The focus of my design is to create a spatial experience of slavery in America. I did this by creating two paths, one to represent the slaves, and one of the slave holders. The slave path is created by a tunnel that is dug into the ground six feet, the slave holder path is an elevated walkway above the ground six feet. Leaving the ground plane as “the middle ground.” The design is meant to let someone experience both roles of slavery and then to return to the middle ground. There is no text, no pictures, no sculptures. There is only the paths and the experience they evoke. The only material is wood. There are no floors in the tunnels, just dirt. The walls of the tunnels are to be lined with fencing that will let the earth show through it’s gaps. The gaps between the boards of the elevated walkways will let the viewer in the tunnel see and hear the people above them. This is all a part of the experience. The elevated walkways are meant to be supported by wood posts set into the ground at the tunnels, giving a visual marker for the strength our nation had from slavery. Being constructed of wood this structure would have to be rebuilt every fifteen to twenty years or so. Each time bringing up this topic that remains a somewhat controversial subject. It is not only meant to bring up the subject at a renovation stage but also every time someone visits the project. Are we as a nation at the middle ground?