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Gondwana Das Praehistorium, Schiffweiler, Germany
A truly unique exhibit, Gondwana is an innovative 4500m2 evolution museum, consisting of nine fully immersive prehistoric environments supported by linked interpretive display areas. The recreated ‘walk through’ landscapes include animatronic creatures displaying true ‘behaviour’, a flash flood, detailed scenic rockwork, atmospheric effects and thousands of replica plants and full-size trees.
LDA’s brief was to conceptualise the building, and design and art-direct the interpretive spaces and the nine fully immersive environments.
Each interpretive area discusses the plants and animals of the time, the changing planet and supportive fossil evidence discovered. Monochrome illustrations by renowned paleo-illustrator Douglas Henderson form the basis of a striking, prehistoric feel for the graphic style.
- Solely responsible for the conceptual development and delivery of all artwork, sourcing and procuring imagery, liaising with suppliers of appropriate specimens to be mounted within the graphic displays
- Successfully liaised throughout project with German scientific advisors for exhibit content and bilingual input
2m x 2m dibond panel with mounted specimens
Due to the oxygen heavy atmosphere, the Carboniferous was a period of giant insects and lush green swamp forests.
Entrance hall ‘Wall of Biodiversity’ - 10m x 34m mural
Framing the skeleton of a fully assembled Argentinosaurus, the largest dinosaur ever found, the signature mural, with the ancient giant in juxtaposition, celebrates the earth’s spectacular natural diversity.
Flowing from the entrance hall into an adjoining corridor, the exhibition’s opening statement proclaims: ‘Our nature, its wonders, its diversity...how did it all come to be?’ The visitor then steps into the first exhibit where begins the story of earths origins.
- The sheer scale of the mural required the artwork to be designed and assembled in eleven sections.
- Achieved high level of client satisfaction in anticipation of high profile opening by Nobel laureate Al Gore
- Large format exterior graphic application
Right: Fully reconstructed 42m long Argentinosaurus skeleton.
Above: Argentinosaurus graphic panel mounted onto artificial rockwork at the front feet of the creature.
Below: Section of the biodiversity mural.
Visitors walk through a refrigerated prehistoric Antarctica with the dramatic lights of Aurora australis projected in the background. Easy to pass by, three small dinosaurs hibernate in a rotten log - their chests rising and falling slowly as they sleep.
Below: Devonian period gallery with fossil casts and semi-immersive mud flat scene, showing how life took its first steps onto land.
Left: Graphic illustrating some of the first life forms in the early oceans. Fossilised stromatolite.
Above: Integral to the design process, a 1:100 model was developed to show each environment in detail and to generate information such as the approximate volume of trees and foliage required, as well as sight lines and any issues of accessibility.
Above: Larger scale working models provided reference for contractors e.g. artificial rockworkers, giving accountability for the aesthetic of the final exhibit.
- Model making assistant on all levels of models
Below: Concept for ‘Perfect Predators’ interactive station. Situated within the Jurassic exhibit area the interactive would compare species on the basis of their speed, size and stealth, asking the question - what makes the perfect predator?
Above: Mounted Stegosaurus skeleton.
Above Right: Diaboloceratops skull with graphic backdrop.
The final environment brings the visitor into a large fern canyon with a waterfall flowing at it’s entrance. Turning the corner they are met by a fully animatronic T-Rex, feasting on the carcass of a Triceratops lying dead in the river.
Hagenbeck Tierpark, Hamburg, Germany‘Eismeer’
Featuring habitats from both polar regions, ‘Eismeer’ is an extensive development at Hagenbeck’s Tierpark, Europe’s largest privately owned zoo.
Exhibit model = 1:100
The main interpretive area will be in a central hub in the basement of the building and will explore life at the poles, polar exploration and the elaborate bio-diverse environments.
Below: Photo composite wall introducing a section of the exhibit in which the bizarre plants and animals that live under the polar ice cap are explored.
Based on the remarkable underwater photography of Norbert Wu (see insert.)
As an opening impression to the space it sets the tone of something otherworldly and almost alien. The neon glow and the strange ‘ice stalactites’ suspended from the underside of the ice, enhance this impression of an alien landscape truly inhospitable to man.
Far right: Concept Corridor Visual
‘Life Under the Ice’ 4m x 12m
- Solely responsible for developing the graphic strategy of the project and driving progress from concept through to final artwork delivery.
- Supervised the integration of a second graphic designer into the team half way through the project and managed workflow accordingly. The lead of only two graphic designers working on the project.
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Attica Park Evolution Centre, Athens, GreeceExhibit Plan
Due to open February 2012
1486m2 of graphic content all in dual language English & Greek
Area colour schemes with signature graphic elements
1:100 model: ‘Modern Life Begins’- Diorama with concept colour scheme
1:100 model: ‘Dawn of the Dinosaurs’- Diorama with concept colour scheme
Above: Full scale Ankylosaurus - clay sculpture stageRight: Velocirator hatchling
Attica Park Evolution Centre, Athens, GreeceProject Overview
The first of its kind in Greece, Attica Park transports visitors on a thrilling journey through our planets evolutionary history, from the ‘big bang’ through to modern day man. Split into thirteen different geological time zones, dioramas with full scale, fleshed out creatures (including a 15m Apatosaur,) form the focus point of each area.
Aimed at a young family audience, the graphic scheme has been developed to indicate the visitors passage through the different spaces, with each time zone assigned a colour and a signature graphic element.
‘Evolution Revolution’
Dual language: Greek & English. 2.6m x 10m
In the first area of the Evolution Centre Charles Darwin’s classic ‘Origin of Species’ is highlighted using colourful, contemporary graphics, combined with the classical imagery of Darwin’s voyages of discovery.
Concluding the area is a 3D Cladogram (2m x 2m) - a ‘tree of life’ that shows the evolutionary relationships between different types of organisms. Made from 50mm acrylic and backlit for dramatic effect.
Birth of the CosmosΓέννηση του Κόσµου
Δυόμισι χιλιάδες χρόνια πριν από την αρχαία ελληνική μαθηματικού Πυθαγόρα αναγνώρισε ότι η γη είναι στην πραγματικότητα μια σφαίρα. Ο Αρίσταρχος μελετητής προτείνει τη θεωρία του ότι η γη σε τροχιά γύρω από τον ήλιο μας. Αλλά αυτές οι απόψεις αυτές δεν είναι εύκολα αποδεκτή από την επιστήμη μέχρι το δέκατο έκτο και δέκατο έβδομο αιώνα με την εμφάνιση του τηλεσκοπίου.Ακόμα και τότε Ευρωπαϊκή θρησκευτικές πεποιθήσεις δημιουργία υποστήριξε voraciously κατά της ιδέας ότι ο πλανήτης μας σπίτι ήταν μεγαλύτερα από 6000 χρόνια, και ότι η γη μας δεν ήταν το κέντρο του σύμπαντος.Ήταν μόλις στις αρχές του εικοστού αιώνα με την ανακάλυψη της ραδιενέργειας που επιστήμονας ήταν σε θέση να αποδείξουν ότι τα παλαιότερα πετρώματα στη Γη ήταν πάνω από 4,6 δισεκατομμύρια χρόνια παλιό! Σύγχρονη Αστρονομία επιβεβαιώνει επίσης ότι είμαστε μια απλή μικρό μέρος ενός πολύ πολύπλοκο και τεράστιο σύμπαν που άρχισε 15 εκατομμύρια χρόνια πριν.
Pythagoras recognised that the earth is actually a sphere. The scholar Aristarchus put forward his theory that the earth orbited our sun. But
seventeenth centuries with the advent of the telescope.
the idea that our home planet was older than 6000 years, and that our earth was not the centre of the universe.
earth were over 4.6 billion years old! Modern astronomy also confirms
that began 15 million years ago.
Για τον άνθρωπο χιλιετίες έχει αναρωτηθεί σχετικά με την ηλικία του κόσμου μας και τη σχέση μας με το υπόλοιπο σύμπαν.
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‘Birth of the Cosmos’
An AV screen mounted in front of a spectacular nebula image delivers the main content of the ‘Birth of the Cosmos’ area. Split into two sections, a graphic representing the rings of the solar system momentarily becomes one as you walk through the space.
Introducing early life in the Cambrian and Pre-Cambrian times.
In each area a key topic will be discussed on a ‘feature’ wall, typically in contrast to the rest of the graphics in the space, in this case a focus on plate tectonics.
‘Early Life’Internal Wall Elevations
Below: Feature wall ‘The Changing World’ 6.4m x 2.6m vinyl application
‘Giants and Dwarfs’Internal Wall Elevations
Left: A 15m x 4.9m photo composite of an ancient Araucaria forest forms the backdrop to a Jurassic fight scene in the centre of the room. Other graphics are incorporated into the lower level of the design
The mural also utilizes awkward wall space that would otherwise be difficult to incorporate into a design, because of obstructions such as structural columns.
Right: Feature wall ‘The Rise of the Birds’ 4.7m x 2.6m vinyl application.
A key development in the Jurassic period this topic required particular emphasis.
‘Dinosaurs Final Flourish’Internal Wall Elevations
Left: Feature wall ‘Flower Power’ 4m x 2m cut clear vinyl applied to a painted wall.
Collection of leafs and flowers intended to resemble primitive fossil sketches. Magnolia the modern day survivor is shown in colour.
‘Rise of Primates’Internal Wall Elevations
Above: ‘Tools’1m x 1.5m dibond panel
Graphic discussing the use of tools in Africa by early humans.
Right: ‘Lucy’Case mounted into 2m x 2.6m graphic
Australopithecus afarensis - our first upright walking ancestor.
‘Rise of the Primates’
Feature Wall ‘Out of Africa’2.6m x 6.8m vinyl application
Charting the movement of humankind across the globe, this feature wall within the Rise of Primates ties together various ‘Africa’ elements within the space.
Homo Sapiens possessed skills that enabled them to disperse further across the globe unlike any species before them. Even if not inclined to read the supportive text, the impression given to the visitor is clear - few places are now untouched by mankind.
Left: The museum concludes with more current references to population, the diversity of humans, and the progress of technology.
As the visitors leave, above the exit they are faced with the final question....’Where Next?’
Baitelandia Park, Turin, Italy‘Expedition Africa’ External signage concept
The wooden and canvass structure marks the entrance of ‘Expedition Africa’ - a themed African Safari part of the zoo. The tribal designs on the canvass and the carved artifacts on top of the posts are referenced from African artworks.
Initial concept sketch developing interlinking metal work structure.
Converted into vector work plus further development.
Other ‘jungle’ and title elements overlaid separately.
Final structure extruded and rendered in Sketch Up.
External Rainforest signage concept - metal lattice
First European Elephant Management School, HamburgLogo development
Lazenby Design AssociatesCorporate materials
Proposal Documents
Left: ‘The Bug World Experience’, Liverpool, exhibit redesign proposal Centre: ‘The Hudson River Journey’, Young Woo Associates, New York
Right: ‘Age of Dinosaurs’, Natural History Museum, London,
Bottom Right: ‘Okeanopolis’, Attica Zoological Park
Miscellaneous graphic material