Located in Bogotá, Colombia, ‘The Myth Labyrinth’ is a museum and gallery space dedicated to myths. Visitors are encouraged to discover the local myth of Bachué by meandering through the building, with key architectural features referencing the main protagonist’s journey, from her emergence from a lake high in the mountains, to her return to the same place. This account of the creation of the world was central to the culture of the Muisca, a society that resembled the Incas of Peru and inhabited the lands surrounding Bogotá prior to the Spanish conquest. Their culture and practices would later morph into the more popular myth of El Dorado.

Artworks and artefacts related to other creation myths from Europe or Asia are curated within the rooms and courtyards that form the building, enabling visitors to draw parallels. Myths are seen as belief systems and repositories of knowledge rather than purely fictitious tales. Thus, the interplay between local and global as the essence of a dynamic understanding of culture lies at the core of this project. Ultimately, the challenge lay in translating a local myth into a proposal that could stir the imagination of visitors whilst avoiding the 'Disneyfication' of tradition.