Sumner Lake
Edwin Carter
Eagle Nest Lake
Lookout Mountain Nature Center, Golden, CO
The Lookout Mountain Nature Center exhibits were designed to help visitors understand the importance of the Rocky Mountain Front as a flyway for migratory birds, explore the intricate ecological connections in a ponderosa pine forest and appreciatethe challenges faced by managers of open-space lands adjoining metroplexes where urbanization has claimed a large portion of the native landscape.
The project’s creative team coordinated the work of a diverse array of craftsmen and technical personnel during the fabrication/installation process, and worked hand-in-glove with Jefferson County Open Space staff during the design and text-writing phase.
  
EDA Products and Services
• conceptual and structural exhibit   design
• interactive design and engineering
  interpretive text
• graphic design and production
• diorama design and production
• turnkey fabrication and installation

Project Highlights
• swirl of carved migratory birds greeting visitors in the entry space
• interactive puzzle with spinning parts explaining pollination
• interactive treasure hunt game with flip-doors (kids love it!)
• a “donation tree” with motion-activated chattering squirrel
• two dioramas featuring big mammals, birds, insects, and plants (with audio)
• touchable skull sculptures and “discovery drawers” with tactiles (fur, feather, bones,   etc.)
• interactive door constructed of a log section that opens to reveal a view of life in the   soil