Status: U/C
Architect: Ed Calma of Lor Calma & Partners

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The Mind Museum will be a 6,110 square meter facility to be located in a 12,500 square meter lot in Bonifacio Global City, a rapidly developing central business district in Metro Manila. There will be:

3,350 square meters of exhibition space
500 square meters of educational facilities, that includes auditorium, lab, two classrooms
800 additional square meters of park area will be designated as Science in the Park
space for food, retail and offices

Link: http://themindmuseum.org/

:banana: love it.

cant wait for this to finish. sounds really interesting :cheers:

Nice! Love the design so much! :okay:

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Very futuristic indeed..

Im very impressed with the construction happening in Manila

Im very impressed with the construction happening in Milan

this will be in manila.

i know, made a spelling error :)

^^ that's what i thought. i usually blame my keyboard -- stupid keyboard! LOL

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The Mind Museum will be the first world-class science museum in the Philippines. It is a project of the Bonifacio Art Foundation, Inc. (BAFI), and will be built in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), a rising central business district located in Taguig City. It is envisioned to be a venue where visitors will be fascinated with science, by providing an opportunity to learn science in an entertaining and engaging way. The Mind Museum aims to be recognized as a national institution, a learning center for science which contributes to the public understanding of science and in complementing the education of science students and teachers.

I really like the clean and smooth look of THE MIND MUSEUM.
Not like the gaudy one I saw in Valencia.




:horse:

^^yea, that's why they call it "Mind Museum" - simple yet full of creativity

Construction to start soon of this US$21M Mind Museum.... :)

P1-B Mind Museum seed fund hits P770 M (http://www.mb.com.ph/node/199963)
May 9, 2009, 2:24pm
Manila Bulletin (http://www.mb.com.ph/node/199963)

Bonifacio Art Foundation Inc. (BAFI) said yesterday that its campaign for the country’s first world-class science museum – The Mind Museum – has now resulted in total seed fund of P770 million, moving the ambitious P1-billion project closer to reality.

The Mind Museum will soon rise in the heart of a premier business district, known as the “home of passionate minds” – the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

As a key civic institution that is lacking in the Philippines, a science museum is an essential tool for our nation to address the significant gap in its math and science education. Nobel laureate Robert Solow’s economic research described, “ a country’s level of science and technology has a direct correlation with its level of economic growth.”

Believing in the importance of a science learning facility, BAFI and its corporate donors trust that the over 175 interactive exhibits of The Mind Museum will spark that wonder for science in our youth of today, who hopefully will be our Filipino geniuses of tomorrow.

At present, the donors and their sponsored areas are: Ajinomoto Philippines Corp. - Life Gallery; Ayala Foundation - The Ten Most Beautiful Exhibits in Science; Ayala Land, Inc.; Bank of the Philippine Islands - Learning Lab; Del Monte Philippines, Inc. and NutriAsia, Inc., - co-sponsors for Earth Gallery; Family of Mariano K. Tan/ Dolmar Property Ventures, Inc - Lobby/Mariano K. Tan Hall; Fort Bonifacio Development Corp. - museum site; Globe Telecom, Inc., Integrated Microelectronics Inc., and Manila Water - co-sponsors for Universe Gallery; JP Morgan Chase & Co. - Introductory Hall; Lamoiyan Corp. - Hall of Philippine Science; Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. - “Here to There” & “How We Live” Nodes of Technology Gallery; RFM Corp. - Atom Gallery Centerpiece; Sony Phils. - Audio-Visual Equipment; St. Luke’s Medical Center - The Human Brain Exhibit; Tan Yan Kee Foundation - The Theater; Timezone - Equipment for the Technology of Play Zone.

The Mind Museum also partners with prestigious companies and organizations to ensure a truly world-class, most modern learning facility. Singapore Science Center, a leading science center with 30 years of experience in operating a museum, is the planning consultant.

At least this one is not just a "drawing"... we'll see it from here.

oh yeah!

this is going to be a GREAT project...

can't wait to see it being built... :banana::banana::banana:

Calma rocks! hope other the phils invests on our local talent more...

any updates? when is groundbreaking?

any updates? when is groundbreaking?

^^ i think they have to meet the target budget first before getting this thing built...

but the expected opening date, as i have seen in their website, is 3rd quarter of 2011...

EDIT: here's a location map from their site... the Mind Museum will be located near the proposed Unified Philippine Stock Exchange Building...

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nice one

Cool!

looks like a startrek spaceship but definitely better than the usual box structures of manila.

im not a fan of the design but whoa thats alotta money... im sure itll looks great

This is the start of space age architecture in the Philippines, who says we are a third world country, hehehehe nice design..

I love it. It's so retro.

THE MIND MUSEUM from umami mag.vol.1
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a billion-peso project aims to be a pioneering world-class science museum in the country that offers an experimental adventure into the world of science. envisioned to hold 175 interactive exhibits and displays, it serve as an entertaining and engaging learning facility, not just for the students, but also for teachers and families. scheduled to start construction in the latter part of this year, the mind museum looks forward to opening its doors in 2011.

with such a huge project at hand, the mind museum has forged partnership with companies from various sectors to reach their goal. renowned filipino architecture designer and architect lor calma and partners inc. are behind the building's futuristic design, while the exhibition master plan and exhibit design were undertaken by cincinnati-based film jack rouse associates. project consultant include canadian cobalt engineering, who are building design and engineering, and science center singapore, who gives advices on museum planning. the mind museum has also partnered with national geographic channel to gain access to its vast media collection and as venue for visiting national geographic explorers.

set to rise on a 12000 square meters JY campos Park in Bonifacio global city, the mind museum is a project of the bonifacio art foundation, inc. (BAFI). BAFI is a non-profit org. that is supported bu contributions from bonifacio global city property owners.

LIST OF SPONSORS
*museum site - fort bonifacio development corporation
*The lobby - family of mariano k.tan
*the introductory hall - JPMorgan chase & co.
*the 10 most beautiful experiments in science - ayala foundationm inc.
*life gallery - ajinomoto phil.corp.
*the human brain exhibit - st.luke's medical center
*earth gallery - del monte phil. inc and nutriasia
*our only earth footpath - HSBC
*universe gallery - globe telecom,inc.,IMI group of companies, and manila water company
*atom centerpiece - RFM/Swift
*how me live & here to there nodes(technology gallery) - pilipinas shell petroleum corporation
*technology of play zone(technology gallery) - Timezone
*changing gallery/plaza - ayala land inc.
*awesome lab - bank of the philippine islands
*audio visual equipment - SONY

FOR MORE INFO. VISIT themindmuseum.org or contact manny blas, managing director of the bonifacio art foundation, inc. at mablas@fbdcorp.com or 8562870

Mind Museum: Every exhibit visual, auditory, touchy-feely


By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:56:00 09/07/2008

Filed Under: Science (general), Libraries & Museums


MANILA, Philippines—It’s shaped like a flying saucer and big enough to hold the earth, the universe, four kinds of environment and a T-Rex.

A modern science museum, which promises visitors a multisensory experience, will be built at a cost of P1 billion in a sprawling park at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

The Mind Museum, expected to open by 2010, was conceived by the Bonifacio Arts Foundation Inc. (Bafi), whose board of trustees includes Joselito Campos Jr., Fernando Zobel de Ayala and Jaime I. Ayala.

A team of experts in different fields, like national artist Ben “BenCab” Cabrera and other Filipino artists, is collaborating to conceptualize and design the exhibits.

To be built in West Crescent Park in Bonifacio Global City, the museum features the story of the atom, the varieties of life, the mystery inside the earth, the majesty of the universe and the evolution of technology.

Thus, the museum’s main galleries on the ground level are called Atom, Life, Earth and Universe. Another gallery devoted entirely to Technology will be on the upper level.

Science in fascinating way

The idea is to teach visitors the principles of science and how they are applied in a holistic way.

“Science is not something that you only study in school,” The Mind Museum curator Maria Isabel Garcia says in an interview. “We want to emphasize that science happens every day, that you’re better off understanding the world than just leaving it to scientists, or leaving it in the [classroom] when you’re done with school.”

Yes, there will be art. However, the galleries’ main draw will be the melange of interactive, multimedia and multisensory science exhibits, designed by Filipino artists.

“Every exhibit is visual, auditory and tactile,” says Garcia, award-winning author of science books and a science columnist for a newspaper. “We want to present science in a fascinating way.”

Atom, life galleries

For instance, in the Atom gallery which has the theme, “The Strange World of the Very Small,” the centerpiece is an atomic capsule that will show what happens inside an atom.

“We’re consulting with scientists, physicists and chemists to help us understand what happens mathematically inside an atom. [We’ve also asked] an artist to render it visually on the computer so people aged 6 to 96 will understand and appreciate the importance of the atom,” Garcia says.

Visitors are in for a multisensory experience when they walk into the Life gallery, which will feature an escalator-powered vessel that allows people to experience different temperatures.

“We will give you four different environments in the ascent and descent—[You will feel what] it’s like to be in the desert, in the tropics, in temperate and polar regions,” Garcia says.

Earth, universe

In the Earth gallery, visitors can expect to view a replica of T-Rex (Tyrannosaurus rex is a large carnivorous dinosaur), cast from real fossils of the most complete T-Rex ever unearthed. They can also watch films about the Earth’s history inside a nautilus-inspired theater.

“In 12 minutes, [the film] will give you the history in multiple screens—designed to look like a nautilus to give you a sense of time,” Garcia says.

The Universe gallery houses a planetarium, where kids can lie down on “memory foams,” and view short films about the universe on overhead screens.

Technology

“It’s an intimate experience of the universe. We want you to experience the night sky just like when you were kids, lying on the lawn, staring and pointing to the stars,” Garcia says.

The oval-shaped Technology gallery is located on the second level to show that technology is founded on the sciences.

Here, visitors can check out the wide array of scientific instruments and still have an open view of the galleries on the ground floor. Hopefully, they would understand how the two levels are intertwined.

The Technology gallery, the largest of the five, is further divided into different exhibitions “according to how we value things,” says Garcia.

“If you want to know how a digital camera works and how it’s different from the old cameras, there’s an interactive exhibit that will explain the technology then and now,” she says.

Another exhibit features Filipino expressions in art, literature and communication.

Board of trustees

The Bafi’s board of trustees also includes Anna Margarita Dy, Mariano John Tan Jr., Edgardo Cruz Jr., Aileen Zosa, Carlos Rufino and Vicky Garchitorena.

The board commissioned Garcia and Manny Blas to draw up the concept for the science museum. The pair then formed an advisory council with BenCab, McCann World Group Asia Pacific chair emeritus Emily Abrera, St. Luke’s Medical Center medical director and art patron Dr. Joven Cuanang, physicists Dr. Jerrold Garcia and Dr. Cesar Saloma, cognitive psychologist Dr. Emy Liwag and Dr. Joey Balmaceda of the National Institute of Math to conceptualize the exhibits.

The group engaged artists from the University of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas to collaborate on the design of the science exhibits, and later signed up Jack Rouse Associates and Science Center Singapore as consultants.

Eco-friendly marvel

The Bafi, which is funded partly by contributions of property owners in the Bonifacio Global City, is providing the seed money and raising additional funds for the project.

A initial group of companies, namely Ajinomoto Philippines Corp., Ayala Land Inc., Bank of the Philippine Islands, Del Monte Philippines, Globe Telecom, IMI Group of Companies, NutriAsia Inc., Manila Water Corp. and R.A. Mojica and Partners, has committed P195 million for the project.

The museum, which occupies half of the 12,500-square meter West Crescent Park, is an architectural marvel with eco-friendly features.

It will use a light-colored exterior for solar reflectivity and a sweeping curved roof to ensure rainwater flow into a drainage. It will have a large glazed opening for natural wind ventilation and a tilted face for minimal heat reflection.

“Everyone would sense that it’s a flying saucer, but when you analyze it, it responds to the forces in the environment: Wind, sun and rain,” says architect Ed Calma, who designed the building.

A fantastic, futuristic structure. I am in awe of the effortless shape.

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Ground Breaking...:banana:

groundbreaking

construction update...hope a mod can change the thread title :cheers:

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Its really very great.

I really like the clean and smooth look of THE MIND MUSEUM.
Not like the gaudy one I saw in Valencia.




:horse:

Hmm the style is very much Le Corboisier inspired.Very nice indeed:cheers:

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Mind Museum

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It's in Inquirer.Net today Nov. 13, 2010

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‘BACKHOE-SAURUS’. A backhoe with a dinosaur painted on it starts digging the foundation for The Mind Museum, a futuristic structure that will rise in Bonifacio Global City in 2011. The building will house a 40-foot cast of the most complete T-Rex bones unearthed. Underneath it will be a simulated excavation site where one can dig for fossils. The museum will house more than 200 interactive exhibits, each playing a role in five gallery stories that span the range of nature’s elements—Atom, Life, Universe, Earth and Technology. It promises to be a world where imaginative minds can soar, a place that will fascinate as it will inspire.

source: http://inquirer.net/

^^yea, that's why they call it "Mind Museum" - simple yet full of creativity

the mind is actually more complex than you can imagine.

It's in Inquirer.Net today Nov. 13, 2010

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‘BACKHOE-SAURUS’. A backhoe with a dinosaur painted on it starts digging the foundation for The Mind Museum, a futuristic structure that will rise in Bonifacio Global City in 2011. The building will house a 40-foot cast of the most complete T-Rex bones unearthed. Underneath it will be a simulated excavation site where one can dig for fossils. The museum will house more than 200 interactive exhibits, each playing a role in five gallery stories that span the range of nature’s elements—Atom, Life, Universe, Earth and Technology. It promises to be a world where imaginative minds can soar, a place that will fascinate as it will inspire.

source: http://inquirer.net/

:applause:
can't wait for this :okay:

I'd be among the first bunch of people to troop this once it's done. I love museums!

After this, a major modern art museum for Manila should be next.

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Wow. ^^ is so confusing i don't know if you just trolled or solved the mysteries of life :lol:

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Nov. 17

Seems a very good project.Congratulations to Manila! :applause:

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Latest aerial shot of The Mind Museum. The Technology Gallery takes shape. You can also make out the beginnings of the Light Bridge, the corridor that connects the Atom and Universe Galleries. (Nov. 24, 2010 posted at Facebook, Mind Museum)

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The beginnings of the light bridge :)
11/26/2010, Facebook, Mind Museum

OMG! ang bilis ah! :D :applause:

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as of dec 2010

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Well i used Rodclay in my project in Alabang 2 years ago. :okay::okay:

Nice that the Mind museum is on its way to completion.:cheers:

Looks very good! Would deserve a better location on the bay. The bay in Manila is such a missed opportunity.

update

From The Mind Museum FB Page

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^^Looks different from the render. The sides of the building appears boxed, not angled. The complex appears tight, spatial ratio is constricted by the street around it, not exactly open as shown in the render.

update

thanks for the latest picture of construction of Mind museum. :banana: :banana: :banana:

latest updated photo Jan 28, 2011 from the facebook of Mind Museum

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Pic from The Mind Museum's Facebook Page

:banana::cheers:

from the Mind Museum facebook...30 % completed

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^^ Will go to BGC soon and take some photos of Mind Museum.

^^Looks different from the render. The sides of the building appears boxed, not angled. The complex appears tight, spatial ratio is constricted by the street around it, not exactly open as shown in the render.

Based on reliable sources, the render is strictly followed. The only exception from the original plan is the underground parking. Mind Museum does not have an underground parking but will utilize the parking adjacent to it. :)

nice progress

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taken mar 11 2011

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The Mind Museum aims to be recognized as a national institution, a learning center for science which contributes to the public understanding of science and in complementing the education of science students and teachers.

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Manila looks cool!

March 22
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another update

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View from burgos circle

38% completed, updated photo from The Mind Museum facebook dated April 4, 2011

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wooooooooooowww it its amazing just the ways it is and wen done thers not a thing that would do guz thats amazing the the way it is hahahahahahahaha XD (BRUNO MARS)

BRUNO MARS LIVE IN "CEBU"APRIL 7 2011

An update!

From ground...
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From top...
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The Mind Museum as of April 07, 2011

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:banana:

from "Philippines - Taguig Forum"

http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20110409-330220/Light-a-star-and-help-build-imaginative-minds


Light a star and help build imaginative minds

INQUIRER.net
First Posted 12:22:00 04/09/2011


MANILA, Philippines – You can now put your name or the name of your family and friends in the stars.

The Mind Museum, the country’s first world-class science museum, allows you to do that via its virtual night sky. For a P1,000 donation you could light a star, or for P15,000 could reach a galaxy.

In appreciation, you will receive an e-certificate, a sponsor badge for your Facebook page, and your name will be in the museum’s Web-based universe for 10 years. For the same period, The Mind Museum will also honor you through a marker in our Universe Gallery when it opens. Your donation will go towards completing the country’s center for the public understanding of science. A P1 billion project of the Bonifacio Art Foundation, Inc., it has embarked on this project from purely private donations.

The Mind Museum will have over 250 interactive exhibits that will dispel the notion that science is cold, boring and unapproachable. Divided into five main galleries, the museum will tell the story of the universe, atom, life, Earth and technology. There will also be an outdoor 800-square- meter Science-in-the-Park where guests will be able to continue their learning in four different themed pockets: Music, Water, Living and Math. It will also have educational facilities and educational programs.

Exhibit highlights to watch out for are the Human Brain exhibit where guests can walk through a giant human brain to understand how it works. Another is Stan, the first T-Rex exhibit in the Philippines. It is a 40-foot-cast of the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex bones ever unearthed.

Light a star or reach a galaxy and be a part of this landmark project. Your donation will help build imaginative minds with the completion of The Mind Museum this December. For more information, please visit: www.themindmuseum.org

This building is coming along nicely. I didn't expect this building to wear an exoskeleton so it threw me a bit off in the beginning. However, the lack of open space belies the building's Saarinenesque design, something a viewer can only wish for.

^^They are going to put a metallic facade in it, that's not an exoskeleton... based on the image posted above, on the left side of the structure, they are starting to attach the facade:

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^^They are going to put a metallic facade in it, that's not an exoskeleton... based on the image posted above, on the left side of the structure, they are starting to attach the facade:


No, I wasn't talking about the facade.:)

^^hmmm so you don't know what Exoskeleton means...

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April 13
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What sort of material are they going to use for cladding this interestly designed structure?

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The Mind Museum as of April 20, 2011

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a gorgeous angle view of the mind museum
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The Mind Museum will be the first world-class science museum in the Philippines. It is a project of the Bonifacio Art Foundation, Inc. (BAFI), and will be built in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), a rising central business district located in Taguig City. It is envisioned to be a venue where visitors will be fascinated with science, by providing an opportunity to learn science in an entertaining and engaging way. The Mind Museum aims to be recognized as a national institution, a learning center for science which contributes to the public understanding of science and in complementing the education of science students and teachers.

cant wait to see the completion of this awesome museum by December this year.

UPDATE: Construction 40% Finished:

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update

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posted by the Mind Museum on Facebook June 6, 2011

from Philippines Forum:

The Mind Museum’s First Exhibit Testing - May2011

(from http://www.iampinay.com/2011/tourism/the-mind-museums-first-exhibit-testing-event.html)

* The P1 billion project was raised purely through private donations.
* The Mind Museum can accommodate 500-600 people at a time.
* It would take more than 4 hours to tour the museum.
* The entrance fee is not yet finalized but it will be comparable to other museums in Manila.
* They will offer socialized entrance fee to public school students.
* Since the country doesn’t have yet an expert in Human Anthropology, they worked with a professor in France to help them make an exact replica of Lucy, the first and almost complete set of a 3.2 million year old Australopithecus Afarensis teenage girl.
* The Mind Museum‘s target P1 billion fund has only reached 95% says Alex, Assistant Fundraising Manager. For as low P1,000, you can help build the museum. Click (http://www.themindmuseum.org/LM/helpbuildit/helpbuildit.html). The donor’s name will be written in one of the walls of the museum for 10 years.
* The next exhibit testing will be in the next few months with more prototypes to add.

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Air : Pass your hand over the sensor and watch a tornado form.

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Bernoulli’s Principle. Tilt the basket and watch the floating ball follow. Learn more about what makes birds and airplanes fly.

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Whirlpool. Marvel as the balls spiral around the giant gravity well.

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Solar Bugs. The sun (represented by the halogen lamp) makes the bugs come alive. Learn how solar energy powers the motor that makes the bugs move.

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Big Small Wonders. Have you ever wondered what lies in the world of the very small? View the tiniest details of various items around you, including your skin, through a hand-held microscope.

I just love the shape of the building.

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from the Mind Museum FB , 77% Completed as of 04August2011

as of August 24,2011

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posted by the Mind Museum on Facebook June 6, 2011

I think this will be completed by January next year

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update :cheers:

The Mind Museum as of Oct 5, 2011
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This is quite gorgeous.

^^ Thanks. This is Philippines' first world class Science Museum although we have other equally good Science museum at SM Mall of Asia, the Mind Museum will be bigger.

update :cheers:
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wouldn't it be nicer if they remove the line of trees blocking the view of the mind museum ? I mean, just transfer those trees in a park or anywhere else. it's for aesthetic reasons like appreciating the beauty of the structure as seen in the original render. I am not against mother nature but cm'on, the trees are blocking the view...I hope they transfer the trees and let the museum be visible as far as the eye could see without those trees blocking it

is this located in downtown?

^^ yes, it is

update
Almost complete na yung structure. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6312525760_66cf03468e_b.jpg from the Mind Museum FB

update: interior shots of The Mind Museum at Taguig

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^^ Nice update on interior.

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is this located in downtown?

It is located 5 to 10 minutes from Makati Central Business District.

:bash: :cheers: To be completed in 2011, the R1 billion-Mind Museum will be built on a donated super prime 12,000 square meter site at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City. It will feature over 250 interactive exhibits in five galleries to be called Atom, Earth, Life, Universe, and Technology.

marine institute (http://www.marinersplanet.com/) :banana:

i'm excited for its completion. it would be a great landmark at night. I expect the lightings at its interiors to be grand/sophisticated/scientific

wow, nice!

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The Mind Museum's Founder's Place
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very amazing!!! very brilliant design!!! very futuristic design, i really love it

update

Inside TMM...

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soft opening pics

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Random pics of The Mind Museum facebook

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Stan the T-rex from The Mind Museum facebook

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wow ^^ plastic or real ??

^^It's a replica of the original T-Rex bones. not sure if it is a plastic...

wow... very nice indeed! :)

Inside TMM...

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Is this exhibit showing the evolution from Lucy to Ozzie O?

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And this one's a tornado or geyser model?

Is this exhibit showing the evolution from Lucy to Ozzie O?

The exhibit is called "The Human Story", it showcases the development of the genus Homo over time through 3-D silicon models of selected hominids.

And this one's a tornado or geyser model?

Its an "Air exhibit" that recreates a mini tornado :)

Very, very nice.:cheers:

From Philippines Forum:

* I agree... fund-raising again to build an Arts Museum. :banana:


* Mind Museum test-run on Feb8-March8.
* Grand opening on March 16.

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lol. this museum is built, entirely out of donations ?

lol. this museum is built, entirely out of donations ?

Yes, 100% donation. :banana:

The Mind Museum has already emailed an invitation to Donors.

Please contact them if you are a Donor, but haven't received an invitation.

^^really? I have not received any invitation yet...

^^really? I have not received any invitation yet...

Please email maan.capinding@themindmuseum.org or call (+632) 818-3601.

I received my invitation.
Need to confirm by Jan20 if you will attend the February event for Donors.

Oh yeah! I am starting to like everything about this Museum. I'm hoping to see more structures like this that cater to educational purposes in Manila. Now we have another landmark in BGC. :cheers2: :cheers:

d/p

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Nice museum

updates

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^^personally i dont like the design..... idea of having a mind museum its great but the design nahh....lots of potential design than this piece of ....

^^personally i dont like the design..... idea of having a mind museum its great but the design nahh....lots of potential design than this piece of ....

There is nothing with the design. it is on the eyes of the beholder. The most important is "What are the things inside that building? However, th:bash::bash:e output could have been better if you donated millions.

There is nothing wrong with the design. it is on the eyes of the beholder. The most important is "What are the things inside that building? However, the output could have been better if you donated millions.

:bash::bash:

it's his opinion.

update on The Mind Museum and the Science-in-the-park
from The Mind Museum Facebook

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Science-in-the-park

The 800 sqm Park will be the outdoor source of science fascination. Under the theme "Nature's Artful Play", the park will feature exhibits where visitors can learn science by enjoying and rediscovering anew, through play, the wonder of nature’s elements: sunlight, wind, water, and greenery. The park will include four main play pockets: Water, Math, Music, and Living Pockets.

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This will be the area that will show that Math tickles the mind as well as the senses. This will be mathematics in shapes and forms rendered in their most artistic and intriguing forms.

Featured exhibits:

• Brachistocrone Slide
• Fulcrum
• Mobius Wall Climber

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This area will engage guests to make music from instruments laid out as parts of a funky orchestra al fresca.

Featured exhibits:

Indigenous Drums
Echo Dome
Giant Flute
Wind Chimes – Singing Forest
Circle of Fifths

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This will be the "wild" area of the park – where special plants will show guests their silent cleansing power as well as creatures who will invite guests to "get into their heads."

Featured exhibits:

Creature Heads: Cobra, Philippine Eagle, Dragonfly and Hammerhead
Reed Beds: Plants that filter gray water

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This will be an area that will playfully unleash the power and wonder of water. It will feature a whimsical bubble maker and a large water table with inter-related exhibits that will move guests to rediscover the role of water in their lives.

Featured Exhibits:

Archimedes Screw
Tipping Buckets
Water Wheel
Bubble Areas



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^^personally i dont like the design..... idea of having a mind museum its great but the design nahh....lots of potential design than this piece of ....



another result of these 'if only we can build as well as we draw' dilemma.:)

^^personally i dont like the design..... idea of having a mind museum its great but the design nahh....lots of potential design than this piece of ....

Could have been better... if only you donated more

More photos of the Mind Museum

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update - almost done now...

Look No more fence

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as if you were in 1st world countries

Is there a parking underground?

Just asking. Cute design!

it's his opinion.

adverse opinion, not acceptable. Everyone is entitled to his/her opinion but expect also that his opinion might be negated.....

Could have been better... if only you donated more

hahahaha. You nailed it.

There is nothing with the design. it is on the eyes of the beholder. The most important is "What are the things inside that building? However, th:bash::bash:e output could have been better if you donated millions.

I like the design and I have seen it with my two eyes. Magnificent.

Is there a parking underground?

Just asking. Cute design!

No underground parking, so how do you rate the Museum? 6? mediocre just like Metro Manila skyline?

^I need to go inside that museum, that matters more than the exterior.

I saw a render where there is an open park or playground outside the museum, but can't seem to find it on the pic. Is it the one constructing on block besides Mind?

^I need to go inside that museum, that matters more than the exterior.

I saw a render where there is an open park or playground outside the museum, but can't seem to find it on the pic. Is it the one constructing on block besides Mind?

you can see the park in this picture dude. :)
not recent pic though

update on The Mind Museum and the Science-in-the-park
from The Mind Museum Facebook

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The Mind Museum and the Science-in-the-park

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I like the mini-park, a pocket of green amidst the soaring skyscrapers.

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The Mind Museum | Completed


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Some of the Exhibits

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Science in the park

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The Mind Museum can be seen in this video :okay:

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