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Biosphère
Posted by Bertrand Duhamel (Granby, Canada) on 12 February 2009 in Architecture and Portfolio.
La biosphère de Montréal est l'un des derniers vestiges de la grande exposition universelle de Montréal de 1967. À cette époque, ce gigantesque dôme était le pavillon des États-Unis. J'ai eu la chance de passer une journée à l'Expo 67 et de visiter ce pavillon lorsque j'étais enfant... un souvenir à jamais gravé dans ma mémoire.
As the United States pavilion, the future Biosphère was one of the biggest attractions at the Montreal Expo '67. Buckminster Fuller's sphere is a landmark in the history of contemporary architecture and the most important building of its kind in the world. Its structure reproduces more than 97% of a sphere. I had the chance to visit the Expo 67 and this pavillon when i was a child... a day that i will never forget.
