Place-making Through Sound: Designing for Inclusivity and Wellbeing

近年来，除了结构声学和环境噪声管理问题之外，人们对公共建筑的美学声景越来越感兴趣。这是因为人们越来越意识到声音和感官环境在城市空间的生产以及在人与地方之间产生情感联系方面的重要性。与此同时，围绕准入和包容性的讨论也越来越紧迫，涉及到许多因素，包括但不限于“种族”、阶级、年龄和残疾。拟议的研究和创新项目将这两个必要条件结合在一起，以检验声音作为包容和幸福的代理人的作用。该项目涉及以下相互关联的问题：(i)现场制作和社区建设的策划声音的潜力和价值是什么，建筑师和设计师如何接近这一点？（ii）建筑设计界如何理解包容性和福祉的概念？更具包容性的设计过程应该是什么样的？当前的建筑标准是否恰当地解决了社区、归属感和福祉的问题？（iii）如何使用声音来拓宽通道，使公共空间更受欢迎，而不是“为他人保留”（Sara Ahmed）？代表不足的社区作为公共空间的共同生产者参与的机制是什么？这种方法的障碍是什么？（iv）从上述问题中可以学到什么，使建筑师能够在环境噪音管理和策划声音之间建立联系，以增强包容性和福祉。该项目位于社区和社会建筑与设计、声音和音乐研究以及城市研究的交叉点。迄今为止，围绕建筑设计中的包容性和幸福感的讨论往往集中在与残疾人相关的物理通道上。该项目旨在探索和扩展与建筑声音环境相关的包容性和幸福感的概念，并将这些与场所制造和归属感的问题联系起来。PI将与屡获殊荣的建筑设计咨询公司Charcoalblue合作，主要是与声学团队合作，开发与声音相关的更具包容性的设计实践。她还将获得建筑和声学方面的新技能、知识和专业知识，包括专业培训。该项目将解决并寻求解决方案的行业挑战之一是创意声音设计，技术声学工作和建筑实施之间相对缺乏对话。该研究将侧重于案例研究，包括Charcoalblue将在2023- 2024年开展的三个项目，其中包括策划声音：史密斯菲尔德市场（伯明翰）的再开发，巴比肯中心（伦敦）和墨尔本艺术中心（澳大利亚）的文化空间的更新和扩展。PI将与建筑师和其他建筑环境专业人士、艺术家（在表演空间）、观众和其他相关公众进行访谈，以获取有关包容性和福祉设计的一系列观点和实践。项目产出：与Charcoalblue副主任Luca Dellatore共同撰写的期刊文章（c10,000字）；（ii）有关策划健全及包容性设计的项目网站；（iii）关于更广泛的研究结果的扩展报告（c15,000字），就公共健康、包容性和福祉提出指导意见。合作伙伴的好处之一是为Charcoalblue创造机会，开发更具包容性的设计实践，并为英国和全球的客户提供新的服务。更广泛的目标是促进建筑部门更加活跃地发挥空间设计的多感官潜力，并在包容性和福祉设计方面发挥全球领导作用。

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the aesthetic soundscapes of public architecture beyond questions of structural acoustics and environmental noise management. This has emerged from increased awareness of the importance of sound, and sensory environments more generally, in the production of urban space and in generating affective connections between people and place. Parallel to this have been increasingly urgent discussions around access and inclusivity in relation to a number of factors, including but not limited to 'race', class, age and disability. The proposed research and innovation project brings together these two imperatives in order to examine the role of sound as an agent of inclusion and wellbeing. The project addresses the following interrelated questions: (i) What is the potential and value of curated sound in place-making and community building and how are architects and designers approaching this? (ii) How are notions of inclusivity and wellbeing understood within the architectural design sector? What might more inclusive design processes look like and do current building standards on sound appropriately address issues of community, belonging and wellbeing?(iii) How might sound be deployed to widen access and to make public spaces feel more welcoming and less as 'reserved for others' (Sara Ahmed)? What are the mechanisms by which underrepresented communities can be involved as co-producers of public space and what are the barriers to such approaches?(iv) What can be learnt from the questions above that would enable architects to create connections between environmental noise management and curated sound in order to enhance inclusivity and wellbeing.The project lies at the intersection of community and social architecture and design, sound and music studies, and urban studies. To date discussions around inclusivity and wellbeing in architectural design have tended to focus on physical access in relation to disability. The project aims to explore and extend ideas about what inclusivity and wellbeing mean in relation to the built sonic environment and to connect these to questions of place-making and belonging. The PI will work with award-winning architectural design consultancy Charcoalblue, primarily with the acoustics team, to develop more inclusive design practices in relation to sound. She will also acquire new skills, knowledge and expertise in architecture and acoustics, including specialist training. One of the sector challenges that the project will address and seek to find solutions for is the relative lack of dialogue between creative sound design, technical acoustic work and building implementation. The research will focus on case studies to include three projects that Charcoalblue will be working on in 2023-24 and that include curated sound: the redevelopment of Smithfield Market (Birmingham), renewal and extension of cultural spaces at the Barbican Centre (London) and Melbourne Arts Centre (Australia).The PI will conduct interviews with architects and other built environment professionals, artists (in performance spaces), audiences and other relevant publics in order to access a range of views and practices on designing for inclusivity and wellbeing. Project outputs will be: refereed journal article (c10,000 words) jointly authored with Charcoalblue Associate Director Luca Dellatore; (ii) project website on curated sound and inclusive design; (iii) extended report (c15,000 words) on the wider research findings, setting out guidance in relation to public sound, inclusivity and wellbeing. Among the benefits to the partner will be creating opportunities for Charcoalblue to develop more inclusive design practices and offer new services to clients in the UK and globally. The wider aim is to promote an architectural sector more alive to the multi-sensory potential of spatial design and to deliver global leadership in design for inclusivity and wellbeing.