Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie—often shortened to CSI—is a large, public science museum in Paris, built on the vision of President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing and created to spread scientific and technical knowledge, especially for young people. It opened in 1986, and it now draws about five million visitors each year. Part of CSI’s distinctiveness is architectural as much as educational. Facing the park is a “bioclimatic façade” known for Les Serres—three greenhouse spaces, each measuring 32 metres high, 32 metres wide, and 8 metres deep. Their glass walls were among the first structural glass walls constructed without framing or supporting fins, a detail that ties the building’s look directly to its scientific purpose. On the ground level, you find spaces built for experimentation and learning, including the Louis Lumière theatre, while the planetarium sits between exhibits on level 2. …
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