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Fábián Villányi

Institute of Extra-terrestrial Sample Curation

Location: Vienna Sternwartepark 18. district

Floor Area:

Laboratories 810 m2

Office 720 m2

Conference 130 m2

Common areas 470 m2

Lounge 400 m2

The design concept of this building is based on the analogy of ,a conversation between scientists and the public‘. Historically human development has always been driven by curiosity. Today‘s 24/7 society, with its short attention span, where people have less and less time for anything, stands in strong contrast to this idea of curiosity - learning through experiencing and experimenting. Science is especially affected. People just do not seem to have the passion to learn more and enhance their knowledge and thus miss the opportunity to realize the importance and advantages of it.