Tag Archives: Biodiversity

Flowers of Costa Rica

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Costa Rica is one of the biologically wealthiest nations in the world.  While the country has only about 0.25% of the world’s landmass, it contains almost 5% of the world’s biodiversity.  Costa Rica, which means “Rich Coast,” has the largest percentage of protected areas in the world.  From the forested mountains to the coral reefs off both coasts, this small country treasures an incomparable diversity of flora and fauna. Costa Rica boasts more than 9000 species of flowering plants and about 800 species of ferns, as well as many other species which are spread throughout the country.

Flowers of Costa Rica

Atrium Roof Designs

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Frank Gehry centered the Panama City’s Biodiversity Museum on a public open-air atrium covered by a sequence of multicolored metal canopies, each folded and staggered to evoke Panama’s local vernacular of tin roofs and colorful facades. The origami-like roofs also help protect the interior from the region’s wet-season downpour and wind gusts. A museum store, cafe, and a temporary exhibition space branch out from the central atrium.

Roof Designs

Roof Designs

Colorful Biodiversity Museum

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With its multicolored facade, the Biomuseo is prominently situated on the highly visible Amador Causeway at the Pacific mouth of the Panama Canal. The building serves as a major civic and educational resource for the residents of Panama, as well as an attractive tourist destination. The museum houses a series of permanent exhibitions created by Bruce Mau Design and is surrounded by a 6-acre Biodiversity Park designed by Gehry in collaboration with landscape designer Edwina von Gal.

Colorful Biodiversity Museum

Colorful Biodiversity Museum

 

Reflections of Panama City captured on the shiny entrance walls of Biodiversity Museum ….

Reflections at Biodiversity Museum

Reflections at Biodiversity Museum