ESMoU Exploratory Science Museum of Unicamp

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ESMoU Exploratory Science Museum of Unicamp

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Cultural › Museum

The
ESMoU Exploratory Science Museum is a showcase for architecture’s ability to
harness the power of technology and society for a greater good. The plan is a
series of circles derived from the existing conditions of the site. This
pragmatic response to contextual conditions percolates through all scales of
the building. At the center of the building is The Green Lung, a circular void
filled with vegetation that supplies fresh air to the building. A series of circular
penetrations bring day-lighting into the main space of the museum, The Social
Mixer. On the façade a series of algae filled tubes harness the energy of the
sun to create energy.