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[microsound] Re : Sound Topography
Hello Everybody,
After having sent the previous post, I read the François Ascher's essay (New
Principles of Urbanism) one more time, espacially the passage entitled "a
new urban quality"? This passages treats about sensitive, senses? He
compared old urbanism and the so-called neo-urbanism? According to him, the
neo-urbanism develops an fonctionnal approach which can be more subtle?
Which means that neo-urbanism, now, takes multisensitive dimensions into
account, and endeavour to work not only visible (as the old urbanism always
did) but the noise, the tactile and the olfactory. In fact, the
multisensitive design of the city permits to create new and various
ambiances, more confortable, more attractive, for those who suffer of
sensitive trouble and trouble motor even?
I did not have the chance to visit the "Son-O-House" (Son en Breugel, The
Netherlands, 2000-2003), project co-created by the Dutch architect Lars
Spuybroek and the Dutch sound artist Edwin van der Heiden? The concept was
very interesting and reflected the François Ascher's idea of multisensitive
dimension? For both of them (Spuybroek and van der Heiden), senses are
provoked by the bodely movement? What is "Son-O-House" ? : this is a "house
where sounds live"? Such a sound work which was continuously generating new
sound patterns, sound which is activated by sensors set up in the house? The
sensors were picking up actual movements of visitors? Something in real
time? It can be considered as a City in which sensors were set up and are
picking up in real time movements of unhabitants (something physical or
biochimic)? I was very captivated by Spuybroek/van der Heiden's work?
Spuybroek is one of those architects who have integrated the multisensitive
dimensions in architecture by using computer and very complex software like
Vortex? globally, the idea of "Son-O-House" can be analysed as a desire to
make audible what is inaudible, that is to say a very merleau-pontian
approach? I would like to know your position of this idea of "multisensitive
design of the city which takes the noise into account"? Of course in
condition that all of you have time to answer?
See you
Annick
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