Observing the invisible. Radio telescopes: Infrastructures between the landscape and the cosmos
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https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2023207453Keywords:
Cultural Landscape, Astronomic Observatory, Technology, Architecture and Nature, Radio telescopeAbstract
This article investigates the evolution of a kind of astronomic observatory -the radio telescope- that has been varying since its origin due to the advances in science and technology associated with the field of radio astronomy. The article raises the hypothesis that the origin of this branch of science produced a paradigm shift that leads to a transgression of the typology of the spaces for knowledge and observation of the cosmos. At the same time, it offers a new type of infrastructure that, due to its scale, establishes a new relationship with the landscape. It creates spaces of convergence between nature, technology and culture.
A study of six of the most representative large-scale radio telescopes of their class is carried out. The research compares both the technical data and the formal aspects with the aim of reaching a series of conclussions that contribute to a better understanding of the types of space that radio telescopes produce in relation to the landscape and the human beings.
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