Leopold Banchini Architects

Dark Skies Sound Installation

Dark Skies Sound Installation

Leopold Banchini Architects + Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures

Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Eline Willaert
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Angelina Nikolayeva

CLIENT
Horst Arts & Music Fescval

COLLABBORATOR DJ AND PRODUCER
Dvs1

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jeroen Verrecht, Eline Willaert, Angelina Nikolayeva, Illias Teirlinck, Lars Duchateau, Julien Janssens, Elias Derboven

LOCATION
Vilvoorde, Belgium

CATEGORY
Installations & Structures, Cultural Architecture

Dark Skies Sound Installation

Text description provided by architect.

Dark Skies is a sound experience designed by Leopold Banchini and Giona Bierens de Haan in collaboration with DJ and producer DVS1. It is not an architectural pavilion but rather a large-scale sound system defining a precise space for bodies meeting in sound.

Entirely suspended above the crowd, the ceiling of sound is made of 116 top speakers and 58 subwoofers. Built by non-professional volunteers during a workshop, the structure creates a close and intimate relation between the membranes and the ears and removes the attention from the performer.

Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Jeroen Verrecht
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Jeroen Verrecht

Using rented sound equipment, recycled ceiling panels, and standard timber section, the structure spans over thousand square meters.

Filled with sound, bodies and smoke, the thin structure creates a thick and intense atmosphere for a unique outdoor clubbing experience.

Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Jeroen Verrecht
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Illias Teirlinck

No one is further than a couple meters from the sound source, everyone is in the forefront. A democratic and multidirectional dancefloor.


Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Jeroen Verrecht
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Jeroen Verrecht
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Lars Duchateau
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Lars Duchateau


Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Jeroen Verrecht
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Jeroen Verrecht
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Jeroen Verrecht
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Julien Janssens
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Elias Derboven
Dark Skies Sound Installation
© Elias Derboven

Leopold Banchini Architects
Leopold Banchini Architects
Rue de Grenus 121201 Geneva, Switzerland