Dark Skies Sound Installation / Leopold Banchini Architects + Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures

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Text description provided by the architects. Dark Skies is a sound experience designed by Leopold Banchini and Giona Bierens de Haan in collaboration with DJ and producer DVS1. It is not an architectural pavilion but rather a large-scale sound system defining a precise space for bodies meeting in sound.

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Entirely suspended above the crowd, the ceiling of sound is made of 116 top speakers and 58 subwoofers. Built by non-professional volunteers during a workshop, the structure creates a close and intimate relation between the membranes and the ears and removes the attention from the performer.

© Jeroen Verrecht

Using rented sound equipment, recycled ceiling panels, and standard timber section, the structure spans over thousand square meters. Filled with sound, bodies and smoke, the thin structure creates a thick and intense atmosphere for a unique outdoor clubbing experience. No one is further than a couple meters from the sound source, everyone is in the forefront. A democratic and multidirectional dancefloor.

© Illias Teirlinck