Editing Fermilab (section)

===Architecture===
[[File:Interior of Fermi Lab Wilson Hall.JPG|thumb|Interior of Wilson Hall]]

Fermilab's first director, Robert Wilson, insisted that the site's aesthetic complexion not be marred by a collection of concrete block buildings. The design of the administrative building (Wilson Hall) was inspired by [[Beauvais Cathedral|St.&nbsp;Pierre's Cathedral]] in [[Beauvais]], [[France]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://history.fnal.gov/GoldenBooks/gb_wilson2.html |title=Fermilab History and Archives Project |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118014849/http://history.fnal.gov/GoldenBooks/gb_wilson2.html |archive-date=January 18, 2017 }}</ref> though it was realized in a [[Brutalism|Brutalist]] style. Several of the buildings and sculptures within the Fermilab reservation represent various mathematical constructs as part of their structure.

The [[Archimedean Spiral]] is the defining shape of several [[pumping station]]s as well as the building housing the MINOS experiment. The reflecting pond at Wilson Hall also showcases a {{convert|32|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} [[hyperbola|hyperbolic]] obelisk, designed by Wilson. Some of the high-voltage [[transmission line]]s carrying power through the laboratory's land are built to echo the Greek letter [[pi|π]]. One can also find structural examples of the [[DNA]] double-helix spiral and a nod to the [[geodesic sphere]].

Wilson's sculptures on the site include ''Tractricious'', a free-standing arrangement of steel tubes near the Industrial Complex constructed from parts and materials recycled from the Tevatron collider, and the soaring ''[[Broken Symmetry (sculpture)|Broken Symmetry]]'', which greets those entering the campus via the Pine Street entrance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fnal.gov/pub/about/campus/sculptures.html |series=About Fermilab |title=The Fermilab Campus |date=December 1, 2005 |access-date=February 27, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403134748/http://www.fnal.gov/pub/about/campus/sculptures.html |archive-date=April 3, 2007 }}</ref> Crowning the [[Robert F. Ramsey|Ramsey Auditorium]] is a representation of the [[Möbius strip]] with a diameter of more than {{convert|8|ft}}. Also scattered about the access roads and village are a massive hydraulic press and old magnetic containment channels, all painted blue.