, but on a much larger scale in a much larger, grander, more interesting building.

Except for the sharks. Those will be brand-new.



“People might be frightened of physics, but they’re not frightened of fish,” said Gillian Thomas, the museum’s president and CEO.

She and supporters of the museum designed by the firm of British architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw will celebrate the official groundbreaking at the site, 1075 Biscayne Blvd., Friday morning. Work on the foundation is set to start within a week or so, and construction and installation of exhibits will continue through late 2014. The project is expected to generate 400 construction jobs.

Read more here: New science museum to break ground Friday - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com (http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/23/2658056/new-science-museum-to-break-ground.html#storylink=cpy - broken link)



That museum is architecturally wrong. Why would the grass be so far from the entrance of the museum, it is impossible for visitors to relax so far on that hot surface in real life. Why can't they just make a compact design like those seen in European cities? the photo in the bottom is a joke.

That design is very empty, empty of scientific elements; they could at least put a wall of solar panels to make use of solar energy, also, transparent glasses, use elements that would make the museum green.
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Old 02-24-2012, 02:53 PM
 
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Why would the grass be so far from the entrance of the museum, it is impossible for visitors to relax so far on that hot surface in real life. Why can't they just make a compact design like those seen in European cities? the photo in the bottom is a joke.
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It's just a render.
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