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AHRC Sensory Cities London Workshop 23/24th October 2015

Monica Degen — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:15:18 +0000

On the 23/24^th of October the first international AHRC Sensory Cities took place in London.

On the first day we had range of presentations and discussion around the importance of the senses in the built environment and in urban planning. Presentations included (podcasts will be uploaded in the next few weeks on this website):

Euan Mills (GLA) “What Really Matters in Architecture”
Des Fitzgerald (University of Cardiff) “Mental Health and Urban Life: Sensing stress”
Chris Miele (Montagu Evans LLP): “Measuring change in a changing city: Understanding London’s expansion”
Katherine McLean (artist, Royal College of Art): “Invisible, Erratic, Ephemeral: Lives of Urban Smells”
Maria Herrera (City of London) “Designing for the senses in the public realm”
Raymond Lucas (School of Architecture, Manchester University): “Sensory Notations”
Ben Townsend (Squint Opera) “Intrinsic Human Values”
Stefano Faiella (360 architecture) “Senses in the Design process – from brief to product”.
Alex Rhys-Taylor (Goldsmith College): “Fried Chicken and Flat Whites: Olfactory Agents of Demographic Change”
Caroline Pembroke & Mahbubul Anam (Whitechapel Vision Delivery Team, Tower Hamlets Council) “Whitechapel High Street Regeneration”

In the afternoon, after a guided tour through the interactive displays of the Museum of London we divided into groups to devise methods to research the senses on Whitechapel Road.

On Saturday the different groups focused for three hours on Whitechapel Road to trial their methods which were presented in an afternoon workshop. Methods included: sketching experiences, mapping sensory-temporal rhythms, evocative interviews, embodied encounters to mention a few. More in the next few weeks on this blog.

London workshop – Introduction (video)

Manuela Barz — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:26:12 +0000

Chris Miele (Montagu Evans LLP) “Measuring change in a changing city: Understanding London’s expansion” (video)

Manuela Barz — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:51:56 +0000

Chris Miele described the ways in which sensory perception informed his work on the London View Management Framework and the methods his consultancy uses to assess the effects on new developments on the perception of places.

Kathrine McLean (artist, Royal College of Art): “Invisible, Erratic, Ephemeral: Lives of Urban Smells” (video)

Manuela Barz — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 12:13:42 +0000

Kate McLean discussed how the lived experience of smell can be represented by focusing on some of her work. Her work tries to capture the ephemeral and temporal nature of smells in urban environments.

Raymond Lucas (School of Architecture, Manchester University) “Sensory Notations” (video)

Manuela Barz — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:12:40 +0000

Raymond Lucas discussed his work on the sensory notation radar chart and how this can be used to understand the sensory make up of places.

Maria Herrera (project officer, City of London) “Designing for the senses in the public realm” (video)

Manuela Barz — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:11:31 +0000

Maria Herrera presented the work done by the Environmental Enhancement Team within the City of London. In particular she looked at the challenges that thinking and taken into account the sensory experiences of place bring to develop a enhanced urban realm and engaging encounter with public spaces.

Alex Rhys-Taylor (Goldsmith College) “Fried Chicken and Flat Whites: Olfactory Agents of Demographic Change” (video)

Manuela Barz — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:07:40 +0000

Alex Rhys-Taylor presented his work on the ways in which multisensory ambiences play into the socio-economic stratification of areas. Focusing on Whitechapel Road he contrasted the ways in which the sensory experiences of fried chicken shops and coffee shops cater for different social groups and the tensions that emerge around whose aesthetic codes are allowed to prevail in public spaces.

Caroline Pembroke and Mahbubul Anam (Whitechapel Vision Delivery Team, Tower Hamlets Council) “Whitechapel High Street Regeneration” (video)

Manuela Barz — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 07:05:06 +0000

Caroline Pembroke and Mahbubul Anam discussed the key features of the regeneration of Whitechapel High Street. In particular how they need to take into account the senses to curate for different user groups and stakeholders in the regeneration process.

Workshop – images day 1

Manuela Barz — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:54:29 +0000

Katherine McLean (artist, Royal College of Art): “Invisible, Erratic, Ephemeral: Lives of Urban Smel

sensory cities network discussions

Des Fitzgerald (University of Cardiff) “Mental Health and Urban Life: Sensing stress”

sensory cities network discussions

Chris Miele (Montagu Evans LLP): “Measuring change in a changing city: Understanding London’s expans

Caroline Pembroke & Mahbubul Anam (Whitechapel Vision Delivery Team, Tower Hamlets Council) “Whitech

Alex Rhys-Taylor (Goldsmith College): “Fried Chicken and Flat Whites: Olfactory Agents of Demographi

Stefano Faiella (360 architecture) “Senses in the Design process – from brief to product”

Ben Townsend (Squint Opera) “Intrinsic Human Values”

Raymond Lucas (School of Architecture, Manchester University): “Sensory Notations”

Monica Degen and Astrid Swenson closing remarks

Caroline Pembroke & Mahbubul Anam (Whitechapel Vision Delivery Team, Tower Hamlets Council) “Whitech

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Museum of London – Guided sensory walk

Manuela Barz — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:26:03 +0000

Museum of London

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Some impressions