Affordable? It's Fuzzy.
Visual Journalism Exhibit Concept, Spring 2017
Winner of DAAPCares Award, DAAPWorks 2017
Winner of DAAPCares Award, DAAPWorks 2017
The Pacific Park mega-development in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NY features a large amount of Affordable/income-linked housing, but it's chronic delays have reduced apartment availability to lower-income applicants. The reasons for the reduction are complex, and developers are not consistently held accountable for these changes. Public fatigue, information density, and a lack of critical press are challenged to communicating Pacific Park's progress and expectations.
The goal of the exhibit is to tell an honest story about Pacific Park while visualizing abundant and complex information. In order to accurately represent the narrative of Pacific Park, the exhibit compiles the developer's press kit with the research and published work of the NYU Furman Center, advocate organizations local to Brooklyn, and journalist Norman Oder - an expert on the development's issues. This display of unique maps, charts, and graphs weaves together separate spaces of information to give locals an informed view of the transforming city blocks between Atlantic Avenue and Dean Street.
Exhibit Organization
This exhibit concept consolidates crucial information about Pacific Park's Affordable/income-linked housing into a series of posters and uses the high-traffic Barclays Center plaza to engage lots of local residents. The series of graphics and content inform visitors how rent subsidies are calculated, then progressively introduce them to the development’s plans and housing options, and finally demonstrate how past delays have seriously impacted who is qualified to apply for Pacific Park's Affordable Housing.
Displaying the Concept
I’ve compiled the story, exhibit design, and graphic design work into a Schematic Design book in order to share the ideas and design together. From exhibit construction and location standards to displaying how visitors may add to the story, this book is my
detailed proposal.
detailed proposal.
An Ongoing Story
Norman and I work to keep the infographic updated with new developments. Interested to see how the below infographic was made? Check out the process page.