The room is empty apart from a central table displaying a methacrylate model of LHCb. The walls, floors and ceiling are dark in colour. The structure of the room is designed to echo the layout of LHCb itself, with seven led light arches crossing the space corresponding to the seven sub-detectors of LHCb. The light arches activate in coordination with the audiovisual display, as does the methacrylate model of LHCb.
The side walls of the room define a V-shaped floor plan that focuses the attention towards the projection area at the end of the room.
The visitor experience consists of three phases:
1st – A real and virtual light effect generating a false perspective towards infinity. / 2nd – An introduction to the LHCb detector, its function and its achievements. / 3rd – A detailed exploration of each LHCb sub-detector and their function.
Design and produced by INDISSOLUBLE
Client: CERN / Project Manager: Núria Vallverdú / Design: Paula López, Miriam Ribuffo, Gabriel Betancourt / Contents: CERN, Indissoluble / Graphic Design: Rocío Larrumbide / Audiovisuals: Sabrina Montoya, CERN / Production and assembly: Miriam Ribuffo, Marco Vásquez, Diego Cortés, Salvador Camí, Alejandro Cuñado, Fabio Alvino, Javier Fuertes, Antonio Zozaya, Juan Carlos de Asco / Photography: Miriam Ribuffo, Núria Vallverdú