A project by Sadhna Saku

In a term popularised by Edward O. Wilson in his book Biophilia(1984), Human beings have an innate affinity with nature. He stresses that humans coevolved with nature, so they need it in their daily lives. This idea has applied to cities and tried to find what he calls a ‘daily dose of nature’. As such, being one who prioritizes downtime and stress management as part of a daily routine, I find time to exercise in natural spaces rather than at a local gym because of the preference of being present and healing in nature, hence encouraging others to exercise and dwell in nature as well.

Data

Using 2 years of running data from the Nike Run Club Mobile Application as an active jogger, I converted the Nike Run Club Mobile Application with an external third-party application that processed the data into my Strava account which revealed interestting findings about how the elevation level of land can boost our exercise routine.

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Artefact

Using p5js, I created an interactive and playful 3D wave motion terraform which depicts the motion of running and further reveals running locations of different elevation levels found in natural spaces around Singapore.

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