Soundwalk continued…
After last weeks limited attempt at diagramming sound in a spatial manner, I set out this week to find a way to show the more ambient factors of the city soundscape. My previous Soundwalk post presented 16 seperate sites, all with very different spatial influences. The diagrams, however, did not display exactly what the … Continue reading
Mapping our Auditory Environments
Lately I have been looking into creating my own notational system to illustrate my diagrams in a better way. My diagrams for the Soundwalk illustrate the spatial surroundings of the subject quite well, but fail to show the type, basis and intensity of sound, other than to show general direction of surrounding sound. I have … Continue reading
Soundwalk
This week I completed a Soundwalk as a mini project. As I have said before, a major concern of mine is the lack of the auditory in the work of Landscape Architects. We are, chiefly, very visual people. This project looks into the city’s sonic fields as a spatial element. I think it is important … Continue reading
Sound and The Landscape Architect
A friend recently sent me an article from a blog called Design Under Sky, which I had never heard of before. Something that struck me about it was that it is a Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design blog, and it speaks about Sound from the Landscape Architect’s standpoint, rather than the Artist, the Architect, or … Continue reading
Site Recordings – Melbourne Central Exit
This week I chose a momentary site to complete a mini-project on. The site is one of about 3 exits from the underground Melbourne Central Train Station, and is a laneway that runs out onto street level from a food court area. In peak hour, this exit recieves a lot of foot traffic, especially … Continue reading
Camp Follie 03 – Amplification Basin
This follie was designed to amplify the sounds of the beach, and to minimise the impact, or effectively cancel out, other sounds coming from the area. Whilst completing my earlier camp follies I realised that there was one specific position that was being played with each time. My first follie was trying to remove the … Continue reading
Camp Follie 02 – Sound Compass
This follie – the ‘Sound Compass’ – is a diagram of distinct sounds surrounding my area of camp. Each string is a representation of a specific, prolonged sound that occurred during a 5 minute period. What became of most interest was the strings (sounds) that remained in their position for an extended time. This … Continue reading
Camp Follie 01 – Anglesea Beach
This was the first of three follies created on MLA camp. For this follie, I headed to the top of a dune away from the beach. Due to the added height, all the surrounding sounds became amplified, including those of the waves hitting the beach, and the wind. Without knowing exactly what I was going … Continue reading
Diagram of Research
One of our recent assignments required us to make a diagram of our research thus far. This diagram was a process that was part of the making of the first follie (click here for info on the follie). I have framed my reserach around the ‘what, why and how’. What is most interesting about … Continue reading
Follie 01 ‘Machine for Knowledge’
This follie, or ‘machine for knowledge’ was designed as a two layered, connected system. Strings were attached at the corner of each layer, which then connected to beams on the roof. Four further strings were threaded through the two layers at central points and also suspended. My intrest at this point was the distortion (or … Continue reading
sonic fields 