The Experiential Design Index

Society's Cage — National Mall

Society's Cage, a public pavilion installation confronting systemic racism through cage-like structures inscribed with statistics and testimony, opened on the National Mall in Washington, DC in August 2020; it was self-initiated and designed by a team within SmithGroup's Washington, DC office, with fabrication by Gronning Design + Manufacturing and ABC Imaging.

VenueNational Mall
Project typeInstallation
StatusCompleted
Year completed2020
Technologiesprojection mapping

Credits

FirmRoleNote
SmithGroup Architecture Pro bono pavilion self-initiated and designed by a team within SmithGroup's Washington, DC office (credited publicly as the "Society's Cage Design Team (CAOS)"); SmithGroup was primary sponsor.
gronning-design-manufacturing Fabrication . Physical fabrication.
abc-imaging Fabrication . Digital fabrication.

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