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Jul 5, 2023 · Named after the Greek goddess of Earth, Gaia is the second wooden building designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Ito for the campus. The first was The Wave , a sports hall...
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Gaia: The Largest Wooden Building in Asia. Named after the Greek goddess of earth, Gaia is the second wooden structure on campus built by Ito, recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The Wave, a multi-purpose sports facility, was the first to open in 2017.
May 19, 2023 · Structurally, it consists mostly of sustainably sourced mass timber, which is made up of a roughly equal mixture of CLT (cross-laminated timber) and Glulam (glued laminated timber)....
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The Gaia Temples are immensely large temples in various shapes. Their function is to harness the very power of the planet itself and work in sync with the Chaos Emeralds, with the purpose of putting the world back together whenever it is broken into pieces by Dark Gaiaand ultimately seal up the beast himself. The process of restoring the planet is ...
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The Gaia Temples were created ages ago to house the earth's power. Who or what created the Gaia Temples and for what purpose are unknown. The location of each Gaia Temple were recorded in the Gaia Manuscripts following the time of awakeningthat occurred some tens of thousands of years ago.
Sonic Unleashed
In Sonic Unleashed, Dr. Eggman learned about the Gaia Temples from the Gaia Manuscripts. After somewhat successfully awakening Dark Gaia with his Chaos Energy Cannon and splitting the earth apart, the doctor sought to secure the Gaia Temples as they could prove to be a threat to his plans. Meanwhile, Sonic the Hedgehog and Chip(aka. Light Gaia) began to seek out the Gaia Temples in order to restore the planet and stop Dark Gaia's resurrection. When Eggman learned Sonic was still alive after t...
Mazuri: Guarded by Dr. Eggman's Egg Beetle. (Green Chaos Emerald)Chun-nan: Guarded by the Dark Gaia Phoenix. (Red Chaos Emerald)Spagonia: Guarded by Dr. Eggman's Egg Devil Ray. (Blue Chaos Emerald)Holoska: Guarded by Dark Moray. (Cyan Chaos Emerald)Archie Comics
1. Main article: Gaia Temple (Archie) The Gaia Temples also appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. Much like in Sonic Unleashed, the Gaia Temples are seven temples located throughout Sonic's World and are capable of restoring the planet whenever it shatters every ten thousandth year with the seven Chaos Emeralds.
Apotos and Empire Cityare the only areas without Gaia Temples.The Chun-nan Gaia Temple, is the only temple that needs an object to be able to be opened, in this case, Chun-nan's Treasure.May 4, 2023 · Gaia, named after the Greek goddess of the Earth, is the largest building made from mass-engineered timber in Asia, and the second such building on campus after The Wave, NTU’s sports complex. Gaia’s timber composition and how it was fabricated give it a much lower carbon footprint than traditional concrete buildings.
Aug 20, 2024 · Gaia is Asia's largest wooden building and is made almost entirely from mass timber. Yet the timber structure of the building also means mould can grow and fester, a problem that companies...
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Oct 30, 2023 · Completed in May this year, the six-storey Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University is Asia’s largest timber building. Made with mass timber elements prefabricated by Stora Enso in Austria and shipped 9,000km to site, it’s a new landmark for the city state and a case study in planning, design, logistics, and moisture ...
