The Communication of a natural symbiosis

The Communication of a natural symbiosis

Beer, J.

Brand, D. (mentor)
Sonneveld, M. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

Master of Science Design for Interaction

2012-07-12

The assignment stated raising awareness and interest around the increasing risk of flooding in Noordereiland and Kop van Feijenoord. An extended contextmapping study was done on how the inhabitants react to learning on their flooding risks as well as how their environment and the water. From this, 6 different ways of looking at the Maas were derived. A connection was made between these perspective, between the reaction on flooding risk and the different groups of inhabitants. Inspiration was gained from the positive views on the Maas and flooding risks. The design aspires to evoke this attitude among the inhabitants. This resulted in 'Emergence'. Emergence consist of 25 poles in frames, hanging over the water. When the water rises through the changing tides, the poles will start floating. When this happens, the design changes from tiles flat in the ground, to poles rising from the surface. Because the poles are floating on the water, sitting or standing on them will give a bouncing sensation. Furthermore: when boats sail by they will bounce on the waves. Emergence communicates the presence of the Maas, its changeability and its uncontrollable influence on our landscape. Furthermore, the bottom of the poles are colored red: indicating high or unusually high water levels. This way attention is drawn to the condition of the waterlevel, creating a natural sense of the frequency and severity of (unusually) high water levels occurring.

water play rotterdam floodings

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Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2012 Beer, J.