Abstract
Near Batavia, Illinois, are situated the installations of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, a scientific complex designed for peaceful use. It was constructed on a 2,750 Ha plain site, after treating the ground in the same way as is done in urban development. The complete programme comprised the construction of a 6.5 km long testing tunnel experimental zones and a building for the Central Laboratory. This building consists of a reinforced concrete structure made up by two twin blocks, between which a space for the public was designed in the shape of a garden-atrium, closed from the outside by glass walls. The 15 storey building houses a staff of 1,500 scientists and technicians. Further it holds an auditorium, meeting rooms and conference rooms, in addition to the offices with their laboratories, and recreation areas, such as the coffee shop and the dining room. Everything in this structure is designed to integrate the people working in this laboratory with each other and with the environment. It is like a functional and symbolic focus of the greatest and most powerful installation in the world, in the field of high energy physics.
Highlights
Near Batavia, Illinois, are situated the installations of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, a scientific complex designed for peaceful use
Las oficinas que miran hacia el interior del atrio presentan allí una ¡limitada variedad ambiental, por la gente y acontecimientos que se desarrollan en este espacio público, así como por el constante y cambiante juego de luces y sombras que se producen en el jardín interior
Summary
Cerca de Batavia, en Illinois, se encuentran las instalaciones del Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, complejo científico destinado para usos pacíficos. El programa completo comprendía la construcción de un túnel de vacío de 6,5 km de longitud, áreas experimentales y un edificio para Laboratorio Central, que consiste en una estructura de hormigón armado formada por dos bloques gemelos, entre los que se proyectó un espacio público, a modo de atrio ajardinado, cerrado al exterior por muros acristalados.
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