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Crashing Hydrogen protons at near light speed reveal subatomic particles that help physicist solve fundamental questions such as “are there extra dimensions?”, “what happened at the beginning of time?” and “what is dark matter?”.

The project in this studio will tackle the next step in the expansion of CERN with the Future Circular Collider (FCC), a new circular collider running under the alps and lake Geneva with 62 miles of circumference. An experimental point is a location along the ring that houses the large underground detectors that are able to record the crashes with minute precision. On the ground level a complex infrastructure is necessary to maintain the ongoing experiments. Using Artificial Neural Networks, harnessing the power of Big Data, the main task of this studio is in discovering a method to blend landscape and experiment point. Exploring the long tradition of the role of architecture in the alpine setting, ideas of the sublime, and methods of camouflage the studio provides ample opportunity to discuss the efficacy and role of AI in a contemporary setting of architecture design.