La Geode

About

La Géode was built in 1985. It is an architectural work of art besides being a very special movie and events theatre equipped with state-of-theart technical facilities: an OmnimaxTM projector and a 4K digital projection system. One of the most striking buildings in Paris, La Géode is a giant mirror ball 36 meters in diameter. La Géode is equivalent in height to a 12-storey building. It is covered with 6,433 stainless steel triangles, each with sides 1.20 meters long, which reflect the surrounding environment. This design was an absolute technological challenge for architect Adrien Fainsilber and engineer Félix Chamayou. Inside, La Géode’s 1,000 squaremeter screen is made up of perforated aluminum panels and stretches over a hemisphere of 26 meters in diameter. The auditorium has 400 tiered seats and is tilted 27 degrees horizontally, with the screen tilted at 30 degrees.