When going through the church, sound was the thing that stood out most to us, it influenced or movement, feelings and the way we talked.
We heared things like songs, rain, sounds from outside, our footsteps, people talking inside and the atributes like books and installations.

We recorded all the sounds and I made the illustration interactive. In this animation we show our movement and the sounds that we encounter.

What do we have

Delivery 15 october

1

2

3

- How do I move in the space? / Body movement and orientation
Slowely and gentle. Don't lift your feet to high, because it makes a lot of sound. I move around the sound of the speaker, in the outer layer of the church, close to the outer wall. Driving me in all the extra spaces in the side and try out the things that are presented, like flipping through the book with notes from visiters and opening the cabinets.
You complete the circle around the church, you don't just go 'in and out' or view a little part of the church.
>> There is only selective access for wheelchairs.

- How does your body feel?
The sound really gave me different feelings. It felt nervous, pressing, intimidating, distracting, heavy and not relaxing. But without the music it would feel even more pressing because I feel like I need to move carefully and quiet.
The sounds were not positive for me, but maybe that is because I'm not comfortable in a church, I'm not familiar with it.

- Are there other bodies involved? Who are they?
- What are their movement and orientation?
Woman at the register around the age of 50 → she sits behind the desk and smiles warmly, making me feel comfortable. She askes me for my adress because of corona and ask me to pay the entrance fee. She makes it easier for me to enter the church, because it was kind of scary to enter without knowing what I could expact.

Man at the shop → After passing the register woman I pass the man standing with te shop. He stares at me without saying anything, giving me te feeling he want something from me or that I should do / say someting. It makes me feel uneasy again. I say hello to him and he says hello back, but keeps staring after that, making small movements like he really want to say something but can't.

Older couple around the age of 75 → they walk around together without saying much, I only hear the man say something to the woman, but it sounded like shushing from the distance I was at. They move the same way through the church as I do, through the outer layer and viewing all the atributes.

- How do social groups are spatially organised?

Body movement of the space

1

Spatial setting

2

- Which architecture and objects are involved in the space?
The gold and nature/earthy colors and long oval shape and high roof (which makes you feel really small inside) stand out for me. I think the cabinets with all the different feast day of different believes were really original for a church. The church also has a library, you can lit candles, open the cabinets and walk around (art and history) installations which makes it really interactive. The church also has multiple organs in different sizes with different history (one was donated from germany as an apology for the war). And in the middle there are chairs to sit on during the miss.

The architecture causes an echo in some places of the church (beginnin)

- Where objects are positioned? What are their scales?
The most objects are on the outer circle in their own spaces where you can walk up to. The only thing positioned in the middle are the chairs and an organ. The library looks kind of small because we are used to really big libraries. The place where you can lit candles, on the other hand, gives a really big feeling because they go all the way up to the roof. So even though those spaces are the same, the scale feels different. The chairs feel really small in the big church, but maybe that is emphasizes because there are less of them (corona). The art installations also feel really small in the big space that the church is. Overall the church gives an open feeling because the objects are not that big.

- For who is the space designed for? Is the design of the space inclusive?
If not, who does it exclude?
You would think the church is designed for people who believe in god, but I think the church is maybe even more focused on tourists and visitors with an interest in history. Because of the art and history installations and cabinets with representing different believes. Also the music adds to this, because if it only focused on people who want to visite the church to for example pray, it will be distracting.

People in a wheelchair are excluded in some places, because the library for example is higher up, but doesn't have a platform you can ride up to. Like the place to lit candles does have.

- Sound
The music reminds me of Christmas → warm and open feeling
Music off → you can hear the talks from outside

Soft talks → You can talk a little louder when the music is on → Less intimidating → It would be distrecting while praying

Moving objects → makes a lot of noice

Sometimes they play normal music together with the clocks
→ Duncan Laurans when he won the song festifal

Echo

(a) Highlight how does the space relate to its surrounding? Where is it positioned in the city or in a neighbourhood? Can we find similar spaces in the city as well? If yes, where are they?

(b) Highlight the history of the space: when the space has been designed? By who? Who decided for the location of this space? Has the space evolved in the past few years? How? And why?

The wider context of the space

1

Still need to do this

Movement:
You move around the speaker in the outer layer of church
Move slowly and soft, you don't want to make to much noice
You want to go into all the extra spaces and open all cabinets
You don't simple go in and out without viewing the whole church

Feeling:
Nervous, pressing, intimidating, distracting, heavy and not relaxing
Without music it feels more pressing because you move carefull and quiet
The architecture gives me a small feeling

Represent to other body's:
Woman at the register around the age of 50 → welcoming
Man at the shop → Uncomfortabel
Older couple around the age of 75 → Shushing

Architecture:
Gold and nature/earthy tones
Long oval shape with a high roof
The side spaces, installations, cabinets and organs → Interactive
The scale of objects together with myself feel small in the open church
Chairs in the middle

The place where you can lit candles gives a really big feeling because they go all the way up to the roof, while the library end lower making it feel smaller even though the space is the same size.

Designed for: 
Believers / Tourist / Visitors for the history or art
Not everywhere is wheelchair friendly

Sound:
Echo / Music / Rain / Talks outside and inside / moving objects

I want to use this in my mapping

Sketch idea

Produce a floorpan of the space and represent through different layers

Body movements in the space
For example: how do you move in this space? Are there other bodies involved? Who are they? What are their movement and orientation? How do social groups are spatially organised?

The spatial setting:
Which architecture and objects are involved in the space? Where objects are positioned? What are their scales? For who the space is it designed for? Is the design of the space inclusive? If not, who does it exclude?

The wider context of the space - For this we would like you to:

(a) Highlight how does the space relate to its surrounding? Where is it positioned in the city or in a neighbourhood? Can we find similar spaces in the city as well? If yes, where are they?

(b) Highlight the history of the space: when the space has been designed? By who? Who decided for the location of this space? Has the space evolved in the past few years? How? And why?

Feedback

Add extra layers
Our research shows things about the history, renovated windows, etc >> What is old and new?

These layers can be shown on top of eachother or after eachother in a video

BODY AND
SPACE

Designed for:
Believers / Tourist / Visitors for the history or art

Because of the messages in the guestbook you can clearly see the visitors of the church. From very religious with hopeful messages to the edge of mockery. What you really couldn't shout in church in the past is now in this guestbook.

Timeline

1558

1621

1642-1645

1688

1644

1783

1940

1952

First research

First mapping

NEW research