Современная архитектура. Гусева О.Г - 36 стр.

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The effect produced by this impressive exterior is merely a prelude to the
sensations which are aroused inside the building. The Kinemax screen is the largest
in Europe. It has a surface area of 600 m
2
which is roughly the size of a tennis court
set on one end. Images projected onto this screen assume incredible proportions
which seem to engulf the spectator.
Denis Laming has pushed this capacity to surprise the visitors to its limits, and
after the projection of the movie the dream continues. Before the astonished gaze of
400 spectators, the gigantic screen, which minutes before had caused a sensation
owing to its huge dimensions, rises up, inviting the spectators to fuse into a single
concept the virtual image which they have just witnessed with the real image now
before their eyes. In the space of a few minutes, the screen is transformed into the
exit of the Kinemax leading the spectators towards the immense Lake of the City of
the Future, where the spectacle continues. Thus the designer of the Kinemax has
managed to make the illusion last long after the visitors have left the building.
In technical terms, the magical elevation of the screen is effected by means of
a unique procedure in which two large hydraulic jacks lift the 18-ton weight of the
screen. This apparently simple solution fulfilled two of the basic objectives of the
architect: on one hand his desire to use every possible device to create a fantastic
atmosphere that would capture the imagination of the visitors; on the other hand, he
wished to create a totally hermetic structure which would exude a certain air of
mystery and ambiguity. Replacing the traditional entrance —which would have
betrayed Laming's original conception-with an access totally camouflaged between
the facades of the building was the perfect solution.
The formal audacity of the Kinemax, a homage to the ordered structure which
nature has stamped on each of its manifestations, is a worthy prelude to the incredible
sensations offered in the interior.
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Vocabulary:
denominator
to set aside
simulation
latticed
secondary
tertuary
superimpromissing
fuzzy
to engulf
to cause
to fuse
to exude
ambiguity
audacity
manifestation

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