architectural space / Musical approaches to space
Jan Richard Kikkert and Lars van Es’s design assignments start at a location in Amsterdam. Students study specific urban spaces of transition based on their quality of sound. They listen to the place, and the sound experiences are ‘taken up’ in the design. In a number of cases, this even leads to experiments where the visual is completely eliminated. Jan Richard Kikkert’s assignment Soundscape explores how sounds collected in a space can be transformed with the help of models and drawings. The discoveries are used for the design of an Acoustic Research Centre as an extension of the Arcam Architecture Centre. In one of the plans, new public routes are conceived that encircle the building from within and without, creating an endless movement. Perforations in the walls that generate an everpresent wind sound ensure that the routes are also audible. Fixed and undetermined places for the visitor to wander create this new urban landscape and they encourage an improvisatory use and discovery of urban space.
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Narda Beunders