You can help the Smithsonian pick a design for Jeff Bezos's new astronaut incubator at the National Air and Space Museum:
This addition to the Smithsonian’s portfolio will replace Wright Place. The recently razed NASM satellite location, designed in 1988 by HOK, turned into a food court and was later denied official landmark status.
The building is named after the billionaire Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, who donated $200 million to the Smithsonian last year. The gift broke the record for their largest donation ever, set by the institution’s founder Joseph Smithson in 1846. From Bezo’s funding, $70 million will go to NASM, and $130 million to the new learning center specifically.
One firm calls their proposal “Mission Control.” Another drew inspiration from gravitational pull for a building that “metaphorically places the individual student, educator, and visitor at the core of the galaxy.” In an earth-bound curveball, yet another evokes a honeycomb to honor the Smithsonian ecosystem.
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