Culture On Display
Culture on display is consist of two parts, a traveling exhibit of mayan astronomy and a new museum of mayan culture.The Traveling Suitecase of Mayan Astronomy is built upon the research of mayan astronomy, taking the idea that the cosmic and human are connected through the counting system of mayan calendar. Utilizing column as a basic element for constructing such cosmic-human relationship.
Basic elements such as the column and the slab play a versatile role in creating dynamic and flexible exhibit space.
The Traveling Suitcase of Mayan Astronomy
Concept - Mayan Astronomy
These drawings demonstrate Mayan’s use of the Tzol’kin (260 day) and Haab’ (365 day) calendars. The Tzol’kin calendar combines the numbers 13 and 20, which celebrate the 13 joints and 20 digits of the human body, to count individual days (separate from the concept of days and months). The Haab’ calendar is based on the solar year and is composed of 18 months of 20 days, and one month call
ed the Wayeb’ of 5 unlucky days.
The combination of these two calendars forms a 52 year cycle (as opposed to the Western notion of century). These two measures of recording time celebrate the human body, and celestial events, linking Mayan’s conceptions of earth, sky and the cyclical nature of life
Exhibit Panels
Mayan Museum
The new musuem of mayan culture is built upon the research of mayan astronomy, taking the idea that the cosmic and human are connected through the counting system of mayan calendar. Utilizing column as a basic element for constructing such cosmic-human relationship.
