Understanding
ecosystems.
Communicating knowledge & futures in a new way.
Interactive and experience-oriented, with Augmented Reality in 3D.
Living Lands is based on the Jungfrau Region and aims to inspire tourists and young people to discover the crucial role of intact ecosystems.
This, by providing an interactive, experience-driven print medium enhanced with Augmented Reality.
The goal is to foster a society that understands the necessity of healthy ecosystems and shapes their decision-making for a livable future.
Living Lands is set in the Jungfrau Region and aims to inspire tourists and young people to explore the interconnectedness of ecosystems and recognize their vital role in a sustainable future.
By offering an interactive, experience-driven print medium enhanced with Augmented Reality. AR technology allows users to explore a dynamic 3D model of the Jungfrau region and its ecosystems. They can experiment – for example by ‚deactivating‘ one ecosystem to observe the cascading effects on others.
To foster a society that understands the necessity of intact ecosystems and is aware about which mechanisms have to be set in motion to work towards a livable future.
Living Lands envisions a civil society that actively advocates for systemic change—where political, economic, social, and individual choices are consciously made in favor of sustainable and just systems. A society that rekindles a deep appreciation for natural ecosystems.
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Project categories
One core categorie + two more, to maximize reach and impact.
The core category combines the topics climate change & biodiversity. The main idea behind adding two more topics, Alpinism and Tourism, is quite simple: To broaden the potential audience and therefore the impact. These two themes also allow us to tell a story about how global warming and ecosystems in crisis affect our society, and how natural and human systems are interconnected
Climate Change & Biodiversity
The Jungfrau Region is home to a wide variety of ecosystems and has been strongly affected by climate change for decades. This makes it an ideal place to address these issues.
The idea is to visualize several core topics, looking at their history, the current state and looking forward to how they will be impacted. How they are all interconnected and why we should care about that.
The following are the core topics at start – more will be added over time: All Topics will include a rough global overview of the situation.
Climate
Comparing today‘s speed of global warming with the past
Shifting baselines explained
Glacier
Snow (pecipitation)
Permafrost
Temparatures
Extreme events
Water supply
Climate Scenarios for Switzerland & a global overview
(2.0C / 2.5C / 3C / 4C / 5C)
Tipping points and feedback loops explained
Biodiversity
Key ecosystems in the region
Fauna in the region
Flora in the region
Trophic change explained
Current situation of Swiss biodiversity
Global situation overview, scenarios
Alpinism
Mountaineering has a long, traditional history in the Jungfrau region, with its world-famous climbing routes and mountain huts.
No one experiences the Alps as closely as mountaineers; they can tell us first-hand about the challenges and ever-changing landscapes and conditions.
Climbing Routes
Eiger north face routes
Mitteleggi ridge
Eiger west flank
Eiger south ridge
Mönch: 6 routes
Jungfrau: 4 routes
Alpine Huts
Construction & history, function, maintenance
How can they become future proof & sustainable?
Konkordja hut SAC
Mönchsjoch hut
Mitteleggi hut
Bergli hut SAC
Hollandia hut SAC
Uper Aletsch hut SAC
Tourism
The Jungfraujoch station has become one of the most famous tourist hotspots in Europe, with up to 1 million visitors a year. Its opening in 1912 changed the region forever and has many stories and information to tell.
Topics
History & Construction: how this engineering masterpiece was made possible between 1896 and 1912
Impact of tourism on the Region
What challenges does it bring?
What is its contribution to the future?
How can me make tourism future-proof?
Input from UNESCO: going forward – how?
Envisioning a new future – it’s a process.
Explaining the status quo is a given. But it is also important to show possible futures, positive and constructive futures.
Visualize the opportunities and solutions that are already around us, ready to be implemented and scaled.
The aim is to give society a vision of the future that is simply irresistibly good, with all its benefits, compared to where we are now.
Status quo.
Understanding the current systems, their problems, interrelationships, and consequences. The causes, correlations and responsibilities are analyzed.
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New perspectives.
Demonstrate the potential for systemic change. Provide a clear idea of what these new futures could look like and what benefits they would bring for people and the environment.
02
Solutions.
To show concrete solutions for implementing change and how the future scenarios outlined can be achieved. Both the necessary measures and the social mechanisms that need to be used are explained.
03
Target groups
The Jungfrau Region is a world-famous UNESCO World Heritage Site and a powerful magnet for interest groups of all kinds. Its landscape, ecological diversity and history attract over two million visitors a year. „Living Lands“ uses this combination to reach a wide range of target groups. The project‘s two main target groups are: high consumers in the form of tourists, and young people in their education.
The Jungfraujoch alone attracts more than a million visitors a year – a high-consumption group. Living Lands intends to use this huge potential to work towards one of its main impact goals: To promote a society that understands the need for intact ecosystems.
Implementation:
It will be positioned as a beautiful souvenir, a print to buy, with an educational twist – a piece to take home and share. Benefit of this commercial approach: It will make the project financially independent over time, allowing it to be maintained and expanded.
There is nothing more important than educating young people about what is happening to our environment and how natural and man-made systems are interconnected. It is essential that they understand how ecosystems work and how we depend on them to keep us and our livelihoods safe and healthy in the future.
Implementation:
In education, it serves as an engaging learning tool that makes complex environmental concepts tangible.
„Living Lands“ will work directly with schools and other educational institutions to create the best possible tool for teachers to work with their students.
Who is behind the project?
Project creator and lead
Vincent Grand
Co-Founder of Hyperraum.cc
Graphic designer & illustrator | 3D designer.
Project Partner for conceptual design
Dr. Theresa Tribaldos
University of Bern, Centre for Development & Environment (CDE). Head of Just Economies and Human Well-Being Impact Area | UNESCO Chair „Natural and Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Mountain Development“.
Confirmed collaborations:
Biel/Bienne
Bern
Switzerland
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Envisioning a new future.
Explaining the status quo is a given. But it is also important to show possible futures, positive and constructive futures. Visualize the opportunities and solutions that are already around us, ready to be implemented and scaled. The aim is to give society a vision of the future that is simply irresistibly good, with all its benefits, compared to where we are now.
Living Lands is set in the Jungfrau Region and aims to inspire tourists and young people to explore the interconnectedness of ecosystems and recognize their vital role in a sustainable future.
By offering an interactive, experience-driven print medium enhanced with Augmented Reality. AR technology allows users to explore a dynamic 3D model of the Jungfrau region and its ecosystems. They can even experiment – for example by ‚deactivating‘ one ecosystem to observe the cascading effects on others.
To foster a society that understands the necessity of intact ecosystems and is aware about which mechanisms have to be set in motion to work towards a livable future.
Living Lands envisions a civil society that actively advocates for systemic change—where political, economic, social, and individual choices are consciously made in favor of sustainable and just systems. A society that rekindles a deep appreciation for natural ecosystems.