In charge of the realization of the Orchid Educational Pavilion project is the FGP Atelier studio, which gives life to a showcase capable of exhibiting the different plant species that have lived on earth over thousands of years. In the same way that the earth is populated with diversity of languages and cultures, in the same way it is of plant diversity, capable of enriching and sustaining human life
The Orchid Educational Pavilion and its tribute to plant diversity
Within the walls of the 1600s former Santo Domingo de Guzman Monastery, now the Santo Domingo Botanical Garden, the Mexican artists Francisco Toledo and Luis Zarate, together with the anthropologist and biologist Alejandro de Avila, give life to a greenhouse capable of supporting the growth of species unable to survive the extreme climate of Oaxaca
Through this pavilion, people are given the opportunity to understand the use of these plants over time: plants used for food, medicine, condiments, dyes or simply as firewood, as well as being inspiration for textile patterns, tiles, architectural motifs over the years. Hence the adjective "ethnobotanical" is used to define the garden, as each element has its own cultural significance
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