Caroní Ecomuseum
Description

Caroní Ecomuseum 

Description:

Ecomuseum of Caroni . This center of cultural dissemination was conceived under the concept of an ecomuseum, a situation which gives rise to the union of the museum and the environment.

It was built between the 1992 e the 1996 and inaugurated on 26 November 1998 . It is characterized by being a square-shaped reinforced concrete structure in the shape of a cube —six-sided polyhedron— covered in red ceramic, which is modeled to form part of the ground, set in the living rock, placed in front of the screen of the dam of Macagua II . It has large glass-enclosed windows, allowing you to enjoy the Water Squareand internal spaces that facilitate the comfortable visit of its structures where there are permanent and traveling exhibitions. The building consists of 6 levels or floors which are recognized as terrace, floor 1, ground floor, basement 1, basement 2 and basement 3, has an area of ​​5.500 m. In each of these levels there are various samples of a historical, pictorial and archaeological type. This building was designed by architects Esther Fontana and Lisette Ávila.

'Ecomuseo Caroní is made up of two areas, the internal one which corresponds to the visitor center building and its area of ​​influence in the Water Square comprising a total of 10 hectares, the Llovizna Park with 200 hectares and the external one which constitutes the basin of the Caroni River with an extension of 92.170 km. The building of the Ecomuseo Caroní and the Plaza del Agua received a special recognition for the first category at the IX National Architecture Biennial of Venezuela held in 1999.

It presents a permanent exhibition with a detailed report of the facts that make up the past, present and future of the leading company in electricity generation in the country, CVG Edelca. The most diverse manifestations of individual and collective creators of all fields can be exhibited in its spaces , from painting, orchid exhibitions to the most advanced knowledge of civil and hydraulic engineering in relation to the production of electric energy . Its structures are an example of integration between art and architecture, works of the masters are exhibited Carlos Cruz Ten e Alexander Otero.. It has an auditorium that has the most varied and modern technological equipment related to its function and where films aimed at various types of audiences are shown on a weekly basis; Furthermore, this space is often used to organize forums, conferences and congresses, among others. On one of the levels there is a bar-restaurant.

The purpose of this facility is to promote environmental protection

Text source: https://www.ecured.cu/Ecomuseo_del_Caron%C3%AD

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Website: https://www.ecured.cu/Ecomuseo_del_Caron%C3%AD

Text source: ecomuseum website

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