B09_John_Ivies_Concept_Drawings_0002.pdf

Reworked East Wall (2/28/23)

PORTABLE TOUCH SCREEN

3 MTNS TOPO MAP

Pouncing coyote

SEATING

red cedar

Doug-fir cottonwood

GRASSLAND DIORAMA

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The WILD in

YOUR BACKYARD

MIGRATION

CORNER

NEW EXHIBIT

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Planning • Design • Illustration • Implementation Feb. 28, 2023 by JCI

Nature Center Floor Plan �at version

MIGRATION CORNER

HABITAT DIORAMA or MANAGEMENT STORY

GRASSLAND DIORAMA

STORE

VESTIBULE

3 MTN TOPO-MAP

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OLD OAK TREE

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RESTROOMS

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Terrarium and/or touch table

RESTROOMRESTROOM

ROOF-TOP

DIORAMA

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BOOK SHELVES

CURIOSITY

SHELVES

GATE

Street Sign

Elk Island

Ho us e f aς ad e

Ro of fa ςa de

(available end wall)

(st or e s he lf/ st or ag e)

Your Story video reader rail reader rail

Nature Center Floor Plan with depth

MIGRATION CORNER

HABITAT DIORAMA or MANAGEMENT STORY

GRASSLAND DIORAMA

STORE

VESTIBULE

3 MTN TOPO-MAP

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OLD OAK TREE

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A-FRAME CHALKBOARD

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RESTROOMS

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Step-ladder

DECK DECK

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Terrarium and/or touch table

View Masters

RESTROOMRESTROOM

ROOF-TOP

DIORAMA

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BOOK SHELVES

CURIOSITY

SHELVES

GATE

Street Sign

Elk Island

Ho us e f aς ad e

(available end wall)

Elk Island: Grassland Life

BARN SWALLOW

BRUSH RABBITS

(mating jumps)

CHIPPING SPARROW

feeds fledgling

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT

feeds COWBIRD

MANY BURROWS

• Townsend’s mole • Mazama pocket gopher •

• Beechey ground squirrel • northwestern salamander • •creeping vole • garter snake • little brown myotis

(in rock crevice) • rubber boa • rabbit • fox • coyote •

LONG-TAILED WEASEL

(young ground squirrel in mouth)

BROWN-HEADED

COWBIRD

BURROWS: Pushing a button lights up the burrow to show what’s going on in there. It lights up the text at the same time. NESTS will be the parallel object found in the above-ground portion of the diorama.

VIDEO

SCREEN

ROOSEVELT ELK

(mature bull relaxing)

TERRARIUM

(remove for touch table)

TOUCHABLES TABLE

(30” high = red arrow)

STORAGE SPACE AVAILABLE UNDER/INSIDE CASEWORK

(toe-kick notch needed)

Q: Floor electric outlet? Yes. It would help with lights for burrows and the proposed terrarium — lights for herps.

HOUSE FAÇADE

Soil and rock is easily mimicked in epoxy clay. The same material is appropriate for animal models. Grass and other plants can be found as ready-to-order silk replicas. A cost-saving approach is use layered 2D animals and plants.

Planning • Design • Illustration • Implementation Dec. 6, 2022 by JCI

Central Exhibit Item (Base Bid Item 1)

Elk Island: Grassland Life

BOBCAT in DEN (under glass)

SAVANNAH

SPARROW

SHREW with MONARCH

BEECHEY GROUND SQUIRREL

(keystone species?)

N. ALLIGATOR

LIZARD

VOLE TRAILS

GARTER SNAKE with

ROUGH-SKINNED NEWT

BREWER’S BLACKBIRD

(habitat listed as “urban” according to Cornell Labs)

COMMON

NIGHTHAWK

AMERICAN

KESTREL

TOUCHABLES TABLE

OR

TERRARIUM

DEER MOUSE

An exhibit island where the dominant form is a bull elk in repose explores grasslands (savannah) and the little happenings that buzz along unbeknownst to most people passing through it. Fun facts, the latest science, making the tiny large — are some of the approaches utilized here.

READER RAIL: The green marks the reader rail where the diorama is interpreted with interaction, touch, sound, movement, pictures and light text.

BENCH across from

SEATING AREA

MURAL WALL

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ROOSEVELT ELK

(bugling mature bull)

Central Exhibit Item (Base Bid Item 1)

Reworked East Wall (2/28/23)

PORTABLE TOUCH SCREEN 3 MTNS TOPO MAP

Pouncing coyote

SEATING

Doug-fir cottonwood

GRASSLAND DIORAMA

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The WILD in

YOUR BACKYARDMIGRATION

CORNER

At the Feb. 14 meeting, the visitor story video booth was removed. The new 8-foot tall exhibit niche replaces

it. The library and storage cabinets have been moved north to accommodate wheelchairs.

Sleeping White-tailed buck

NEW EXHIBIT

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Planning • Design • Illustration • Implementation Feb. 28, 2023 by JCI

Welcome Counter, visitor side

MURAL WALL

OFFICE

LOW COUNTER

Counter face could have wildlife themed decoration.

CURIOSITIES

BROCHURE/HAND-OUTS

SALOON STYLE GATE

STORAGE

Because the high counter does not touch the office wall, the welcome counter is an island and will require electricity from the floor.

Getting to the bathroom, or down the hall quickly and conveniently supports the need for the low gate.

Like a saloon’s louvered door, it swings shut automatically. Wheel-chairs and walkers can easily push through it. Look at the floor plan to discuss this layout as opposed to the high-counter being attached to the wall in the Cushing Terrell floor plan.

HIGH COUNTER

Q: What if the curiosities shelf end, touching the mural, were a display of eggs in niches covered in glass?

low counter surface area 37 ft2

4.66 ft2

Planning • Design • Illustration • Implementation Dec. 6, 2022 by JCI

Welcome Counter (Base Bid Item 2) kceballos Sticky Note Face of counter should have artistic of interpretive elements

Management to Beaver (rodent) Focus

SEATING

NUTRIA vs BEAVER

DRAWER

8 DIORAMA SCENES

(management, habitat or both)

OLD OAK TREE

Rodents represent 40% of all mammals. The major emphasis here is large rodents (porcupine, beaver & nutria); plus, a comparison of two “beavers.” Beaver are the keystone of keystone species. Conserving them and reintroducing them in their historic range may help alleviate the adverse effects of a warming climate (see “There’s a beaver for that”).

FOREST to WETLAND SCENE

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(mural part) nutria skull muskrat lodge (lifts up) mountain beaver*

HOORAY BEAVER!

(optional ready-made materials)

(3D part) adult kit porcupine cattail underwater scene

2d niche

*CONTRASTING “BEAVERS:” Mountain beaver are unique as the only remaining species in their once diverse genus--which includes horned gophers. RNWRC is in the heart of their range. A former RNWR manager told me about the need to control mountain beaver in order to maintain the forest. This is a perfect example of a species not likely to ever be seen, but the visitor will be enriched knowing more about

it. It is not on the RNWR wildlife list.

Mentally take these four beaver posters away. The transition from 8 scenes of wildlife management and/or habitat then becomes...what? In other words, what happens on this central panel? We can repeat the quiz �aps here (see the next page). Note there is a viewing sweet spot for all of this section. For example, the �ne print on the top beaver poster is probably too small at this height.

DOUBLE the MESSAGES:Each of the 8 scenes becomes two presentations when light is refracted onto treated glass. Polage and computational caustic projection are two forms this could take. Also, if the second niche were a lenticular image, then its symbolism/message here can also be doubled-up. (It would be fun to make simple mirror holograms in the 2d niche.)

Rodent pelts and skulls could go on this panel instead of posters.

Planning • Design • Illustration • Implementation March 9, 2023 by JCI

Wall Exhibits (Line Item 3)

Relationships to Wildlife

NUTRIA vs BEAVER

DRAWER

DANIEL ROZIN INSPIRED MIRROR

The visitor’s image forms as pixel-tiles shift, moved by servos responding to video input.

Because the tiles have diverse wildlife imagery on them, the visitor image is literally made up of wildlife.

(Realization a longshot???)

OLD OAK TREE

Life is on a continuum. Purgatorius is our oldest primate-like mammal relative. All life is closely related. Genetics and embryonic development show this. Where we are defines us just as much as what we are. That a species IS in fact its place/habitat is a key takeaway here. This exhibit puts the brakes on the human superiority complex while infusing that discussion with wonder at our biosphere.

FOREST to WETLAND SCENE

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(mural part) nutria skull muskrat lodge (lifts up) mountain beaver

WHO ARE YOU?

(3D part) adult kit porcupine cattail underwater scene

WHERE ARE YOU?

11 quiz �aps

Tiktaalik

Purgatorius wildlife “pixels”

We were once little bigger than squirrels. Purgatorius is the segue to the exhibit at left.

Thankfully, we didn’t inherit the digit plan of early tetrapods like Tiktaalik. Seven to 11 �ngers and toes seems freakish.

Standing right here, what was it like in time’s deep past.

This is the approach to “Where Are You?” We stand in deep ocean, shallow bay, mountain tops, lava, and Missoula �oods. Various extinct creatures like the desmostylia and saber-toothed salmon tell this story.

THIS IS WILDLIFE YOU

Migration/Salmon/Et al.

FOREST to WETLAND

Is it too much to have two games in the exhibit space. (The vole tunnel game will be a pinball or bagatelle board.) The last bit of space can be used for management stories:

tagging/tracking, or counting, agriculture for wildlife, invasive species control efforts. The decisions made on the other end of this wall will likely affect how this last bit of real estate is used.

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alevin hatching sacfry or alevin eyed-up egg globe salmon smolt

The visitor lifts a migration map out of the �le, hangs it on the tab, then matches this to an animal in the racks (using a mini version of the map on the back of the creature). Next, the visitor grabs all the �ags of each country associated with the species migration map and places them into the marquee holder. Lastly, a funny quip in Spanish, Portuguese, Russian or English (Dutch?) is placed into the animal �gure. When assembled, a speaker erupts in applause and �reworks project on the wall behind the globe.

BUILD YOUR OWN MIGRATION EXHIBIT

western wood-pewee country �ags

“Boy are my arms tired!”

map tab magnetic info sticker space for migration materials space for migration materials

SALMON MIGRATION GAME BOARD

game spinner

“HOORAY!!!

You made it!”

marquee

THE LAST EXHIBIT SPACE TO BE DEFINED

(~5 feet)

The discussion of salmon is the perfect opportunity to introduce Native People’s use and language surrounding this dominant resource.

Riparian, Wetland or Management?

ARTIFACT

DRAWERS

HERE

(gut feeling)

PERFECT SPACE FOR A

DIORAMA SCENE

OLD OAK TREE

This space begs another diorama. Which is best here: RIPARIAN or WETLAND. Both make sense as an extension of or complement to the grassland diorama. The complexity of RIPARIAN habitat turns quickly into a discussion of biodiversity and that the transitions between habitats is rich with life.

But, the answer might be neither: This space could be devoted to REFUGE MANAGEMENT. Ag for migrating birds, prescribed fire, control of invasive species, inventory and scientific research on the refuge (or refuges).

12 to 13 feet

30” deep 58” deep

READER RAIL?

MURAL SCENE

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PHOTO COLLAGE

(management photos)

HIGH SPACE

(tree?)

BOOK INTERACTIVEBOOK

INTERACTIVE

MIGRATION CORNER

Migration Corner or Niche: idea salad

MURAL WALL

OLD OAK TREE

MIGRATION is the theme from the jog in the wall to the corner. A discussion of how species find their way (some having never made the journey at all). Map comparisons showing how a warming climate is shifting migration routes and ranges. Banding will be a theme here as will radio telemetry. Why do blind-folded people go in circles? A discussion of dead-reckoning versus other spatial/cognitive wayfinding. Is GPS ruining our sense of direction?

MIGRATION STORIES

• neotropical journeys & countries • arctic plenty, arctic timing •

• noisy waterfowl �ocks • mixed �ock weirdness •

• the march of the woolly bears •

• amphibians hopping into tra�c •

• common green-darner long �ights •

• salmon bring the ocean inland •

• east-to-west weirdos •

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Wildlife in your backyard exhibit. Get comfortable learning about nature and see how you can play your part to protect it!

kceballos Sticky Note Other potential exhibit ideas

Topographic map to show significance of migration, flyways and Complex refuges

Topographic Map (Line Item 4)

Interactive Exhibit Space

Tree Seating Area (Line Item 5) kceballos Sticky Note Seating Area (Line Item 5) kceballos Oval Seating Area

RCNC Store: Dimensions

RIDGEFIELD COMMUNITY

NATURE CENTER STORE

Wall de�nes entry;

in�exible.

Left wall is �exible.

Can make space wider (96” to 102”), but not much deeper (60” to 61”).

Planning • Design • Illustration • Implementation March 21, 2023 by JCI

Nature Store/ Temporary Exhibit Space (Line Item 6)

RCNC Store: Merchandise View A

ENTRY

STACKS OF T-SHIRTS W/ HATS ON TOP

(Logo marked items for form and position only)

BOOKSPLUSH BIRDS

Removable limb supports books

HOODIE

RCNC Store: Merchandise View B STACKS OF T-SHIRTS W/ HATS ON TOP

(Logo marked items for form and position only)

BOOKS

PLUSH BIRDS

CARDS

MUGS

WATER BOTTLES

POSTER

POSTER

CANDY BARS

RCNC Store: Merchandise View C

STACKS OF T-SHIRTS W/ HATS ON TOP

(Logo marked items for form and position only)

BOOKS

PLUSH BIRDS

CARDS

MUGS

WATER BOTTLES

HOODIE

T-SHIRT DISPLAY AREA

JEWELRY DISPLAY AREA

RCNC Store: Ladder & Storage

BUILDING ENTRY

TELESCOPING LADDER

Propose shelving above windows accessed by a telescoping ladder that hooks to a permanent support bar. It may be preferred if ladder is always present, attached to ceiling support. As long as it can be telescoped up and out of the way.

Curtains can cover this storage area.

The on-hand (in-stock) inventory should be determined before beginning to customize this space.

ABOVE WINDOW STORAGE

LADDER SUPPORT

RCNC Store: Storage

TELESCOPING LADDER

STOWED AWAY

3 UNDER-ROCK STORAGE COMPARTMENTS

ABOVE WINDOW STORAGE

LADDER SUPPORT

RCNC Store: Ladder & Storage

BROKEN TOP TREE

STEPPED ROCK DISPLAY AREA

The rock formation should look natural while having many steps for displaying merchandise.

The large limbs will act as uneven, not level, shelving. Adding mesh between the wall and main limb will catch items on the backside.

Flexible limbs can be added by using pre-drilled holes on the backside of the main support limbs.

The broken-top tree stump slides out for access to the telescoping ladder. Magnetic locks allow access to under-rock storage.

ABOVE WINDOW STORAGE

LADDER SUPPORT

LIMBS AS SHELVES

Ramp to Bridge Kiosk w/ Stream Mural

63+ FEET

RAILING REDUNDANT?

Two-inch thick material carved in relief within that limit. Possible material is concrete, carved brick, carved & coated aerated autoclaved concrete (a.k.a. AAC) block or any other rock-like material. No color. Subtle shades could accent certain parts like the white head/tail of the bald eagle, white front of the otter or dark of the raccoon’s mask.

PLAZA KIOSK

BRONZE OTTER?

BRIDGE KIOSK

Salmon Stream Relief Mural (Line Item 7)

Salmon Stream Bas Relief mural

BALD EAGLE

EATS SALMONWOOD DUCK

ON WOODY DEBRIS

ONE COHO

PACIFIC

LAMPREYTULE FALL

CHINOOK(?)

COYOTE W/

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SHELL

MUSSEL

DIVING

MERGANSER

RACCOON

AMERICAN

DIPPER

RIVER OTTER

(bridge to bas relief)

OTTER

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BUILDING ENTRYMULTIPURPOSE ROOM DOORS

PLAZA

BUILDING SOUTH VIEW

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CRAYFISH

OAK TREE

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“The trees make the salmon and the salmon make the forest.”

This is ambient interpretation much like the oak tree: it is meant to be looked at again and again. Ideally, there is enough here on the incline path toward the bridge to stop the visitor. A poignant phrase like that above could be scribed into the path--or, more like several phrases. The portable touchscreen is ideal for placing along this piece for in-depth interpretation.

CONNECT PLANTER BOXES HERE

Please note that the wildlife depicted here is not to scale. (The upright otter is a giant.) This is so the concept comes through, showing the inhabitants of this bas relief in a quick sketch.

Salmon Stream Relief Mural (Line Item 7)