The world’s largest single dome tropical greenhouse
France is not known for having a tropical climate, but far from that, it’s preparing itself to house one of the world’s largest tropical greenhouses and the largest under just one dome. It will be in the north of the country, in the Pas-de-Calais area, with Coldefy & Associates as the developer of this megaproject. It is hoped to be operational by the end of 2021 and expects to receive around 500,000 yearly visitors. “Tropicalia” will have an area of 2 hectares and will be surrounded by an enormous aluminium frame, which will support the material that will cover it. [...]
China is building the world’s largest science fiction theme park
The ‘Oriental Science Fiction Valley’ theme park, located on the outskirts of Guiyang (province of Guizhou), will be China’s first virtual park and the first park that will use virtual reality in all its attractions, immersing visitors into fantasy and science. Its construction will require the integration of virtual reality, augmented reality and holographic technology. It will have an area of 134 hectares in which different virtual reality rides will be distributed, such as virtual rollercoasters, futuristic space battles and interstellar alien voyages. Guests will even be able to enjoy bungee jumping from a 750-ton pure-steel, 53 m transformer robot. [...]
