About Competition
“I call architecture frozen music.“
– Johan Wolfgan von Goethe
Introduction
Archiol has organized this second edition of the Aural Architecture design competition to understand the possibilities of spaces designed with the help of sound.
“When I see architecture that moves me, I hear music in my inner ear.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
SOUND TO SPACE –
This competition encourages using the sense of sound to design architectural space, depicting emotions and humanising the habitable volume encompassed by walls. Use your auditory sense to develop an abstract architectural space that exhibits an emotion of itself.
Download the music pieces from here: https://www.archiol.org/competitions/aural-architecture-2023
The process of designing is as follows:
- Listen to the music pieces.
- Select any one of the four music pieces.
- Analyze the music and understand the emotion.
- Word those emotions to further translate it into architectural space.
- It could be any type of structure or installation
- Be able to encompass a volume that depicts your understanding of the emotion in the music.
“I’ve seen miracles happen with sound.”
– Tom Kenyon
Aim:
Design an abstract architectural space influenced by sound.
Keywords: Aural, Music, Architectural Space
Aural: relating to ear or sense of hearing.
Music: vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion..
Architectural Space: Space expresses something invisible and intangible to the design in terms of shape, colours & material.
“To hear a sound is to see a space.”
– Louis I Kahn
GUIDELINES / RULES
- Please mention the name (Artist’s name) in your description file of the music piece you select for design description.
- You have to design an architectural space that interprets the music piece.
- Innovative space.
- Drawing requirements: Conceptual (Priority), Plans, Sections, Elevations, Views.
- Support your design with all possible explanations, (Formats that are accepted: Text, Video, Audio, and the most obvious drawings)
- The reasoning for every space that has been designed.
“In the evenings the art of building gave way to that of music, which is architecture, too, though invisible.”
– Marguerite Yourcenar
Participation:
- This competition is open to all.
- You can participate individually or as a team (Maximum 4 members in a team)
Prizes:
Winners (X3): Certificate of achievement + Publication + Interview
Honourable mentions (X3): Certificates + Publication
Shortlisted entries (X10): Certificates
*All the certificates will be attested and e-format.
To find more details & Register visit HERE
LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION: 31 March 2023
LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION: 31 March 2023
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