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Sound Design Festival Hamamatsu 2021

Takt Project

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A space composed of string telephones. The string phone actually works. - Daisuke Ohki
Visitors can actually communicate with people up to 30 meters away. - Daisuke Ohki
The threads of the telephone thread draw geometric patterns in the air. - Daisuke Ohki
A space composed of string telephones. The string phone actually works. - Daisuke Ohki

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Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Exhibition
8.62
8.33
8.61
8.06
8.41
Rian Knop
Rian Knop Founder at Studio Rianknop
5
6.28
4.95
6.06
5.57
Sabine Krieg
Sabine Krieg Dean of the design faculty at University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
5.24
6.45
5.31
6.31
5.83
Misak Terzibasiyan
Misak Terzibasiyan Founder and Principal Architect at UArchitects
see and interior have an open conne...
5
6.23
5.44
6.4
5.77
Lynn Ya'nan
Lynn Ya'nan Partner & Brand Director at HYLLA Cultural Tourism Development
4.65
6.85
5.06
5.07
5.41
Claudia Fischer-Appelt
Claudia Fischer-Appelt Founder and Creative Director at Karl Anders
4.88
5.32
5.35
5.56
5.28
Alexandra Georgescu
Alexandra Georgescu Founding Partner at KOGAA
4.16
5.42
3.88
4.23
4.42
Jan Geysen
Jan Geysen Founder and Head Designer at PUUR interieurarchitecten
The pattern of the scales on the wa...
7.1
7.45
7.81
6.31
7.17
Nills Gesman
Nills Gesman Architect & Design Sales Manager at Cosentino
Not a lot of intimacy in the projec...
5.95
6.95
6.1
5
6
Li Wenqiang
Li Wenqiang Founder & Design Director at PIG Design
5.81
5.81
6.1
5
5.68
Yorgo Lykouria
Yorgo Lykouria Creative Principal at Rainlight
5.24
5.42
5.49
5
5.29
Mieko Watanabe
Mieko Watanabe Director at wAtelier
The terraced arrangement of tables...
5.78
6.57
5.9
5
5.81
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Exhibition of the Year
9.05
8.94
9.10
8.44
8.88
Rian Knop
Rian Knop Founder at Studio Rianknop
5
6.28
4.95
6.06
5.57
Sabine Krieg
Sabine Krieg Dean of the design faculty at University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
5.24
6.45
5.31
6.31
5.83
Misak Terzibasiyan
Misak Terzibasiyan Founder and Principal Architect at UArchitects
see and interior have an open conne...
5
6.23
5.44
6.4
5.77
Lynn Ya'nan
Lynn Ya'nan Partner & Brand Director at HYLLA Cultural Tourism Development
4.65
6.85
5.06
5.07
5.41
Claudia Fischer-Appelt
Claudia Fischer-Appelt Founder and Creative Director at Karl Anders
4.88
5.32
5.35
5.56
5.28
Alexandra Georgescu
Alexandra Georgescu Founding Partner at KOGAA
4.16
5.42
3.88
4.23
4.42
Jan Geysen
Jan Geysen Founder and Head Designer at PUUR interieurarchitecten
The pattern of the scales on the wa...
7.1
7.45
7.81
6.31
7.17
Nills Gesman
Nills Gesman Architect & Design Sales Manager at Cosentino
Not a lot of intimacy in the projec...
5.95
6.95
6.1
5
6
Li Wenqiang
Li Wenqiang Founder & Design Director at PIG Design
5.81
5.81
6.1
5
5.68
Yorgo Lykouria
Yorgo Lykouria Creative Principal at Rainlight
5.24
5.42
5.49
5
5.29
Mieko Watanabe
Mieko Watanabe Director at wAtelier
The terraced arrangement of tables...
5.78
6.57
5.9
5
5.81
Client
Hamamatsu City
Floor area
1350 ㎡
Completion
2021
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String telephone

TAKT PROJECT designed the venue for the event SOUND DESIGN FESTIVAL in Hamamatsu 2021. Hamamatsu, known as a city of musical instruments and music, joined the UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network in the field of music in December 2014. As a UNESCO City of Music, Hamamatsu explores the possibilities of sound design, in search of new possibilities for diverse sound creation practices. The SOUND DESIGN FESTIVAL is a symbol of these efforts.

 The theme for 2021 is “the forms of communication created with sound.” Communication seems to be something that cannot be visualized, but acoustic transmission is always accompanied by the vibration of a physical medium. In order to maximize the significance of the physical festival, we focused on this tangible nature of “sound” and produced a space composed of string telephones. 

Seven staircases are arranged within the space to form a circle, and six string telephone lines are placed at the top of each. The colorful strings, some as long as 30 meters, connect the phones and draw a geometric pattern that serves as a roof over the exhibition space, welcoming visitors with joyful colors. 

At the venue, the string phones invite people to enjoy communicating through sounds. The staircases act as viewing points for visitors to enjoy the sound performance unfolding before them, forming a circle like those formed spontaneously around a street musician. Beneath the 42 sound-transmitting strings, visitors meet various sound design works. Like in an arena, diverse soundscapes are brought together into the venue configured in a circle with string telephones. 

It is a space created by the transmission of sounds; a spatialization of interactions fostered by sound. The venue was a typical inorganic piece of exhibition hall architecture. Although it was a spacious 1,350 square meters, fixtures and string telephones alone were used to assemble a rich interior environment. The space was constructed without any wall or floor finishes, making it highly portable, waste-free, and economical.