<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Ryo Yamada's Zero Meter Above Sea Level 20000 is a site-specific timber installation at Summerhall Arts in Edinburgh, visualizing projected sea levels in the future due to climate change.</li><li>The installation is based on the current elevation of Summerhall, approximately 76 meters above sea level, projecting a future sea level rise of 0.5 meters globally over the next century.</li><li>Constructed over 33 days using precisely cut timber elements and non-woven fiber, the installation represents a speculative ocean surface at the gallery location in central Edinburgh 19,980 years from now.</li><li>The delicate yet stable timber frame forms a monolithic volume, evoking a subaqueous environment through architectural precision and light-filtering fiber, allowing visitors to visually experience the potential impacts of rising sea levels.</li></ul>

ryo yamada’s site-specific timber installation visualizes future sea level at summerhall arts

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