Rose Center for Earth and Space by Spheroide licensed under the terms of Public Domain
This week’s crazy building is the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City—specifically, the Hayden Planetarium. Astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil DeGrasse Tyson serves as the planetarium’s director.
Located right in Central Park, this odd structure looks more like a glass hangar housing a spherical spacecraft.
But there’s a method to the madness of this design.
The 87-foot sphere in the center serves two purposes. Not only does it house two different theaters where visitors can learn more about the universe, but it also serves a scale model of the sun, with the corresponding model of earth being just 10 inches across.
Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History in New York City by Alfred Gracombe licensed under the terms of CC BY-SA 3.0
