The Planetarium was established on 1 February 1965 by the State Engineering Corporation as a special feature for the Ceylon industrial exhibition held in Colombo same year.[3][4] The planetarium was designed by the chief engineer from the State Engineering Corporation of Ceylon, A. N. S. Kulasinghe, and was constructed by engineers from Germany.[5] The building takes elements from the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (Sir Frederick Gibberd - 1960) and the Cathedral of Brasília (Oscar Niemeyer - 1960).[6] The building has a reinforced concrete floor and a pre-stressed concrete folded plate roof, which was pre-cast on-site.[6] The building was funded by the German Democratic Republic as a gift to Ceylon. The planetarium is 21.33 m (70.0 ft) high and 37.8 m (124 ft) in diameter.
The building was refurbished in 2014 at a cost of Rs 200 million and re-opened to the public on 9 December.[7]
The planetarium has a digital fully-spherical projector stationed at the centre of the building, which projects an artificial sky on the 23 m (75 ft) diameter dome above a 570-seat auditorium.[8] The universal projector is a product of Carl Zeiss AG East Germany.[9]
References
^"Sri Lanka Planetarium to re-open on 7th July". 4 July 2020.
^"INSTITUTIONS#Planetarium". www.motr.gov.lk. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
^"Our Planetarium". www.planetarium.gov.lk. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
^International Symposium on Innovative World of Concrete (ICI-IWC-93), August 30-September 3, 1993, Bangalore, India: Proceedings. Vol. 1. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company. 1993. p. 1-32. ISBN9788120408432.
^"Planetarium". Amazinglanka. September 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
^ abPieris, Anoma (2013). Architecture and Nationalism in Sri Lanka: The Trouser Under the Cloth. Routledge. p. 164. ISBN9780415630023.
^"Modernised planetarium opens". The Daily Mirror. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^"Sri Lanka Planetarium with enhanced technology to be opened today". News First. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
^"Sri Lanka Planetarium". World Planetariums Database. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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lanka, planetarium, sinhala, රහල, රය, public, planetarium, located, colombo, lanka, first, only, planetarium, country, maintained, institute, under, ministry, science, technology, research, රහල, රයestablished1, february, 1965, years, 1965, locationprof, stanle. Sri Lanka Planetarium Sinhala ශ ර ල ක ග රහල ක ග රය is a public planetarium located in Colombo Sri Lanka It is the first and only planetarium in the country and maintained as an institute under the Ministry of Science Technology and Research 2 Sri Lanka Planetariumශ ර ල ක ග රහල ක ග රයEstablished1 February 1965 57 years ago 1965 02 01 LocationProf Stanley Wijesundaran Mawatha Colombo 7 Sri Lanka TypePlanetariumDirectorK Arunu Perera 1 ArchitectA N S KulasingheWebsitewww wbr planetarium wbr gov wbr lkThe Planetarium was established on 1 February 1965 by the State Engineering Corporation as a special feature for the Ceylon industrial exhibition held in Colombo same year 3 4 The planetarium was designed by the chief engineer from the State Engineering Corporation of Ceylon A N S Kulasinghe and was constructed by engineers from Germany 5 The building takes elements from the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Sir Frederick Gibberd 1960 and the Cathedral of Brasilia Oscar Niemeyer 1960 6 The building has a reinforced concrete floor and a pre stressed concrete folded plate roof which was pre cast on site 6 The building was funded by the German Democratic Republic as a gift to Ceylon The planetarium is 21 33 m 70 0 ft high and 37 8 m 124 ft in diameter The building was refurbished in 2014 at a cost of Rs 200 million and re opened to the public on 9 December 7 The planetarium has a digital fully spherical projector stationed at the centre of the building which projects an artificial sky on the 23 m 75 ft diameter dome above a 570 seat auditorium 8 The universal projector is a product of Carl Zeiss AG East Germany 9 References Edit Sri Lanka Planetarium to re open on 7th July 4 July 2020 INSTITUTIONS Planetarium www motr gov lk Retrieved 15 November 2016 Our Planetarium www planetarium gov lk Retrieved 15 November 2016 International Symposium on Innovative World of Concrete ICI IWC 93 August 30 September 3 1993 Bangalore India Proceedings Vol 1 Oxford amp IBH Publishing Company 1993 p 1 32 ISBN 9788120408432 Planetarium Amazinglanka September 2014 Retrieved 15 November 2016 a b Pieris Anoma 2013 Architecture and Nationalism in Sri Lanka The Trouser Under the Cloth Routledge p 164 ISBN 9780415630023 Modernised planetarium opens The Daily Mirror 5 December 2014 Retrieved 27 October 2022 Sri Lanka Planetarium with enhanced technology to be opened today News First 5 December 2014 Retrieved 15 November 2016 Sri Lanka Planetarium World Planetariums Database Retrieved 27 October 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sri Lanka Planetarium amp oldid 1118615219, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
