mercredi 5 juin 2013

Article by Anis and Valérian,

During our trip to Germany, we visited several museums and industrial sites.

Firstly: The Porsche museum houses numerous racing car collections and the most expensive cars in the world.
The museum is composed of a steel skeleton with a contemporary style, the exterior facade looks like a snake skin with a mirror effect.
The visit takes place in the form of a spiral. So we moved forward in time.
The Porsche museum is located in this area, next to a Porsche dealer.




Secondly: The Mercedes-Benz museum with its history.
The structure of the building is comtemporary, it seems like a wheel. Inside, the building is very modern. The center of the building has three elevatorleading to the start of the visit.  The visit takes place on a circular pattern from top to bottom, simulating forward movement in time.
We can use the audio guide to know the cars and their stories.






Thirdly: the Mercedes factory, with its ​​dance machine.

The Mercedes site is as large as Monaco.
The largest part of the assembly of the cars' bodies is made ​​by machines and technical details of the cars are made by workers. The stage where the bodies and engines are assembled by workers is nicknamed "The Wedding".
 

Finally: The airport of Stuttgart. the small ecological airport.
The roofs of the airport consist of solar panels and grass for insulation. These solar panels allow self sufficiency in the summer. These roofs are supported, inside, by steel trees.