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SMITHSONIAN PAVILION WASHINGTON, D.C.

SMITHSONIAN PAVILION T h e p rop os ed site w il l ho u se a n ew a dditio n (pa v il io n ) to th e c o llecti on of S mi t h s o nia n I nstitu t io n m us eum s th a t w il l be dedic a ted to immi grat i on , re pr esenting t he div er s e ta pes tr y o f peo pl e fr o m a l l o v er the worl d wh o l iv e in t he U nited S ta tes . Th e pur po s e o f Th e Im m igrati on P av i li o n i s to c el eb r a t e t he idea th a t it is pr ec is el y w ith in th e a bsorpt i o n o f t h e r ic h c u l t u r es a n d tr a ditio n s fr o m a l l n a tio n s a r o un d the w orl d t h at c o l l ec tiv el y c r ea t e th e un ique c ul tur a l fa br ic o f th e Uni ted St at e s . T h e m o st c ha l l eng ing ques tio n is to a s k h o w a r c h itec tur e , (speci fical l y a pa vil io n) c a n t r a n s m it th e idea o f im m igr a tio n a n d multi cu t u ral ism . Ho w is t he st or y o f im m igr a tio n , in a l l its fo r m s , told ?

Pedestrian Circulation Main Points of Egress

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T h e Imm ig r a tio n P a v il io n i s ba s ed upo n th e l a titudin a l l in es o f the Eart h . T h e r ic h d iver sit y o f th e A m er ic a n po pul a tio n is dem o n s trated t h ro u g h t he sev er a l g a tew a y s . Th e dim en s io n betw een th e ga te s are b as e d u p o n t he S ix d eg r ees o f s epa r a tio n th eo r y by F r igy es Ka ri nthy. Th e i d e a i s t ha t ever y o ne in th e w o r l d is s ix s teps o r few er fr o m anothe r p e rs o n, c r ea ting t he na r r a tiv e o f a "s m a l l w o r l d." E a c h ga te of the p av i l i o n r epr esents ever y 2 0 degr ee-l a titudin a l l in e a n d th o s e who liv e s b e t ween ea c h pa r a l l el . Th e c en ter s pa c e a c ts a s th e m eetin g place whe re p e op l e f r o m a l l c u l t u r es a n d eth n ic ities c a n c o exis t in o n e place, pa rt i cu larly o n the 4 0 t h pa r al l el , w h ic h r un s th r o ugh Wa s h in gto n, D .C.

PRECEDENT: Palazzi del Campidoglio, Rome

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