A47 – Oculi Mundi

MAR and thecreativedestruction developed the Research and Concept of Oculi Mundi, the online platform of the Sunderland Collection, an inclusive and critical space for exploration, discovery and cross-cultural evolution of knowledge.

The work explores the maps and the boundaries of architecture in virtual environments and through the digital fruition. What is a Virtual Museum, What is a Map Museum, What is the Medium, Is it a Museum? are the questions that inform the process and the project. Instead of proposing a virtual architecture that imitates actual spaces, the work focuses on the essential values of the Collection and maps as a tool of knowledge and imagination.

The collection is a database+The curation is the structure of the space are the fundamental concepts: by responding to the users and to the database, a series of strategies are intrinsically fostered: (social / curatorial / circulation) producing a system of intertwined experiences, contents, spaces. The museum becomes a device of multiplicity and simultaneity.

The map is the museum
The museum is the map

Category
Cultural / Virtual

Year
2021>2023

Status
Realized > ongoing

Site
https://oculi-mundi.com/

Quantities
Over 130 exquisite objects dating rom. c1200 to the early 1800s

Client
The Sunderland Collection

Architects
MAR office & thecreativedestruction

Team : Research PHASE
Timothy Archambault, Juarez Corso, Paola Mongiu with Antonio Barone, Fabiano Cocozza, Severino Iritano, Elena Scafidi

Team : Concept & Design PHASE
Timothy Archambault, Juarez Corso, Paola Mongiu with Antonio Barone, Severino Iritano, Francesca Pagliaro, Elena Scafidi

Consultants
Eric de Broche des Combes

Web Developer & Coding
Fabrique-Agency, Q42