该项目包括三个主要元素：博物馆建筑、展览设计和周边公园。
The project comprises three main elements: the museum building, the exhibition design and the surrounding park.
项目的核心是一个公共的户外中庭，由五颜六色的金属雨棚覆盖，旨在保护游客免受频繁的风吹雨打。围绕着中央中庭的是不售票的公共区域，包括博物馆商店、咖啡馆和临时展览空间，以及建筑的两个主要售票展览翼。中庭层比地面高一层，除了保护下面连接两翼展览的室外展览空间外，还允许扩展到运河和城市的视野。
At the heart of the project is a public outdoor atrium covered by colorful metal canopies designed to protect visitors from frequent wind-driven rains. Surrounding the central atrium are unticketed public areas, including the museum store, a café and a temporary exhibition space, as well as the two main ticketed exhibition wings of the building. The atrium level, elevated one floor above grade, allows for extended views to the Canal and city, in addition to protecting the outdoor exhibition space below, which connects the two exhibition wings.
展览设计是与Bruce Mau Design合作构思的，向参观者介绍了巴拿马地峡的出现及其在塑造我们的自然环境中的作用。八个展厅内的故事向参观者介绍了生物多样性的概念，使他们沉浸在巴拿马的环境中，并描述了地质和自然历史。这些展览还传达了这些自然力量是如何影响人类的，以及生命的相互联系对所有植物和动物物种的生存的重要性。
The exhibition design, conceived collaboratively with Bruce Mau Design, educates visitors about the emergence of the Isthmus of Panamá and its role in shaping our natural environment. Inside the eight galleries are stories that introduce visitors to the concept of biodiversity, immerse them in the environments of Panamá and describe the geological and natural history. The exhibitions also convey how these natural forces have affected humans and the importance of the interconnectivity of life to the survival of all plant and animal species.
生物多样性公园将展览的叙述扩展到周围的景观中。位于公园周围的教育站，通过说明当地植物和动物物种之间的真实互动，增加了游客对博物馆的体验。由于博物馆外部中庭的公民性质，该公园被设计成一个供当地居民使用的公共空间。
The Park of Biodiversity expands the exhibition narrative into the surrounding landscape. Located here and there around the park are education stations that augment the visitor’s experience of the museum by illustrating real-life interaction between local plant and animal species. Because of the civic nature of the museum’s exterior atrium, the park is designed as a publicly accessible space for local residents.
Architects: Gehry Partners
Area: 4100 m²
Year: 2014
Photographs: Fernando Alda
Manufacturers: Comex
Design Partner:Frank Gehry
Project Manager:Terry Bell
Project Architect:Bill Childers
Project Designer:Anand Devarajan, Anand Devarajan
Structural Engineer:Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Mechanical Engineer:Don C. Gilmore and Associates
Lighting Consultant:Lightswitch Architectural
Architect In Charge:Frank Gehry
Design Team:Elmer Barco, Danelle Briscoe, Vartan Chalikian, Tina Chee, Denise Disney, Sam Gehry, Jose Gonzalez, Kerenza Harris, Jeremy Leman, Chris Mercier, George Metzger, Nathaniel Nacionales, Scott Natvig, Michael O’Boyle, Markus Sohst, Armando Solano
Exhibition Design:Bruce Mau Design
Country:Panama