New Nature in the Park at the Ilm_ec(h)o

Project information

submitted by
Feydrea Vialista

Co-Authors
Eva Girzalsky

Mentors
Prof. Dipl.-Des. Bernd Rudolf (Bauformenlehre), Prof. Andreas Kästner (Darstellungsmethodik), Juniorprof. Dr. Reinhard König (Computational Architecture), Dr.-Ing. Sabine Zierold (Darstellungsmethodik), Brian Clark (Interface Design), Stefan Kraus (Interactive spatial media design)

Degree programme:
MediaArchitecture (Master of Science (M.Sc.))

Links
http://www.naturecho.de

Project description

PROJECT CONTEXT
Our project ec(h)o was created within the context of the above-named semester project in the Park at the Ilm, Weimar, and aims at the awareness of climate change. At the same time, the student's projects should strengthen the human multisensory perception of natural phenomena, similarly to what ec(h)o actually does today.

WHAT IS EC(H)O?
discover a new way to communicate with nature.
how to reconnect with nature? how to rethink the connection between human being and mother nature?
it goes without saying that this special relationship has to be reconsidered.
we are convinced that an environmentally responsible behaviour can only result from a deep emotional bond between human and nature.
to (re)build this kind of relationship we developed ec(h)o -
a communication system that reflects the human voice translated in natural sounds.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
imagine you could talk with the nature.

how would it be to talk with mother nature? how would her answer sound?
with ec(h)o you can discover the nature echo of your own voice.
do you sound like a bird or rustling leaves or do your voice sound like rain drops?
after recording your voice we analyse it and translate it into the most similar nature sound which we will playback as your nature ec(h)o.
these nature sounds originate from the popular Park at the Ilm in Weimar.

to communicate with nature and explore our project, please visit our website at www.naturecho.de (google chrome optimised)
enjoy !