Climate Clock

Climate Clock is a public pavilion designed to memorialize global, threatened environmental ecologies impacted by climate change. The proposal emerges from ongoing exploration of architecture as an interface between people, place, environment, and technology. This immersive experience transforms environmental data into a spatial and sensory experience—one that can be heard, seen, and physically inhabited.

The pavilion is composed of twelve prefabricated carbon-fiber molded piers, arranged in a circular pattern that torque from the ground and converge collectively to frame the sky. The immersive environment provides audio and visual data from twelve global sites. Advanced sound technology includes a hybrid mix of transmission technologies, including wireless vibration monitors and piezoelectric transducers that are wirelessly networked live-stream from retrieval points to the pavilion’s array of speakers. Sound visualization software is used to translate sounds into visual graphical information.

The pier design integrates laminated surfaces for visualization (interior) and flexible photovoltaics for energy independence (exterior). All piers and components are designed to nest within a standard 40’ ocean container.

The pavilion is NetZero and conveys the immediacy of climate change’s impacts on these various ecosystems through multi-sensory visceral information.