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03 MUSEUM OF EXPLORATION
During the era of the Renaissance exploration was
viewed as something more than just a physical
undertaking, it was also thought of as a mental
endeavor. The optimal way for one to express and
prove that exploration is also a mental undertaking
(especially during time of Amerigo Vespucci) is
through mathematics. This project explores the
mathematical principals behind rational and irrational
numbers; demonstrating how a form can transform
from something simple, orthogonal, and rational to a
much more complex and irrational form.
This is accomplished by starting with an orthogonal
form which can be created through a finite number of
points and ending up as a perfect oval created by conic
sections. Conic sections can only be created from an
infinite number of points because a curve does not
really exist; what truly exists is an infinite amount of
points which we perceive as a curve. The symbol on the
skin of the building is a sacred geometric figure known
as Metatron’s cube; the formula for this cube was
discovered slightly before the Renaissance and was
the perfect 2-diminsional representation of everything
this project explores.