Atomium
by Juli Scalzi
Title
Atomium
Artist
Juli Scalzi
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The space-age Atomium looms 102m over north Brussels' suburbia like a gleaming steel alien from a '60s Hollywood movie. It consists of nine house-sized metallic balls linked by steel tube-columns containing escalators and lifts. The balls are arranged like a school chemistry set to represent iron atoms in their crystal lattice - except these are 165 billion times bigger. It was built as a symbol of postwar progress for the 1958 World's Fair and was originally destined for demolition thereafter. However, it rapidly became an architectural icon and received a shiny makeover in 2006.
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October 6th, 2015
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