Our initial goal was to raise awareness of the importance of bees. After months of concept development and back and forth between choosing to design a three-dimensional object, a marketing strategy for the education on bees, creating a social movement, a safe haven for bees, and even a bee sanctuary, we landed on the Boston Bee Garden. The idea was a melting pot of all the previous mentioned concepts.
Because of its shape, it is easy to conclude, even from afar, that the subjects of matter are bees. With an informational plaque it would educate and inspire civilians to take the necessary steps to help bees survive and the installation would also serve as a bio-diverse dietary supplement for the surrounding pollinators. The team's effort was well distributed and the core of the project involved lots of meetings and collaboration.
My role included codeveloping the concept, the form of the structure, and 3D prototyping. By myself, I contacted the City of Boston and figured out the logistics as to what it would take to build and install this structure in a real public space. I figured out which areas would work best for our purpose, what flowers could be planted in different seasons, and made sure the visual design of our presentation was cohesive with our story and was easy to understand.
