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Explore astronomy at Jodrell Banks First Light Pavilion in Cheshire

Jodrell Bank observatory reveals the First Light Pavilion in Englands Cheshire, courtesy of architecture studio Hassell

Sat at the heart of a Unesco World Heritage Site, Cheshires Jodrell Bank in England, the First LightPavilion is quietly nestled in the green landscapes rolling hills. The site, by the small town of Macclesfield, is home to anobservatory first established in 1945 by radio astronomer Bernard Lovell, and it includes the impressive Lovell Telescope. Now, this new piece of pavilion architecture, designed by Hassell, has been added to the popular tourist destination, as a centrethat welcomes visitors who want to find out more about astronomy, science and technology at Jodrell Bankand beyond.

The pavilionaims to open up the inspirational history of Jodrell Bank by engaging visitors with the fantastic stories of its pioneering scientists and their groundbreaking feats of science and engineering, offers a Jodrell Bank statement.At the same time, its architecture, defined by gentle concrete curves, was conceived to be subtle and respond to its leafy context and the nearby, familiar forms of the Lovell Telescopeand astronomyequipment in general.

The First Light Pavilions76m-diameter dome is topped by grass, ensuring it commands a clear, yetdiscreet presence in the Jodrell Bank campus. Inside,exhibition designerCasson Mann composed a display that tells the story of the site and thescience ofthe exploration of the universe using radio waves instead of visible light. Within the exhibits, interactiveprojected animations by digital media studio Squint/Opera, in partnership with exhibition builderRealm and software developerISO, promisean informative andengaging visit for guests.

That transformational development in this quiet corner of Cheshire completely opened up humanitys understanding of the universe and allowed us to discover previously undreamt of things such as pulsars, quasars, and even the fading glow of the Big Bang, says professor Tim OBrien, associate director at theJodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. Jodrell Bank is host to the worlds oldest existing radio astronomy observatory, and the First Light Pavilion visitor centre celebrates this through its gentle presence and contextual nature.

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