River bend siteThe site for this museum is a bend in the Scioto River, a waterway that separates this area from downtown Columbus. This new building is built on the back of a 1920 Neoclassical structure that served as a high school. See plan. | ||
This hangar-like structure for science exhibits is composed of 60 feet by 33 feet wide precast concrete panels, with stainless joints. The shape is technically a 1000 foot long "clothoid" curve, a lozenge-like shape. | ||
See Science Spectrum by William Wainwright, 1991, the tree-like metal sculpture |
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A corrugated metal entrance rotunda | ||
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