A journey through the human body

A journey through the human body

In the Netherlands: the world's first: a spectacular  experience around the human body. Her Majesty Queen Beatrix opened CORPUS on March 14th 2008. CORPUS is a  'journey through the human body' during which the visitor can see, feel and hear how the human body works and what roles healthy food, healthy life and plenty of exercise  plays. CORPUS offers a variety of information and provides education and entertainment with this journey as well as a vast number of permanent and variable exhibitions


CORPUS has been realised in a 35-meter high transparent building with the contours of the human body projecting from it. The eye-catching building is situated along the A44 highway between Amsterdam and The Hague

 

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Bridge Below the Water Surface

The original bridge below the water surface
Original way, not an easy task decide Dutch architects. During the reconstruction of the XVII century fort on them needed to throw a pedestrian bridge over a water-filled moat, but do it in such a way that it was practically invisible. The transition has been decided to erect a wooden tunnel submerged in water. The bridge was named Moses Bridge, a bridge is named after the prophet Moses.The Dutch Association of Architects awarded the title of best design structure 2011.

 

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Underground Town in South Australia

Coober Pedy is a small Australian town with population of about 2,000 people. It is well-known as an underground town.





Coober Pedy is also known as the world’s opal capital with 30% global opals mined here. As for the town name, it is translated as “whitemans hole” from the Aboriginal term kupa-piti.



The severe desert climate made a lot of residents move to live underground, in caves. A cave home usually has three bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom and lounge that are excavated out of the rock in the hillsides. Such homes don’t require air-conditioning, because they remain at a constant temperature while summer temperatures on the surface can reach 40-50 degrees Celsius (over 100 degrees Fahrenheit).



Coober Pedy attracts tourists from all over the world. The mines, underground churches and graveyard are the most interesting attractions here. The trees you can find in this town are iron welded. You can play golf at night only to avoid hot temperatures. The local golf is free of grass that is why players take a small piece of tee-off turf with them.



Coober Pedy is featured in many movies, including Opal Dream, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Red Planet and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. NASA is planning to train astronauts for a planned mission to Mars here in 2012.

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Coober Pedy Demo Home



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Aboveground Spaceship



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