Palestine Eco Museum
A green museum is a museum that incorporates concepts of sustainability into its operations, programming, and facility. Many green museums, but not all, use their collections to produce exhibitions, events, classes, and other programming to educate the public about the natural environment. Many, but not all, green museums reside in a building featuring sustainable and technology. Green museums interpret their own sustainable practices and green design to present a model of behavior.
Green museums strive to help people become more conscious of their world, its limitations, and how their actions affect it. The goal is to create positive change by encouraging people to make sustainable choices in their daily lives. They use their position as community-centered institutions to create a culture of sustainability.
Green museums promote a culture of sustainability. Culture forms and holds humanity’s deepest values, attitudes, and actions. Sustainability asks people to adapt at a cultural level, changing their beliefs and behavior (Worts, 2006). Museums are in a unique role to establish and promote a culture of sustainability. "In their role as places of authority and keepers of culture, museums have unequaled power and responsibility to model and to teach the methods of preserving ourselves, our planet and our cultural resources"
Site definition :
Reasons behind choosing this Site :
1. Far from Noise and Pollution
2. facing the main important street connecting Tulkarm and Nablus
3. located at the east entrance of the city
8. It's very healthy and rich with fresh and clean air
9. the best views since it's the highest spot in the city
Project Program
Project program
Outdoor Exhibit (Eco Wall )
Lobby (reception and ticket)
Services
Planetarium
Indoor exhibit
Children Open space (for practicing environmental activities )
Interactive space
Cafeteria
Outdoor seating
Library
Audio Visuals room
Community gardens supervision room + store + services
Community Gardens (for planting and picnic )
Administration + services
Store
Mechanical Room
Concept:
Presenting and Protecting the Natural World
Key Words to Concept
Melting with nature, Outside is inside ,Building above the ground level ,Building without cutting any tree ,Picnic tour ,Eco wall ,Wall agriculture ,Community gardens , Planting trees ,Solar panels ,Green roof , Environmental class rooms ,Planetarium , Provide Air circulation , natural ventilation , smart glass , Provide Natural lighting , Environmental awareness campaigns ,Reused recycled material , gallery , smart paving for rainwater harvesting , Solar street Lightning