FLINTRIDGE, Canada (AP) – The risks increased when sculptor Bobby Zokaite moved to Phoenix in the summer of 2011 when he walked half a mile to Arizona State classes in a triple girder heat. He learned to find shade along his route. It rests on a stoplight sliver, avoiding the hot sun on each occasion.
“It was pretty crazy,” he recalled.
These experiences have influenced one of Zokaites’ latest projects. He was one of nine artists commissioned this year to bring shade to the area.
Throughout the United States, cities weave arts, science and community engagement to protect people from extreme heat and communicate their risks. Shade plays an important role as cities are driven by human-laminated climate change, challenging urban heat and adapting to hotter temperatures. but Transmission of heat risk and safety It’s challenging. That’s where art comes into play. It brings hope And reinforce how cool someone feels.
“The Phoenix’s Director of Thermal Response and Mitigation,” said David Hondulla, Phoenix’s Director of Thermal Response and Mitigation. “It can enrich our public space.”
Art and shades in one of America’s hottest cities
At One Park in Phoenix, large awnings hold up with dazzling panels. They depict whimsical creatures called “Alebrières” by Mexican folk art, and the structure includes a solar-powered fog system. In another case, the canopy decorated with colorful drawings uses reflective paint and UV resistant canvas.
These are some of Phoenix’s temporary public art pieces created with the help of locals. Free cooling towels and sunscreen were announced during a community event, each featuring information on shade and heat safety.
“The more you know, the more you recognize your body’s response, the more you look after yourself,” said Carrie Brown, deputy director of the city’s Department of Arts and Culture.
These art installations are one element City planning To expand the shade. Research shows how shade reduces air and surface temperatures significantly, and how people feel heat. In a city averaged over the past decade, cooling shades can save lives, at temperatures past 100 f (38 c).
The shades can be even cooler when combined with beauty. One study In Phoenix, co-authored by Hondura, people found that people appreciate delicious bus stops as aesthetically pleasing than beautiful bus stops. From another person Hong Kongfindings suggested that people are more heat resistant when they perceived the environment as quiet and beautiful.
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, we are used to winter wind bullets, but not fever, not “title project” and not “titled project” Shade is social justice ” helps cities communicate thermal danger and safety with creative design. One installation signal people to hang flowers that open when temperatures reach 85 F (29 c) and cool in water and shade, said Claudia Zarazua, director of the city’s arts and cultural planning.
Technology collects human data without exposing people to the heat
On a recent afternoon in Phoenix, ASU doctoral student Muhammad Abdullah rolled an advanced mobile weather station called Marty 3D+ next to the Shade Art Installation in Sierito Park. He measured temperature, humidity, wind and radiation, and estimated what was happening to a person’s body in both shade and direct sunlight.
He found that as they move from the sun to the shade, the average radiation temperature drops from about 145 f (63 c) to 88 f (31 c). The change had no significant effect on the temperature of the core, but the temperature of the skin fell quickly. When marty3d+ returned to the sun, the skin temperature rose again.
The ability of Marty 3D+ to model and measure how different people remove heat. For example, it can communicate skin and core temperature, heart warm strains, and heart tension in older people or those receiving certain medications. This technology allows real-time data to be collected in sometimes dangerous situations without affecting humans. They use their findings to make recommendations to cities.
Emphasises shade inequality and solutions
Edith de Guzman, a cooperative extension researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, has spent years trying to increase the shade of the communities most affected by Heat. Together with her colleagues, she also quantifies that she can reduce shade Up to 25% LA and previous fever-related deaths 66% of fever-related emergency rooms visit. An opportunity appeared to curate an art exhibit about shades, and anyone who had no access to it, she and her husband took it.
“Cool Roots: Trees and Shade Celebrations in a Warm World” takes visitors into LA’s shady past, present and future roles, including textiles, paintings, mixed media, interactive maps, and hanging multicolor umbrellas. Their goal is not only to highlight the problem, but also to show the public that a solution exists, De Guzman said.
The three-part installation by artist Leslie K. Gray invites visitors to consider past, present and future experiences of public transport users in the city. Each features a silhouetted woman waiting at the bus stop in either shade, a little or sufficient amount. Bus stop signs include facts about the risks of heat, the benefits of shade, and different access to it.
The exhibition ends in a room with hundreds of postcards with handwritten messages from visitors to the past, present or future. On the other side is a drawing showing how it will provide the shade needed for the bus stop.
Behind one card dated September 1st, the visitors wrote this message. “Dear people of the past. Take care of others among you. Take care of Mother Earth. Otherwise we will be responsible for its destruction and ours.
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