One project which uses technology to alter the architecture while making a unique experience both culturally and in film is the newly constructed Orbi in Tokyo, Japan. Following the trends of the 1990’s, which saw the construction of many museum centers centered on cinemas, this facility, funded by SEGA and BBC, is partly educational giving experiences of flora and fauna in unique ways by utilizing projection systems (5.8).
(5.5) Orbi Theatre Axon
The Orbi has as its main attraction a cinema which utilizes new film and screen technology which with a very wide and curved screen (5.5) gives a very deep 3 Dimensional presence. This occurs in a the main room which also houses fog and mist producers to create a full immersion in documentary nature based films (5.6,5.7).10 (5.6) Orbi Curved Screen Room
The Orbi is a good example of a cinema that utilizes new technology in a way that creates an immersive, cultural, and unique technological cinema experience.
(5.7) Orbi Curved Screen Room Fog
(5.8) Orbi Lobby 23