On the banks of the Vistula River, around the Copernicus Science Centre building and on its roof, there will be an extraordinary garden called the Discovery Park. This will be an open, green space, a place of relaxation geared for educational entertainment, dedicated to whole families. The design of the garden was developed jointly by engineers, artists, and landscape designers. Aside from greenery, it will feature a dozen-odd modern outdoor exhibits: kinetic sculptures, artistic installations, and artistic projects enabling us to independently perform experiments involving water, music, and movement. The Park's attractions will also include an outdoor art gallery, a climbing wall, and a concert stage set on the water. While standing on the building's roof, special craters will allow us to peer down and see what is going on inside.
The architecture of the Park will reflect the natural Vistula landscape, with gently undulating terrain full of ponds and hillocks. Grassy areas and meadows, forest groves, and rough granite boulders will naturally fit in with the surroundings and reinforce the character of the river embankments.
Visualizations of roof garden and the Discovery Park:
SOME OF THE ARTISTIC INSTALLATIONS IN THE DISCOVERY PARK:
Jarosław Kozakiewicz's Aquaporin Model
This installation was inspired by the discovery of aquaporin – an integral membrane protein involved in the process of transporting water through our cell walls. Its discovery earned Peter Agre the 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
The Aquaporin Model will be a sculpture functioning as a fountain, illustrating the principle whereby water is transported in the cells of organisms. From between the vertically arranged helixes of the fountain, water will thrust up 4.5 meters at approximately 100 litres per minute. The airborne stream will be lit from below by multicoloured, changing lights, while a wind sensor on the building's roof will regulate the height of the water stream. 
Adam Nieman's Space Signpost
This artistic installation will help us to better grasp the Solar System and outer space, enabling us to explore the Cosmos without leaving the Earth, looking for our own place in the Universe.
The installation will be take the form of a state-of-the-art multimedia kinetic sculpture, outfitted with a moving pointing arm, a display, and a touch panel. The arm will point towards any object in space we choose – a planet, satellite, asteroid, comet, or spaceship – and then trace its motion. The device will also display the name of the object and its precise distance from the Signpost's location. The display will present a three-dimensional image of the object and information about it. To better observe phenomena in outer space, we will also be able to simulate the navigation of the chosen object. 
The Discovery Park's overall design was developed by architects from the firm RAr-2 Architecture Lab Gilner + Kubec in Ruda ¦l±ska. Contracts for the artistic projects to be found in the Park are now being negotiated. They will include installations by Jaroslaw Kozakiewicz, Elżbieta Wierzbickia ("Weli"), the British group Greyworld, and the science-promotion firm Springboard with Dr. Adam Nieman. The Discovery Park will be open for experimentation in the end of 2010.
