ACADEMIC PROJECT — 2023
Canopy: Visualizing NYC Open Data's 2015 Street Tree Census
Landing page generates a new canopy for every reload
SKILLS
Interaction Design
Data Visualization
JavaScript
DURATION
DURATION
4 weeks
LINK
Canopy
PROJECT INFO
Indigenous ecologies play an important role in an urban landscape. The 2015 NYCDPR Street Tree Census counted 666,314 trees citywide. However, an alarming 54% of these are non-native. The modern obsession for perfectly manicured spaces is increasing and harming most species living in that landscape along the way. The vast lawns in the city have created a green monoculture carpet that no longer supports functioning ecosystems.
Canopy aims to visualise this alarming, asymmetric ratio in the data from NYC Open Data’s Street Tree Census through JavaScript. The visual language for this website takes inspiration from satellite imagery and cropland photos. Jarring, digitized colors have been used to visualize perfectly manicured non-native trees of New York. Native species, in contrast, are denoted by murkier, earthier colors closer to their average mass tone.
Indigenous ecologies play an important role in an urban landscape. The 2015 NYCDPR Street Tree Census counted 666,314 trees citywide. However, an alarming 54% of these are non-native. The modern obsession for perfectly manicured spaces is increasing and harming most species living in that landscape along the way. The vast lawns in the city have created a green monoculture carpet that no longer supports functioning ecosystems.
Canopy aims to visualise this alarming, asymmetric ratio in the data from NYC Open Data’s Street Tree Census through JavaScript. The visual language for this website takes inspiration from satellite imagery and cropland photos. Jarring, digitized colors have been used to visualize perfectly manicured non-native trees of New York. Native species, in contrast, are denoted by murkier, earthier colors closer to their average mass tone.
Individual species view
Urban view