How healthy is the air in Berlin?
About the project
The data journalism and visualisation project “How healthy is the air in Berlin” was developed as part of the “Mapping Cities – Making Cities” course by Prof. Dr Marian Dörk. The result of the teamwork effort was a website with infographics about “harmful air pollution in Berlin”, “the health impacts of air pollution” and “how much air pollution are measured in Berlin”.
My Role
My role was front-end design (HTML, CSS and other npm package management scripts) and I guided the team on how to integrate their content. The project was created through teamwork with two other students. Together we planned the narrative of the website. I supported the project with infographics and a design concept (colours and typography). The website was built for desktop and mobile screen sizes. 

The Berlin map and the charts were done by Maryna Honscharenko. Daniel Almgren Recén did the texts and research.
Landingpage
1. WHAT IS HEALTHY AIR?
2. POLLUTANTS IN BERLIN
3. HOW DOES BERLIN’S POLLUTION CHANGE DURING THE DAY?

Infographic chart about how the different air pollutants behave over a period of 24 hours in Berlin.

The air data spread over a whole year and summarised on an average day in Berlin. Especially to see the peak of New Year's Day at 1:00 AM.
4. HOW IS BERLIN’S AIR MEASURED?

CARTO map about the air measuring points in Berlin, created by Maryna Honscharenko.

5. WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Team

particle animation on the title screen.

Credits
• Jens Drößiger (web development and graphics)
• Maryna Honscharenko (research, charts, Berlin map and writing)
• Daniel Almgren Recén (research and writing)
• Supervised by Prof. Dr. Marian Dörk

• Winter term 2019/2020 – date of publication: 21.02.2020
https://uclab.fh-potsdam.de/mapping/airberlin/

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