SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION
Gorilla conservation: visitor
education
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, Rwanda
Protecting gorillas through visitor education. An interactive experience gallery, the Cindy Broder Conservation Gallery on the Ellen DeGeneres Campus in Rwanda
In collaboration with MASS Design Group, formula D_ fabricated the exhibits for the gallery. Designed to tell the story of mountain gorilla research and conservation from Fossey’s time to the modern-day, it includes original, never before displayed artefacts from Dian Fossey’s almost two decades of living amongst the gorillas, stunning visual effects through a 360-degree immersive experience, as well as augmented and virtual reality, and numerous engaging, edutainment opportunities to learn more about the science and, most importantly, people behind the conservation success of mountain gorillas. Support from numerous generous donors contributed to the project, including actor and conservationist Leonardo DiCaprio, who named the 360 theatre after his mother, Irmelin DiCaprio, and a computer lab for his father,George DiCaprio.
Designed to tell the story of mountain gorilla research and conservation from Fossey’s time to the modern day, it includes original, never before displayed artefacts from Dian Fossey’s almost two decades of living amongst the gorillas, stunning visual effects through a 360-degree immersive experience, as well as augmented and virtual reality and numerous engaging, edutainment opportunities to learn more about the science and, most importantly, people behind the conservation success of mountain gorillas.
