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Two thousand years on one facade.
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From the Pharos to a round Earth — the ancient city’s knowledge, played on the building.
Overview
The city that measured the Earth.
An open-air mapping show about Alexandria’s great age of science — built for a pyramid-shaped facade and a crowd in front of it.
The story moves through the ancient city: the lighthouse of Pharos, the Serapeum, the library’s scrolls, Eratosthenes proving the Earth is a sphere and the idea that the planets turn around the Sun — then fire, loss and rebirth.
Every scene uses the geometry of the facade: stone blocks slide, sphinxes rise out of the steps and dates are carved into the building as the timeline moves on.
2000+Years of history in one show
III c. BCEratosthenes measures the Earth
OpenAir, public show
EGAlexandria, Egypt
Scenes
Stone, scrolls and stars.
The facade becomes a timeline of discovery.
IIICENT. BC01The monumentsSphinxes rise out of the steps.
02The SerapeumTemple and library of the city.
03A round EarthIdeas carved into the building.
04The seaThe harbour and the Pharos.
05The libraryScrolls and maps unfold.
06GeometryThe building as a mathematical form.
On the facade
Credits
VenueBibliotheca Alexandrina
CountryEgypt
ProgrammeInternational Augmented Med (EU ENPI CBC MED)
NAOS scopeStory · 3D content · architectural mapping
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