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on site 28: sound Fall 2012
contributors:
martin abbott is a recent MArch graduate from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, and currently lives and works in Berlin. His interest is in the city and the social, political and economic dynamics that influence it. www.futurestudio.info ryan bessey is a professional engineer with ten years experience specialising in the fields of acoustics, noise and vibration. His work has ranged from the acoustical design of high-end institutional buildings to complex rail vibration studies. will craig is a designer of architectural and urban projects with DIALOG and maintains a (slightly obsessive) interest in ideas for exploratory urbanism. He studied Architecture at Westminster in London, UK achieving distinction for his work. www.fortysevendesign.com
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joshua craze is a British-born essayist who lives in California. Once, when asked what it was like inside his head, he replied: “it’s very loud in here”. www.joshuacraze.com
caelan griffiths : Jack-of-all-trades; master-of-none, has been employed variously as a blueberry quality control manager, museum curator, wine grape picker, census taker, postal worker, lithium-ion battery process operator, landscaper and busboy — he now studies landscape architecture at the University of British Columbia.
zile liepins is a graphic designer and artist from Toronto, currently living in Europe. You can reach her at zileliepins@gmail.com or view her photos at www.zilezile.wordpress.com
lady mccrady , offspring of two jazz musicians, had an entire exhibition of her paintings acquired by Jean-Pierre Fenez + Jean Michel Vinay Architects, Paris. Climate change activist collaboration welcomed. Studios in New York + New Haven. www.ladymccrady.com
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brian s pearson holds Master degrees in both music and architecture. He is a practicing architect in Oakland, California.
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jason j price is a PhD candidate in anthropology at UC, Berkeley and a filmmaker. He can be reached at jasonjprice@gmail.com .
chloé roubert is interested in the anthropology of art, objects and the everyday. A graduate of University College London in visual and material anthropology, she writes and curates about these questions and works in a digital think-tank in Montreal. She has written for magazines such as Canadian Art , C magazine and On Site review . olaf shäfer : architect, sound anthropologist; as a freelance architect runs Studio Urban Resonance in Berlin, founded with Valeria Merlini; crosses the fields of writing, building and sound. www. studiourbanresonance.de eon sinclair is a musician who attended Queen’s University and is both a founding member and bassist for reggae-punk band Bedouin Soundclash; he also deejays as The Soul Proprietor and is co-founder of Pirates Blend Records. He currently lives in his hometown of Toronto where he is in search of the perfect bathroom sound. helena slosar is an artist and architectural designer interested in engaging the public at various scales in order to redirect their consciousness and encourage new relationships between themselves, the social realm, and the built environment. www.helenaslosar.com nick sowers is an architect based in San Francisco. He is the founder of Soundscrapers, where he practices the construction of space with sound and 2x4s. His architectural work seeks the sonic sublime. www.soundscrapers.com emily thompson , Professor of History at Princeton University, studies the history of sound, listening, noise, music, phonographs, movies and architecture in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America. In 2005 she was named a MacArthur Fellow.
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urs walter teaches design at the Institute of Architecture at Technische Universität Berlin.
paul whelan is a Toronto-based architect working for Stantec. While he is a creature of the eye, occasionally his other senses kick in with and stir up long-forgotten memories.
ron wickman is a leading advocate for barrier-free design in buildings and landscapes. His commitment to accessible housing and his award-winning practical and functional designs have earned him national recognition as an expert in accessibility and barrier free design. He practices in Edmonton.
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stephanie white is the editor of On Site review .
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