particular configuration includes a unique hemispheric projection screen inside, achieved by way of an innovative negative pressure bladder fixed to the interior geo- desic frame. Equipment is hidden in the periphery and visitors stand in the centre with handrails for support during the five- minute presentation.
The equipmenT Sky-Skan is a planetarium and dome pro- jection specialist. We’re furnishing The Dome with all of its hardware, software and audio-visual equipment. Working from our Munich-based European headquar- ters, we’re installing Definiti 4K Projection System – a configuration using two extended resolution digital cinema pro- jectors from Sony with Sky-Skan custom Definiti HD optics. The system delivers razor sharp images in 12 megapixel reso- lution to the dome screen. The Definiti Graphics Servers will provide eight paral- lel streams of graphics in greater than HD resolution. Multi-channel surround sound and ambient LED lighting contribute to the experience as people arrive and leave. Although our core business is planetar- ium and space theatres for science centres, we regularly work on expo projects – we provided the AV and system design for the award-winning Saudi Arabia Pavilion at EXPO2010 in Shanghai. For the Floriade project, we’re using a standard dome thea- tre and theming it with horticulture, which creates a whole new concept. The vivid col- ours and imagery of flowers and plants in an immersive theatre setting are stunning. The immersive dome show itself is being produced by Metropolis Film in Utrecht
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and combines computer graphics with live filming. Metropolis created a special cam- era rig composed of multiple HD cameras to capture the 360-degree scenery in the necessary resolutions.
The consTrucTion The team have worked together for two years and the dome frame was erected on the plaza in December. The staff at Zendome are currently waiting for The Netherlands’ notorious winds to settle down so that they can stretch the huge outer membrane over the frame. Once that’s complete, the dome’s design and construction should enable it to withstand hurricane-force winds. We’ll start our part of the installation mid-Febru- ary, then there will be test runs and content refinement before the expo opens April 5th.
(Above) The Expo includes Floriade Kids – a learning programme about horticulture and sustainability, which is being followed by 200 schools
After the October 7th closing, the show
grounds will be converted to a green industrial estate. The Dome and sys- tems will be dismantled and re-used in Bloomin’Holland, a new theme park near Amsterdam Airport that’s expected to open in 2014. This helped the choice of design, as everything needs to be easy to disas- semble and move to another location – it’s 100 per cent recyclable. l
Written by Glenn Smith, GM of Sky-Skan Europe with Marcel Goossens, director/ owner of DST Experience Communication
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