SITE 1
What is the exact location of your site?
2 west 13th street. 4-5th floor stairs.
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A description of the sites
The space is currently being used as a way to access all the floors of the building. There are usually people who are walking up or down. You can hear footsteps, voices, opening and closing doors. The sound is also really metallic and empty.
Why did you select the site?
I was really interested in the site because the expectation from a staircase is usually really dark and depressing, however 2w 13st building staircases are really metallic and bright. The huge window in between the floors can be used in order to create a project based on the relationship and light. In order to connect with the metallicity of the space, computer generated sounds can be used.
SITE 2
What is the exact location of your site?
University Center L1, entrance of Starr Foundation hall
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A description of the sites
Currently space is being used as a entrance to a hall. But it closed from both sites.There is no traffic unless there is anything happening inside the hall. You can not hear much when the both doors are closed and no ones close to you outside. It is a peaceful and really quite environment.
Why did you select the site?
When I was walking around the building to find a site that is interesting, I saw this place randomly. And it was my first time realizing the hall. The space is really similar to the exit door installation area in Rubin museum. I believe that any work that includes contrast in it will be effective there. Because the lows and the highs will be easier to hear.
SITE 3
What is the exact location of your site?
University center 7th floor, the corridor that elevator opens up to
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A description of the sites
The space is currently used as a small part of a library. The floor is mostly designed for quite rooms and study areas. There is not much people walking around usually the people are located behind the doors. You can barely hear someone speaking downstairs if you are towards the end of the corridor, however, in the very beginning right outside the elevator- it is quite and the sounds of the building itself is all you can hear.
Why did you select the site?
The site has bunch of windows that are facing the garden that is located on the 7th floor of UC. The bright sunlight and the beauty of nature can be used as a core theme for a project that is based on sound.