The Museum of Amazonian Science offers global hope and sustainability

museum of amazonian science, and its timber clad interior

After nearly two decades of work, entrepreneur and environmentalist Luiz Felipe Aranha Moura is launching his plan to bring the municipality of Belterra, Brazil, back to the future. His visionary new Museu de Ciência da Amazônia, also known as MuCA, or the Museum of Amazonian Science, is an ambitious project that builds on fascinating local history, and has been made possible with the help of a team of high-powered collaborators, including the celebrated Brazilian architect Arthur Casas (whose monograph, Arthur Casas. Architecture, was recently published).

Just outside of Belterra, the home of MuCA director Luiz Felipe Aranha Moura serves as accommodation for visiting guests until the project is complete. It enjoys an idyllic setting under the jungle canopy, with an open-air format that works because of the region’s conspicuous lack of mosquitoes  (Image credit: Maira Acayaba)