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MUURmelaar, a quirky translation of “a mumbling wall person”, is an architectural facade that translates the behavior of passers-by into a dynamic soundscape of intriguing sounds and rhythms. The project aims to augment the architectural experience of the facade, the act of passing through a narrow pathway, and the meaning of the building within the neighborhood. This interactive architecture forms the result of the collaboration between the architectural office DMOA and the research group Research[x]Design
Inspired by the wish to integrate their new headquarters in the local neighborhood, DMOA explored the concept of a “living facade”: a facade that compels passers-by to engage with their architecture and their office, that motivates people to converse with each other, that characterizes the neighborhood in a meaningful way. In collaboration with the research group Research[x]Design, first experiments were conducted to create an architectural and authentic way of expression, which is able to exploit the uniqu
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