This workshop will explore approaches to designing sonic architectures centred on care, refuge, and sonic justice. We will encounter a range of works that span sound art, architecture, and urban design, including the Silent Room series by Nathalie Harb, a series of urban typologies that reimagine the city through listening.

This workshop will be co-led by Gascia Ouzounian (Director of the SONCITIES project) together with Nathalie Harb, Sena Karahan and Onur Atay (Urban.koop). It will open with an introduction by Ouzounian on the SONCITIES Project and drawing on her forthcoming book The Trembling City, which investigates the sonic and vibrational aspects of urban violence in contexts of genocide, war, and urbicide. Nathalie Harb will then discuss her approach to designing sonic architectures in the context of her series The Silent Room, including a recent design collaboration with SONCITIES. Participants will then be invited to sketch installations, architectures, and spatial designs that respond to the theme of sonic refuge. We will discuss these designs collectively; selected projects will be featured on soncities.org, and considered for publication in a forthcoming book.

Conveners: Gascia Ouzounian, Nathalie Harb, Sena Karahan, Onur Atay

Recommended for: Architects, urban designers, spatial practitioners, artists, sound artists

When/where: 2-5 PM, Workshop 4, SALT Galata, Arap Cami, Bankalar Cd. No:11, 34420 Beyoğlu/İstanbul

The event will be conducted in English and is limited to 15 participants. To access the application form, https://forms.gle/hmhQrA7ik6hwiZLZ6