Reading these design examinations of an old space made new, a revisited, revamping, made me think of the manner in which we manipulate environments. The
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Sound and space are two indivisible units among which we live. This week’s readings dealt with the way technology and science began to look at
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Rem Koolhaas asserts that the vastness of Radio City Music Hall dictated its content and utilization. Carolyn Marvin relates an anecdote about a woman who
Read moreReading Response- Sonic Spaces
The marriage of sound and image is something we take for granted today, in a world where convergent-media is paramount. It’s interesting to think of
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Week 7: Sound Signuture of Space
Sound waves are the fluctuations of air pressure through space. Unlike light waves that are carried by mass-less electromagnetic fields, the materiality of sound waves
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Reading Response, Week 7 – Sound and Space
A major theme running through this week’s readings is that of the evolution of sound technology and how it changed the way we think about
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Reading Response Week 7: Sound and Architecture
In their narratives of Radio City Music Hall, both Koolhaas and Thompson portray a space built as a crowning technical achievement inspired by the media
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"In Radio City Music Hall the Fun Never Sets"
“In Radio City Music Hall the fun never sets”, according to an advertisement for Radio City Music Hall at its inception (Koolhaas 200). Radio City
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I found this weeks readings of sound (along with electricity) and the changes it created culturally and architecturally to be enlightening. The transition provided by
Read moreReading Response: Week 7: Experiencing Sound
Any experience of sound is an experience of space. Whether it is in an opera house or through headphones, sound creates its own unique experience
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