Gold Museum
Title
Gold Museum
Costa Rica Ecotourism
Subject
ecotourism; sustainability; museums
Description
This project was funded by Bernard and Anne Spitzer Travel Fellowship for research projects involving travel abroad and incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism.
Ranked in 2009 as the greenest country in the world, Costa Rica has urbanized as world leader in sustainability and eco-friendly development. Ecotourism is a vital part of the country’s revenue to agriculture. We are looking to understand how a country got to the point where economic development works in balance with environmental concerns. We as designers of the built environment can learn from the ways Costa Rica has worked on ensuring the safety of the environment and the lasting of its integrated, sustainable architectural style.
Creator
Carbuccia, Venus
Vargas, Edgar (Costa Rican architect, born 1922); Borbón, Jorge (Costa Rican architect, born 1933); Bertheau, Jorge (Conta Rican architect); Rovinsky, Samuel (engineer)
Date
1982
Rights
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Michael Buonanno
Type
Architecture and City Planning
Identifier
T0245
Coverage
San Jose, Costa Rica
Files
Collection
Citation
Carbuccia, Venus and Vargas, Edgar (Costa Rican architect, born 1922); Borbón, Jorge (Costa Rican architect, born 1933); Bertheau, Jorge (Conta Rican architect); Rovinsky, Samuel (engineer), “Gold Museum,” Spitzer School of Architecture, accessed November 14, 2024, http://digitalscholarship.ccny.cuny.edu/architecture/items/show/729.
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