Flooded House V1 is a game installation about ocean level rise. The project consists of a physical model of my New York studio apartment, a game interface, and a hidden water tank. Using real ocean level prediction data, the user's actions in the game directly influence how much the apartment is flooded.

The project explores the impact of personal accountability in creating sustainable actions: How do our actions change when we directly experience the consequences?

I had the awesome opportunity to exhibit Flooded House V1 at the UN Headquarters in New York as part of the #CreateCOP28 Exhibition. The exhibition opened early December 2023 and was organized by artpartner.

The first version of Flooded House was built with a laser cut acrylic container filled with furniture made out of clay, wood, and metal. Several DC water pumps connected the apartment to the water tank via tubes. Transistors were used to detect the water rise inside the apartment. A 4-digit LCD display was used to show the current ocean level rise and the year this scenario was predicted. A laptop connected to an Arduino via p5.serial displayed a p5.js game on a Raspberry Pi Screen that is mounted to the roof of the house.