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ALL ABOUT
ART

Interactive Artwork

Utilises Play as a

Tool to Spark an

Open Conversation

Around Sea

Level Rise

St. Petersburg,

United States

he effects of climate change are to hear about or discuss, as it is usually is a communal hub where people in the
being felt worldwide, and the spoken of in ways that make people feel neighbourhood come together regularly to
TShore Acres community in St. uncomfortable or overwhelmed. This lack connect and engage with one another. The
Petersburg, FL, is no exception to this. The of conversation around such an important work was designed as an ever-changing
Shore Acres neighbourhood is already issue is a problem when trying to educate community landmark that responds to
experiencing significant impacts of sea- people about the future impact of climate the people, the surrounding landscape,
level rise, and will be at even higher risk of change and how to become more resilient. and the interactions between them. The
experiencing its effects as time progresses. TIDAL was designed by The Urban design of the form was generated using
If we remain on our current trajectory, Conga as an engaging art installation, data from NOAA indicating the projected
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric utilizing key data points from NOAA to sea-level rise of nine feet relative to the
Administration predicts that the area’s spark an open dialogue around climate resilient goal of a two-foot rise in the
sea rise could reach over 9ft by 2100. This change through play. The design uses next seventy-eight years. TIDAL’s design
expected rise is nearly five times what the play methodologies as critical tools for utilizes the NOAA data, along with
average sea level rise should be within that breaking down barriers and creating an average tidal patterns of the area, to create
time frame, putting the neighbourhood opportunity for reflection and discussion. a series of flowing pillars that reflect and
at risk. The way this information is TIDAL sits at the entryway to the new refract the surrounding context. The
presented often makes climate change Shore Acres Community Recreation pillars act like breaking waves along the
a challenging topic for people to want Center in St. Petersburg, FL. The space main pathway leading people in and out
of the building. These pillars are designed
to act similarly to a pier's columns by
becoming indicators of tidal change data
and water rise over time. As people walk

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