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THE PROJECT FOR A CULTURAL CENTER DEDICATED TO COMPUTER SCIENCES

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HOW

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It is necessary to classify the center users into 2 main categories which usually have different basic needs but may sometimes have similar ones. These categories are: the professionals and the general public.
The common part of the museum will be the collection pieces which will tell the history of the computer science technics. There will also be temporary expositions which will concentrate on a specific subject. Some of these will be accessible to all and others more to specialists.
The part reserved for the professionals is very important in the conception of the center and will therefore have to be original in its presentation. It will be necessary for these users to have a place to meet, to work, to exchange their ideas, to show their work and their results as well as their objectives; this be in research, in production, in application and in teaching.
For the general public, shows, displays, guided tours and inter active games will have to be set up. The infrastructures which will house them will also need to contain a big auditorium, specialized projection and conference rooms, as well as restaurants, bars, nursery and play areas.