2024-05-13T13:29:35-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150057096/world-s-largest-single-domed-tropical-greenhouse-designed-by-coldefy-associates-coming-soon-to-northern-france Alexander Walter 2018-03-28T17:40:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/to/tou2n6gkshn72sq8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>French architects <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/149971229/coldefy-associates-architects-urban-planners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coldefy &amp; Associates Architects Urban Planners</a> have revealed plans for the world's largest single-domed tropical <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/66273/greenhouse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">greenhouse</a>. Called <em>Tropicalia</em>, this vast indoor landscape will soon pop up in the Pas-de-Calais area in Northern France and house all sorts of tropical flora and fauna under an enormous pillar-less firmament of EFTE pressurized air cushions held up by an aluminum frame.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/xw/xw0zwk4ckrui7fc3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/xw/xw0zwk4ckrui7fc3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Coldefy &amp; Associates Architects Urban Planners.</figcaption></figure><p>Here's a project description from the architects: "Tropicalia is a 15,000m2 tropical biodome that creates a harmonious world connecting man to an exotic natural, providing a constant temperature of 28&deg;C in a region with notoriously poor weather. Whether it is an invitation into a dream, a grand voyage or an educational trip, Tropicalia is a place of discovery, amazement and ecological awareness."</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ec/ecn037zhbm7ahneo.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ec/ecn037zhbm7ahneo.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Coldefy &amp; Associates Architects Urban Planners.</figcaption></figure><p>"This unique place will contain a diverse range of fauna and flora, butterflies, exotic...</p>