Pittsburgh has some of the worst air quality in the United States. Unlike most other cities, over 50% of the air pollution here is industrial. This exhibit provides an opportunity to learn about the past, present, and future of coal in Pittsburgh through an immersive experience.
2024
Cinema 4D / Redshift / After Effects / Photoshop / Sketch / Illustrator
The first thing you see when you enter is how Pittsburgh might have been 300 million years ago, when it was a tropical rainforest. The space is fully surrounded by screens and real plants to immerse you, and the text fades in as you approach. As you walk through, you learn how plants become coal over millions of years.
As you approach the outside of the coal mine, you look down by the plant debris, through the floor down 360 meters to the Pittsburgh coal seam.
Inside the coal mine, you learn about how humans have used and exploited coal and fossil fuels both in Pittsburgh and in general.
As you approach the outside of the coal mine, you look down by the plant debris, through the floor down 360 meters to the Pittsburgh coal seam.
As you approach the outside of the coal mine, you look down by the plant debris, through the floor down 360 meters to the Pittsburgh coal seam.
As you approach the outside of the coal mine, you look down by the plant debris, through the floor down 360 meters to the Pittsburgh coal seam.
Created to help understand the space. Constructed out of foam core, paper mache, and paper.
