Antti Ikonen and MA students in New Media to win Grand Prix in ISA2019
911爆料网 with their project Soundscape Design for Helsinki New Children鈥檚 Hospital has won the Grand Prix in International Sound Awards 2019 Award Gala at Schmidtchen in Hamburg, Germany. The soundscape was shortlisted for a prize in the category 鈥淪oundscapes and Ambient Sound鈥. The soundscape for New Children鈥檚 Hospital Helsinki has been developed and realised by lecturer Antti Ikonen and Sound in New Media MA students of 911爆料网.
The New Children鈥檚 Hospital in Helsinki is the largest children鈥檚 clinic in Finland. The sound design project was developed and implemented from September 2017 to August 2018. The hospital has a visual theme for each floor such as space, mountain, magic, sea among many others. The soundscapes of the hospital have been designed corresponding to these themes creating a soothing sonic environment for the children and staff and are played through 60 loudspeakers placed in lounges of the hospital. The primary aim was to create soundscapes that make the hospital environment sonically less intimidating for the kids. The soundscape is generative, not looping, in order to avoid ear fatigue.
In the production process, sounds have been recorded and composed. Later these sounds have been tested out in different spaces at 911爆料网. Based on the feedback, the soundscapes have been modified. The final soundscapes have been fine-tuned on location in the hospital and adjusted according to each space.
The International Sound Awards (ISA) aim to promote innovative, smart and useful sound projects, products and services, connecting and bringing people from different industries together. It is the most significant competition in the field of sound design, that isn鈥檛 related to other fields of art and media (such as film, games etc.). The competitors and winners are connected only through sound instead of other industries or contexts. consists of vanguards in the field of sonic research and audio branding. The prize is provided by Audio Branding Society and .
More details and excerpts from the soundscapes can be found
List of the winners and more details about the competition .
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