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Renderings

Final drawings - Floor plans

Ground floor

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Final Drawings - Elevation

Final Drawings - Sections

Section through visualising sound space 

Section through natural sound space

Section through silence space

Section through sound hall

Section through ferry terminal

Final drawings - site plan

Red circle indicates connecting path

Red circle indicates path

Site plan in context

Further Design Development

Design features

Speaker room in ferry terminal for waiting passengers. Plug headphones into the wall to hear different music and sounds.

Listening Posts act as supporting posts for the pods. Plug headphones to hear sound from the space above.

Developing Design sketches

Combining pods into one form development sketch

Natural sound development sketches

I wanted the natural sound space to react and interact with the site. Because of this I looked at having glass that reflects the natural curve of the river and by setting the pod against the cliff face.

Silence Space development sketches

I wanted this pod to reflect its program and be very simple and neutralising. Hence the use of a simple square shape. Because the space needs to be sound proof, it is not possible to have windows. The insulation is very involved with textures being vital to the performance.

Section through the building showing textures

Flat walls bounce sound back, textured walls absorb sound.

Example of textures

Visualising sound space development sketch

This sketch is derived from the organic shape of cornstarch and water activated by sound

Composed Sound - Sound Hall/Theatre

The sound hall is a space to experience composed sound; music. It is here that visitors of the building can passively experience sounds that are created with a distinct purpose. It shall take the form of a general theatre as there has been much research over centuries in the best way to acoustically experience sound. 

No sound – Silence space

An anechoic room is a room that absorbs sound and doesn’t produce any echoes. This is something that I learnt researching sound and think it would be an interesting thing for people to learn about in the space. The silence space could include this as a sound testing space or recording studio. For the general public it could also be a place for relaxation and reflection in close proximity to the CBD. Obviously, for a space to be sound proof there needs to be many technologies implemented, examples of projects are shown below:

Natural Sounds - acoustic ecology

Natural sounds, also known as acoustic ecology, are sounds of natural elements (wind etc), as well as natural sounds to the area (this would include traffic and human noises etc). The natural sound space will use elements to reflect natural sounds surrounding the space to the area. It will also feature elements to mimic natural sounds. These are some examples:

Sways in the wind and mimics natural sounds

Echoes sound

Area sound is coming from to the site

Visualising sounds - cymatics

The visualising sound space is in my opinion the most exciting. This space will greatly rely on the use of speakers as this is a major element that influences visual sound. Here are a few examples of cymatic activities:

Example of how speaker system works

cornstarch and water activated by sound

Patterns made by salt/rice/flour by sound

3D prototype model of sound waves

Video feed captures cymatics and displays it on screens