Felton Library Discovery Park features a section focused on local watershed activity to educate its audience on the importance of water in the Santa Cruz Area. The landscape architect specified that a 3D map be built that visualized how water flows throughout the community. Participants would engage with the San Lorenzo 3D Watershed Map by pouring water directly onto its surface, then watch as the water flows towards the ocean. The landscape architect’s design also specified that this interactive map be displayed outside, uncovered, and in direct sun so the material needed to be resilient.
Aqua Strategies came to LGM for a Water Planning model of Millers Creek Reservoir. The main goal was to assist in client communication, so the map needed to be colorized. There is an existing dam structure on site that needed to be considered for any future planning, so accuracy was important.
The goal of Farmers Conservation Alliance, or FCA Solutions, was to engineer a fish friendly infrastructure that bypassed the Derby Dam in Nevada. The Lahontan Cutthroat Trout population, severely affected by the Derby Dam, had been on the endangered species list for nearly 50 years. FCA Solution’s wanted to have an intuitive display that clearly communicated their conservation-based innovation for the Truckee Basin, and offered more insight into their engineering workflow.
