In the level green exhibition part of the Volkswagen Autstadt , visitors can learn about the consequences of climate change, the importance of sustainability for the economy and society, mobility concepts for the future and Volkswagen’s specific approaches towards sustainability. Covering about 1000 square metres, the exhibition space is divided into six themed areas.

I took part in the development of 4 of 25 media exhibits, offering various various starting points to actively engage with the topic and discover practices that each individual can adopt for sustainable development. The 4 interactive media walls I worked on unravel comprehensive themes and enable playful access to data via touching. After getting an overview, visitors can decide how deep they want to delve into the topic.

Ecological Backpack

The ecological backpack explains the ecological impact of different products. I developed the computational design for an existing concept and the final application. For the application I created a physical simulation to animate the different sphere representing the ecological weights of the products. To achieve a depth look I created several shaders for lighting, fog and shadows.

Utopia Test

The utopiastream shows different possible developments in future mobility and lets the user decide how useful it might be. The different utopias build a stream containing the images of each utopia. For this media wall I codeveloped the concept and created the computational design and the final application. For the animation I created a custum GPU particle system allowing a simulation of nearly half a million particles.

Powertrain and Fuel Strategy

This media wall informs the users about the different existing engine and fuel strategies and reveals the dependencies between them. For this installation I was responsible for the complete development from concept to the final application.

Effects of climate Change

Explains the climate change change by various maps shown on a freely na- vigatable globe. Eleven high resolution maps explain the climate change by illustrating its causes and effects. Regional examples inform the user on the problems that the climate change will have on real life. For this mediawall I was responsible for application development and computational design.

Credits
Creative Director: Monika Hoinkis
Concept: Eva Offenberg, Jens Ove Panknin, Christian Riekoff
Design: Eva Offenberg, Jens Ove Panknin
Programming Computational Design: Christian Riekoff
Project Management: Regina Tetens, Helge Dieck
Client: VW Autostadt

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