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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Park of the world and United Nations monument

Globe project

The project of Park of the World has been initiated by a municipal government of the city of Chungju in honour of that now the Secretary general of the United Nations is the native of this city, Ban Ki-Moon. Having stretched on river Namhangang coast, the project becomes the new city centre.

UN Memorial Hall

The building in the form of an ellipse, the maximum diameter — 60 metres becomes United Nations monument. In a building of 8 floors + a basement floor. In the centre — an audience on 1,500 places, and also additional conference halls. From an audience the fine kind on Tangeumdae Natural Park will open.

New city centre

Peace Park

192 apple-trees

Rising up a spiral, the building becomes the house for an exhibition in which the history of the United Nations since 1945 till today will speak. The person who is the centre of interest of missions of the United Nations, will be integrated into architecture and appearance of "globe". The building will be located in the centre of a garden from 192 apple-trees which number is equal to number of the states which are members of the United Nations.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Rising of the New Moon

New Moon

Financial crisis — not a hindrance for scale building of landscape park Zabil. «The new Moon» becomes the central construction of the project. The construction in the form of a half moon — a symbol of force and energy of the countries of the East — will tell about today's prosperity of the United Arab Emirates.

The New Moon in Dubai

New Moon in Dubai

Monument interiors contain 5 floors. Everyone symbolizes one of five postulates of Islam: belief, a pray, mercy, mutual aid and pilgrimage. The design contains in itself a conference hall, cafe, children's library and an information desk.

New Moon monument

The Economic Moon

The external part of a building decorated by the Arabian inscriptions represents a steel skeleton with emptiness. Such decision will give the chance to supervise illumination and air temperature on all platforms of the New Moon, will protect an interior from a direct sunlight and will provide free circulation of air streams. Inside there will be a special microclimate which will unload the central systems of safety. The project completely corresponds to ecological building standards. Solar batteries will be built in in a building covering, and it considerably will lower energy consumption.