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If i could know the name of the Engineer who designed Atomium in Belgium? |
Travel Info iw ant to know who designed Atomium and what it does represent? Travel Tips The first answer is the best: the engineer is Andr茅 Waterkeyn, the atomium was build for the '58 expo, it represents an iron molecule 165 billion times bigger, it was recently restored... but I'd like to add that the nine "balls" of the molecule stand for the nine regions Belgium was divided in in that time... (They changed it to ten regions, a couple of years ago...) So, in a way, the atomium is a symbol for Belgium. Actually, the atomium was meant to be built only for Expo '58, and they were going to tear it down afterwards, but people liked the building so much, they let it stay... The restaurant is the top ball is definetely worth a try! :-) Others The Atomium was Designed by the engineer Andr茅 Waterkeyn for the International Exhibition, that took place at Brussels in 1958, It represents a large-scale metal molecule, and was built to celebrate the 1958 World's Fair in the Belgian capital. It has recently been restored. it was created by A. Waterkeyn and it represents a crystal molecule of metal, actually of the centered cubic system http://www.atomium.be/htmlsite/dyn/page.... It represent a atom and in this structure it means(was in the world expo in the 1950's at Brussels where it is) all different components united. The Atonium is worth to see and I find it actually the best monument of Brussels, it's recent completely restored and there's also a restaurant.In the evening it's completely with lights. Go and visit it's wort it the view is fantastic! Andr茅 Waterkeyn. It represents a unit cell of an iron crystal (body-centred cubic), magnified 165 billion times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/atomium... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/andr%c3%a9_... |
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