HörMal!
Sound worlds and sound bodies from man to city
Interdisciplinary & International Conference, RWTH Aachen University, 9-10 July 2009
There is neither silent architecture nor is there a silent city. Even if no one would dispute this assertion, architects and planners hardly ever consider the sonic dimension of their works. Sound breaks through the classical notions of space. Sound envelops our body, influences how we feel, determines our identity, can form shapes and create boundaries. Sound can be considered as a dynamic matter of architecture. From psychology to geography, from biology to urban planning, from dance to architecture, researchers and practitioners unlock the essential meaning of our sound environments at this international and interdisciplinary conference. In the course of a concluding experimental concert, musicians will interpret the notations made by students in the context of sound walks.
The lectures will be held either in German or in English. All are welcome, architects and non-architects, musicians and non-musicians, specialists and laymen!
Thursday, 9 July
Lecture:
_Philippe Rahm Architect, Lausanne, Paris: Meteorological architecture
Friday, 10 July
Lectures:
_Prof. Axel Sowa & Ariane Wilson, Teaching & Research Area Architectural Theory
_Dr. Maya Gratier, Psychologist, Psychomuse, Université Paris VI
_Prof. Dr. Malte Kob, Theorist of music transmission, University of Music, Detmold
_Prof. Dr. Pascal Amphoux, Architect and geographer, CRESSON Grenoble,Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nantes
_ Raviv Ganchrow, Artist and architect, Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatory, Den Haag
_ Thierry Coduys, Electro-acoustician and new media expert, Le Hub, Paris
_Anne Kockelkorn Dipl.-Ing. Architectural theorist, ETH Zürich
_Ludwig Heimbach, Dipl.-Ing. Architect, Köln/Berlin
_Renzo Vitale, Ing. M. Acoustician, ITA, RWTH Aachen
Closing speech & concert:
_Prof. Dr. Holger Schulze, Sound anthropologist, Sound Studies UdK Berlin
_Regina Pastuszyk & Lutz Felbick, Clarinets & Piano: Improvisations on city soundscapes
& Architecture students of the RWTH