Prof. dr. Marcel Cobussen

Research and design project striving to enhance the quality of life (for all living beings) in selected residential areas and public (urban) spaces in The Hague (NL) and Kiruna (S) through an artistically inspired (re-)design of the sonic environment.

Bachelor Course

Audiowalk developed as part of the Leiden European City of Science Festival.

Panel convened in the context of the fifth Uncommon Senses conference, “Sensing the Social, the Environmental, and Across the Arts and Sciences”.

Advisory study on sound experience and perceived noise impact of the radar post in Wier.

Vlietland is one of the largest water sports, recreation, and nature areas in the Netherlands. When an area must fulfill multiple functions—ecological, social, and recreational—a well-designed acoustic environment is essential. This report provides a starting point for that.

Presentations of work-in-progress by Linnea Semmerling, Andrea Giolai, and Elif Özcan.

Wilderszijde, a neighborhood currently under development in the municipality of Lansingerland, is subject to significant noise pollution. This report focuses specifically on one section of Wilderszijde, Groenwijk 1.

This first ever SSC Workshop features presentations on work-in-progress by Marcel Cobussen and Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn.

The report provides an initial impetus to further consider—from the perspective of sound and sound perception—the design, choice of materials, and positioning of landscape elements (residences, roads, vegetation, walking and cycling routes, structures, etc.) regarding the Getijdenpark and Feyenoord City.

The extracurricular course The Sounded City is intended to expose and explore the complex webs of acoustic presence stretching in, through, and around our cities and neighborhoods.

Advisory project on the auditory redesign of a public area on the south bank of Rotterdam.

Monograph exploring of the role of sounds in everyday life, including their impact on human actions, emotions, and imagination.

The Rotterdam Hofbogen is part of the former Hofplein Line, once connecting Rotterdam, The Hague, and Scheveningen. Hoor de Hofbogen (Hear the Hofbogen) analyzes the current soundscape and offers recommendations for how the park and its surroundings should sound after redevelopment. Its core message: without the right sonic atmosphere, the park will not function as the municipality intends.

This report is about sound, about sound in and around the Hofplein, about how the Hofplein sounds now and about how it could sound.

Edited volume offering a wide ranging, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary investigation and analysis of the ways in which researchers use a broad range of methodologies in order to pursue their sonic investigations.

Research into the auditory atmosphere and acoustic (im)possibilities of the Garemarkt, Leiden.

The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art presents an overview of the issues, methods, and approaches crucial for the study of sound in artistic practice.

Whispering Wind (Fluisterende wind), a sound artwork by Edwin van der Heide, is situated in the passage that cuts right under the P.J. Veth building of Leiden University.