Spatial Sonic Network (2017)
From the virtual, social spaces of the Internet to the global reach of cellular connectivity to the expansive physicality of the modern highway system, we are connected by an astonishing variety of networks. Spatial Sonic Network (SSN), a proposal by Brady Peters and Mitchell Akiyama, re-examines the physical and sensorial infrastructure required for communication. Taking the form of a series of parabolic sound reflectors that collect, focus, and translate sound between them, SSN is on the one hand a series of architecture pavilions that invite investigation and inhabitation, and an invisible passive acoustic network that creates both the possibility of communication without the aid of amplification. SSN will enliven the space of the Sir Daniel Wilson Quad by inviting passersby into a participatory space that opens channels for communication that are imminent to, but not immediately apparent, amidst its networks of footpaths, sightlines, and digital webs of communication.