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From the first and second floor, I had never noticed the chandelier actually represented anything but the guy at the desk pointed me to the description of it.
According to https://www.sosolimited.com/work/csis-data-chandelier/ , the "Global Data Chandelier" has 425 hanging pendants that form a map of the world when viewed from below. The map illustrates global data such as GDP growth rate, renewable water resources, energy consumption etc in a unique lighting animation. Additionally, depending on the event at CSIS, they can highlight different regions of the map that correspond with the country(ies) under discussion.
The chandelier was a joint project by Sosolimited, Hypersonic Engineering & Design, Plebian Design, and Chris Parlato |