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SOUNDWAVE COMUNITY CENTER

Caroline
Edmondson

The Soundwave Community Center is located under the
Manhattan Bridge in New York City. It serves as a creative
space for the local community and musicians around the
city. A collaborative environment is fostered through per-
formance, teaching, learning, practicing and recording
spaces. The Center offers practice rooms for musicians,
workspaces for music therapists, two recording studios,
open rehearsal areas and an outdoor amphitheater. The
form, a sound wave, was the point of departure for the
design. Its abstraction responds to various programs and
spaces, surfacing as it travels from one end of the space to
the other. It begins in its original form and is then manip-
ulated to act as an acoustic canopy, determine the shape of
a wall, or create the roof for a practice room, continuously
reinforcing the shared space. The materials used in the
Center are influenced by materials used in the production
of musical instruments. The outdoor amphitheater is mir-
rored at the other end of the anchorage by a green space
that translates the sound-wave form with slight sweeping
gestures, and features large interactive music installa-
tions. Engaging all ages, the Sound Wave Community
Center aims to bring together a community in need of a
creative venue.

Degree: Queen’s University, Canada, Bachelor of Music.
www.carolineedmondson.com

Faculty: Kevin Estrada and Sean Arrasmith

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