Antonella Radicchi

Antonella Radicchi

Architect and Urbanist, PhD

4Mag

TOSCANA SOUND MAP

TOSCANA SOUND MAP
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DESCRIPTION

The project came into being for the occasion of the Regione Toscana’s participation at EXPO Milan 2015 and was conceived and created by Antonella Radicchi with the collaboration of Fondazione Sistema Toscana.

Toscana Sound Map transmits information about Tuscany’s spatial, acoustic and temporal aspects for the purpose of representing the soundscape through use of a digital platform and an interactive interface. Furthermore, Toscana Sound Map is an archive of soundmarks, sounds perceived by people as being typical of Tuscany and its identity. The objective is to preserve, endorse and promote them. The recorded sounds have been enriched thanks to the intervention of a composer; in this way, short and original tracks are generated. Lastly, Toscana Sound Map is also a collective project open to the participation of residents and the general public. As Schafer stated, soundscapes can be considered an immense musical composition where we are listeners, performers and composers all at once! Anyone can participate in the development of the sound map by sending in their own sound tracks and following the directions listed in the PARTICIPATE section. Read more here.

YEAR

2015

CLIENT

Fondazione Sistema Toscana, Regione Toscana, EXPO Milan 2015

 

6Apr

An Emotional Journey

An Emotional Journey
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DESCRIPTION

Firenze Sound Map. A Emotional Journey through Florentine Soundscapes.

The video was commissioned to Antonella Radicchi by the Rotary Club Firenze and the Firenze City Council’s UNESCO Office and presented at the 2015 Unesco Historic Cities Heritage of Peace Conference in Istanbul on April, 4 2015.

The video is an emotional journey through the Florentine soundscapes and is composed of sounds, images and comments, which have been shared by tourists, citizens and city users and uploaded to Firenze Sound Map. It is divided into 5 sections, which represent the main soundscapes of Firenze according to the preferences expressed by Florentine citizens, city users and tourists who participated in the project.

YEAR

2015, Spring

CLIENT

Rotary Club Firenze, UNESCO Office Municipality of Firenze

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20Feb

FIRENZE SOUND MAP

FIRENZE SOUND MAP
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DESCRIPTION

In 2009, I launched Firenze Sound Map – known as the collective “tender” sound map of Firenze – a freelance project resulting from my doctoral research with the aim of 1) representing the Florentine soundscapes from an emotional standpoint through public participation; 2) filling the gap produced by Firenze Noise Map between the representation and the real experience of the city environment. Firenze Sound Map is also an interactive and open source tool of mapping the Florentine soundscapes as it is perceived by city users.

In 2013 the map’s data were shared with the Open Data System of the Municipality of Firenze under the supervision of the Municipality of Firenze (former) Director of Innovation Prof. Giovanni Menduni and Dr. Gianluca Vannuccini. Since then, data have been updated on a yearly basis and can be accessed through the dataset Immaterial Cultural Heritage.

In 2015, I was invited by the Rotary Club Firenze and by the UNESCO Office – Municipality of Firenze – to make a video describing the contet of Firenze Sound Map. The video, called: Firenze Sound Map. A Emotional Journey through Florentine Soundscapes – was presented at the 2015 Unesco Historic Cities Heritage of Peace Conference in Istanbul on April, 4 2015.
This video is an emotional journey through the Florentine soundscapes and is composed of sounds, images and comments which have been shared by tourists, citizens and city users and are part of Firenze Sound Map. It is divided into 5 sections, which represent the main soundscapes of Firenze according to the preferences expressed by Florentine citizens, city users and tourists who so far participated in the project.

YEAR

2009 – ON; 2015 (video)

CLIENT

Independent research project; Rotary Club Firenze, UNESCO Office Municipality of Firenze

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20Feb

MAPPING OPEN SOUNDSCAPES

MAPPING OPEN SOUNDSCAPES

DESCRIPTION

Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute, Architecture & Interior Design Department (Graduate)

The workshop focused on analysing relationships between Florentine soundscapes and emotional dimensions perceived by city users, and therefore on investigating the role played by the sonic environment in shaping the identity of cities. Students were given an introductory lesson on the disciplinary field of Soundscape Studies and qualitative tools of analysing and mapping urban soundscapes. The case study of Firenze Sound Map and its linking to the OpenData System of the Municipality of Firenze were illustrated; finally introductory notes on the concept of open data were provided. A soundwalk was guided in the city; students were asked to collect data (sounds, picturess, comments) which were selected and uploaded to Firenze Sound Map and shared with the OpenData System of the Municipality of Firenze.

YEAR

2014, Fall

CLIENT

Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute

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19Feb

FLORENTINE APARTMENT

FLORENTINE APARTMENT
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DESCRIPTION

Renovation of an apartment in the historical centre of Firenze, nearby the San Lorenzo Central Market. The top-floor apartment is on two levels comprising: an entrance room, a large loft with a kitchen, one bedroom with an en-suite bathroom and a living terrace pocket with stunning views of the roofs of the city.

YEAR

2006 – 2007

CLIENT

Private

19Feb

WEAVES AND SITUATIONS

WEAVES AND SITUATIONS
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DESCRIPTION

I developed the design project in the frame of the workshop commissioned by the Municipality of Vinci and held at the School of Doctorate – University of Firenze, Faculty of Architecture. As doctoral students, we were asked to contribute with design project ideas to the development of the Masterplan of the Municipality of Vinci.  I focused on tiny villages, ancient parishes, forgotten churches, working farms, archaeological ruins, old and new paths, neglected public spaces which for me constituted the very identity of Vincy. As backdrop, the physical surroundings: the Arno River and the Albano Mountain. Therefore, the project became a patchwork quilt, sewing together the fabric of the landscape to create a new system of paths, public spaces and accesses. The main goal was to connect the tiny villages to the landscape and to highlight the historical importance and improve the self-sustenance of the landscape.

YEAR

2006

CLIENT

Municipality of Vinci, University of Firenze

18Feb

COMPETITIONS & PROJECTS

COMPETITIONS & PROJECTS
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DESCRIPTION

As a freelance Architect and Urban Designer, I collaborated with Italian architecture and urban design firms on international and national urban design and planning competitions and projects.

YEAR

2006 – 2014

CLIENTS

Inter alia: Archea Associati (IT), T-studio Guendalina Salimei (IT), Social Design Studio (IT), Studio Luca Zevi Architetto (IT).

20Gen

SOUNDSCAPES OLTRARNO

SOUNDSCAPES OLTRARNO

Soundscapes Oltrarno Technology Framework. Image source: Antonella Radicchi (2009)

DESCRIPTION

The Soundscapes Oltrarno project* was developed during the 2007 MIT Digital City Design Workshop and it addressed the renewal of the Oltrarno neighborhood in Firenze by applying the soundscape approach, 2.0 new media and citizen-driven framework.

In Florence, Oltrarno is a diverse neighborhood of social and economic activity including craft workshops, universities, restaurants, churches, and piazzas. These activities produce distinctive and fascinating sounds. This sonic richness is obscured by noise pollution created by automobile traffic. In the future, the act of replacing noisy, gas-fueled vehicles with quiet city cars and scooters will allow Oltrarno to recapture its sound identity.
So, what sounds will substitute for the motors and horns?
Soundscapes Oltrarno aimed to facilitate the creation of spaces through digital technologies that can mitigate the steady drone or deafening roar of automobile traffic.
The audio-based interventions investigated in this study aimed not only to address traffic noise that obscures the sound identities of places in Oltrarno, but also to engage the burgeoning youth culture in the neighbourhood.
Soundscapes Oltrarno used sound to activate, bring content, or call attention to the small spaces, or “nooks,” throughout the neighbourhood that are often overlooked.
Finally, by harnessing digital technologies such as audio spotlights, digital music players, mobile phones, and multi-track recording software – both in the city and on the Internet – Soundsapes Oltrarno established an ‘open source’ process by which neighborhood residents and visitors could create, capture, manipulate and expose sounds in the public spaces of the city.

* A collaboration between Antonella Radicchi and MIT PhD student Francisca Rojas.

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YEAR

2007

CLIENT

MIT (USA)

20Gen

EMOTIONAL MAPPING

EMOTIONAL MAPPING
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DESCRIPTION

University of Roma Tre (IT), Faculty of Architecture (Graduate)

The course provided an understanding of the method of analysing, representing and designing the city grounded on the so-called sensory approach, which mainly focuses on sensorial and intangible aspects of the urban realm. The core product of the class was the study of the sensorial and intangible aspects that characterize the Testaccio-Porta Portese-Ostiense area in Rome and their representation via a “tender” map, referring to the Emotional Geography (which, in the words of Giuliana Bruno, “includes the beings that inhabit it and the forms of the passing through spaces, including the spaces of life”). Students were asked to apply qualitative methods of analysis and representation of the urban realm, not limiting to localization, spatial distribution and quantification of data, but attempting an understanding of the everyday life through the senses.

YEAR

2012-2013

CLIENT

University of Roma Tre

20Gen

READING CITIES

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DESCRIPTION

Kent State University, College of Architecture & Environmental Design, Florence Program (Undergraduate)

The course aimed to promote critical thinking about the disciplines and activities that shape our environment. The combination of informative lectures by the instructor – both in present and historical terms, readings and fieldtrips as well as personal research and analysis, aimed to generate a common cultural ground and supporting the development of the student work. The goal was to equip students with the necessary tools to describe, represent and analyse the built environment, in the form of cities under investigation. Cities selected for study and on-site visits include Rome, Siena, Milan, Verona, Vicenza, Venice. The core product of the class was the sketchbook.

YEAR

2012 – 2013

CLIENT

Kent State University