Something unique: The Museum for Biodiversity in Panama City

Abstract

The new Museum for Biodiversity in Panama City is our starting point to interrogate contemporary forms of articulation between the natural sciences, architecture, and the city. This article aims to analyze the project as a set of three powers: Gehry Partners’ architecture, Bruce Mau Design Office’s environmental graphics, and the Smithsonian Institute for Tropical Research’s scientific content in conjunction with the University of Panama. It also hopes to demonstrate part of Central America’s strategy, which is to singularize the local in the global.

Keywords

• Biomuseum
• Frank Gehry
• Bruce Mau
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• contemporary architecture
• museum architecture
• Central American architecture.
• Central American architecture