CC Fellowship-Review 6

Bay Area Sea Level Rise;
Installation Mock Up designs and maps

Goals of the Installation; A Walk Through Time

  1. Inspire a new awareness of time and how it influences the Bay.

  2. Promote a sense of place; within a dynamic landscape.

  3. Encourage a sense of agency; amid rapid and dramatic change.

8 Components

  • 2 Animated Projections of Sea Level Rise Maps.

  • 2 Digital Interactive Screens exploring past-present and present-future wetlands.

  • 1 Hand-Painted Mural Timeline of Sea Level Rise 18,000 years ago to end of the 21st Century.

  • 2 (maybe more?) Artistic Prints of Wetland Ecosystems, Restoration Case Study.

  • Audio sequence of interviews of people around the Bay considering Sea Level Rise in their communities.   

Bay Area Sea Level Rise (Ice Age to Present Day) CENTRAL PROJECTION (4'x6')------SIDE 1 

  • Minimal basemap with transparent mask of current Bay Area shoreline.

  • Major cities pop up for orientation.

  • Rising seas from glacial melt flood the SF River Valley. (4x), then fade out.

  • Need to redesign time stamp. Not as a counter? Eras?

Bay Area Sea Level Rise (Present Day to 2100) CENTRAL PROJECTION (4'x6')------SIDE 2 

2 ft Sea Level Rise, end of century. NOAA Coastal Services Center, "Coastal Viewer".

OR??

6 ft Sea Level Rise, end of century. NOAA Coastal Services Center, "Coastal Viewer".

  • Minimal basemap with current infrastructure, places of interest.

  • 2ft and 6ft projections from Climate Central Surging Seas. (Or more graduated "steps" of sea level inundation).

Wetlands of the Past (1850 - Present Day)
Interactive Screen 1: Crossfade 

Wetlands of the Future (Present Day - 2100)
Interactive Screen 2: Crossfade 

Present Day Wetland extent, wetland conversion types: Diked Wetlands, South Bay Salt Pond Restoration

Projected Tidal Wetland extent, 2100, high scenario (5.41 ft)

Questions for Interactives

  • Basemap design and development environment considerations.

  • Data complexity of Present Day Wetlands (focus on tidal wetland extent only or include wetland conversion to diked habitat, salt ponds, bay fill?)

  • Focus on South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project as an "Adaptation Case Study". 

Artist Sketches/Prints:

1) What Are Tidal Wetlands?        

2) South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Case Study

Thank you for your feedback!