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Street Noise
How
might cities be understood through the sounds they make? And in what way
does urban design influence auditory ecologies and the shared spaces of
communities? Pursuing such questions Street Noise will seek to raise understanding
on the exchanges between public environments and the people who use them
as registered through aural information and interaction. Through researching
urban policy and design in various cities, along with investigations into
aural life as heard through street cultures and the spaces made through
their noises, the project develops historical and theoretical work contributing
to the cultural analysis of contemporary urban conditions. The work aims
to uncover debates on noise pollution, acoustic design, and listening
practices, so as to bring into relief the potentials and disjunctions
between architecture, urban experience and related auditory expressions. |
Sound House (with Jacob Kreutzfeldt) What effects might sound and auditory studies have on the design of architecture? Is there a specific consequence appearing once sound is adopted as a perceptual and spatial base? |
- research project being carried out within the Modern Culture department,
University of Copenhagen, sponsored and supported by Forskningsstyrelsen/Danish
Research Agency. |
Proposing to the city of Amager south of Copenhagen to construct a 'sound house' consisting of a series of rooms each determined by different acoustical conditions, and modulated in turn by different prepared audio works, each determined by information gathered from different locations in the city - the House would both articulate acoustical experiences as well as a kind of model of the city and its aural life. After an initial proposal, the city agreed to the location and plan for the construction of the House, but was unable to offer any finances to support the project. After exploring funding possibilities, the project has been shelved until more conducive conditions are found. |
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| drawings by Thomas Greve. |