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Lana and Andy Wachowski, and concept designer George Hull, found inspiration for their "Jupiter Ascending" spaceships in iconic Chicago architecture.
to create something that created a sense of awe, spirituality, but didn t dominate this cambridge street. so set back behind the greenery, the building slowly reveals itself as you walk towards it. the inspiration? garden paradise. everything around us is wood, then? yes. a low carbon building, then? exactly, one of the central tenant of the design was that we should sign something that was both environmentally sustainable and socially sustainable. socially sustainable? yes, the involvement of the community was very important too, that the building should sit comfortably in its community, so this was a competition in 2009 and members of the community,
dominate this cambridge street. so, set behind the greenery, the building slowly reveals itself as you walk towards it. the inspiration, a wooded grove. a garden of paradise. so, everything around us is wood, then? yes. a low carbon building, i m guessing, then? absolutely. that was the central tenet or one of the central tenets of the design was that we should design something that was both environmentally sustainable but also socially sustainable. so the whole kind of. socially sustainable? yes, and so the involvement of the community was very important, too, that this building should sit comfortably in its community. so this was a competition in 2009 and members of the community non muslim members of the community were invited to be part of the process of choosing the architect, so involved from very, very early stages.