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However, unlike the latter, the Montreal Biodome was designed primarily as a museum, resembles but is fundamentally different from a closed ecological system such as Biosphere 2. The building was originally constructed for the 1976 Olympic Games as a velodrome (cycling stadium) with 2,600 seats.
The Biosphere, also known as the Montreal Biosphere (French: Biosphère de Montréal), is a museum dedicated to the environment in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is housed in the former United States pavilion constructed for Expo 67 located within the grounds of Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island .
Espace pour la vie is a museum district in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists of five natural museums: the Biosphere, Biodome, Planetarium, Botanical Garden and Insectarium. [1] Space for life ( Biodome and Planetarium ), Montréal, 2024. Espace pour la vie was established in 2011 as a successor body to Montreal Nature Museums. [2]
Montreal Biosphere: 76 249 81.6 % Montreal, Canada 27 April 1967 20 May 1976 (by fire) 27 April 1967 – 20 May 1976 1995 (renovated) – never Perisphere: 54.9 180 ~100 % Queens, New York City, New York, United States 13 August 1938 [1] December 1941 13 August 1938 – December 1941 Spaceship Earth (Epcot) 50.3 165 ~100 %
the Montreal Biosphère, a geodesic dome on Ile Sainte-Hélène in Montreal, Quebec, Canada used as the pavilion for the 1967 World Exhibition Expo 67. Biosphere 2, an artificial closed ecosystem in Oracle, Arizona. BIOS-3, a closed ecosystem at the Institute of Biophysics in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia.
The Montreal Botanical Garden is one of four nature-focused attractions belonging to the City of Montreal in the Space for Life (French: Espace pour la vie) museum district. The others are the Biodome, the Insectarium, and the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, all of which are near the Olympic Stadium. [6] Un jardin à soi, Michel Goulet
The Montreal Biosphère, formerly the American Pavilion of Expo 67, by R. Buckminster Fuller, on Île Sainte-Hélène, Montreal, Quebec. A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron.
It consists of five natural museums: the Biosphere, the Biodome, the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, the Botanical Garden and the Insectarium. The Biosphere is a museum dedicated to the environment, housed in the former United States pavilion constructed for Expo 67. It is located in Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Saint Helen's Island. The Biodome, a ...