Unlocking the City #01.
SENSESCAPES
Live-event held at the British Music Experience, The O2, London, October 1st 2009.
Unlocking the City is a pilot trying to involve young people in the making of places. – Inviting them into the design process we are aiming to engage youngsters in the future development of their environment and to excite them about their city.
To start with, Unlocking the City is exploring and utilizing everyday sounds created by/in our cities as a design tool for the shaping of places and urban experiences. As such, we are proposing to acknowledge sound as a distinct – and a positive matter of built design.
The pilot is developing in 3 stages:
#01.: Sensescapes
SENSESCAPES, has been a one-day-live event on Architecture and the Senses and the matters of sound and light for spatial design and experiences; held at the BME, The O2, October 1st 2009.
- Read here what the BME and the Press say about our event.
Or, watch a short video here.
Stage 02. & 03. – The Listening Project:
#02. Soundmaps and Audio Guides for schools and other educational institutions. First commission by: The BME, The O2 [completed in Nov.2009. more details on #02.
#03. Aural Architectures, built pilots.
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#01. Sensescapes:
Talks, workshops and live demonstrations for & with students, researchers and practitioners from various disciplines exploring the matters of sound and light for the creation of places and meaningful experiences within our environments. Hosted by the BME, The O2, October 1st 2009.
Keynote Speakers & Workshop Organizers:
Graham Festenstein from Festenstein Lighting Design; Graham Jeffery, Reader in Music and Performance – University of the West of Scotland, Glasgow; Thor McIntyre, Artist & Sound Designer; Mark Ridler, Lighting Director for BDP London; Sharon Stammers, UK Coordinator at the Professional Lighting Designers Association and David Atkinson, who has been part of the design team of the BME.
The Sensescapes event was a first attempt to introduce the aims and ideas behind our Unlocking the City project to a wider public. – The Sensescapes-workshops, pilots testing light and sound to evoke immediate interactions and experiences in and with our surroundings.
Exploring light – a familiar and acknowledged element of spatial design – and ideas on sound in tandem has been a means to highlight and understand the potential of everyday sounds as a key element and design tool for the shaping of atmospheres, social identity, and emotions within our urban sites.
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The Listening Project takes Unlocking the City into its next phase, testing #02.: – ‘How to depict sound as a spatial experience?’ and #03.: ‘How to build & experience aural architecture?’
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Sensescapes has been sponsored by:
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