Can a museum function like a mangrove? The competition proposal by LAVA for the MAC Panamá reimagines the museum as a vertical civic landscape, inspired by the site’s ecological history. The design combines public space, environmental resilience, and cultural exchange into a new model for future cultural institutions.

LAVA – Laboratory for Visionary Architecture is an international architecture and research studio exploring the intersection of design, technology, and nature. Through computational design and regenerative thinking, the practice creates innovative spaces that respond to the environmental and social challenges of the future.