ZHU Wenyi Atelier, DEBRIS CAN: Designing UN iDays Museums In Orbital Space.

Debris Cube Museum
For UN International Day of Enhancing Awareness
of Clearing Space Debris
Back in 2006, ZHU Wenyi Atelier made detailed studies for the UN Special Days and made an urban design proposal of UN SPECIAL DAYS MUSUEM for the UN’s 100th Anniversary Celebration (2045) based on the Italian site, the city of Gaeta.
In 2016, ten years later, the UN Special Days has been renamed the UN International Days, including 130 International Days in total, nearly half of which are added in this decade. The United Nations has always focused on the motto 'we have only one planet'. The more challenging issues we human beings are faced with, the more awakening consciousness we gain. On the other hand, the exploration of space has developed a real and profound meaning.
Although space exploration for humanity has a short history, there remains an overwhelming number of space debris outside the earth. Nowadays, since space debris has been a threat for both human survival and exploration for outer space, enhancing awareness of clearing space debris is a task that brooks no delay. The expanded idea “we have only one planet and one space” takes the place of “we have only one planet”. Therefore, Zhu Wenyi Atelier recommends creating a new International Day on December 31st every year named “Day of Enhancing Awareness of Clearing Space Debris” to warn humanity to care for not only the earth but also the space.
Based on Time Space Existence, the theme for the part of the Venice Architecture Biennale organized by the Global Art Affairs Foundation, the work of ZHU Wenyi Atelier is named “Debris Cube Museum for UN International Day of Enhancing Awareness of Clearing Space Debris”.
The Debris Cube Museum (DCM) is designed as a magic cube, which can buffer the small space debris through the surfaces. The craters caused by the buffering on the surfaces of DCMs are records, as a way of showing the development of human’s space exploration. The role of DCM is to clear certain orbits for spacecrafts before they launch. In the future, DCMs will further clear the way of space exploration for humankind.
The topic TIME SPACE EXISTENCE can be interpreted as UN International Days - Orbital Space – DCM. We hope the awareness of clearing space debris could be enhanced by Debris Cube Museum for UN International Day of Enhancing Awareness of Clearing Space Debris in a way.