Spring 2016
Collecting the World
In order to understand the world as a complex network of systems, this museum portrays the world as it was, is, and will be. With world maps as an artifact of worldviews, the museum presents artifacts of past conditions and observations of current conditions to encourage informed discourse on future possibilities. Our past decisions and developments were informed by the way we viewed the world. As history reminds us, that worldview has constantly shifted as more information is discovered or forgotten. If the current worldview is better informed by the lessons of history and accurate observations of today, there may be hope for a better future.
This is a proposal to change worldviews through the curation of readily available but poorly understood information. This is an observatory of dynamic systems that are known but rarely seen.
Critics: Shiqiao Li, Charlie Menefee, and Benjamin Hays | Washington, D.C. | Merit award, 2016 AIA DC Unbuilt Award
