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Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge - A Bird's Eye View Interpretive Trail
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge - A Bird's Eye View Interpretive Trail
Fremont, CA, United States
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Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge - A Bird's Eye View Interpretive Trail
Fremont, CA, United States
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2005
SIZE
1,000,000 +
BUDGET
$0 - 10K
Seven human-size bird interpretive sign ‘totems’ – constructed from stainless steel, redwood, guasivan (pepperwood), and hardwood planed and carved surfaces with concrete footings – provide an educational narrative along a five-mile levee trail that dramatically journeys into the center of the San Francisco Bay. The shapes of the bird ‘totems’ use a simple vocabulary of block forms to evoke typical behaviors of each of seven endangered species living at the Refuge. The bird ‘eyes’ look out across the salt pond to a relic of the industrial past. Each bird’s 'first-person' narrative (published in an accompanying guide book) discusses it’s own behaviors as well as the adverse effects of industry on avian habitat. Project included design, fabrication, installation, research and writing, and fundraising. The project was installed at Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in 2005 as a part of a design-build studio directed by Professor Jill Stoner at the University of California, Berkeley. The project was reviewed by NWR and deemed appropriate to the habitat, species and educational mission of the Refuge. Seeing the form of a bird at human size reminds us to consider its significance.
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