"Flight Into Awareness"

This project envisions a place to boost bird conservation awareness among New York City’s primary school children through playful and educational interventions. The organization focuses on local habitats in Prospect Park and its relationship with our urban environment. Strategies around “learning through play” are explored to enhance children’s engagement and appreciation for nature. Through immersive spatial interventions, children encounter the survival challenges birds face in urban environments—such as light pollution, water contamination, and window collisions. By translating these issues into tactile, visual, and movement-based experiences, the center transforms abstract environmental crises into accessible and empathetic learning moments.