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BBC Radio 4, The Listening Project Booth
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London, United Kingdom
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BBC Radio 4, The Listening Project Booth
London, United Kingdom
Firm
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$10K - 50K
The Listening Project, is a Radio 4 initiative launched in 2012 in partnership with BBC Local Radio and the Nations, in which people across the UK volunteer to record a conversation with someone close to them about a subject they’ve never discussed intimately before. The conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK for future generations.
In 2013 Radio 4 came up with the brief to design a mobile recording studio that would enable the station to take their
popular Listening Project show on the road and to reach parts of the UK previously inaccessible.
JaK Studio conceived the design for a speech bubble-shaped booth that would symbolise the capturing of these precious
conversations. In addition to this, while people talk inside the booth, the plain exterior ‘skin’ of the speech bubble crafted from polycarbonate screens comes to life with an abstract reactive light sculpture that expresses the on-going conversations occurring inside.
The design aesthetic of the booth itself draws inspiration from the iconic Airstream Trailer, composed to be towed behind a car. The nomadic speech bubble will be visiting all corners of the country – from cliff top to city, the fully road-worthy mobile speech bubble has been constructed to withstand the diversity of environments and landscapes it will visit.
Meanwhile the shell of the booth has been bespoke built by Wiltshire based engineers and coach builders Spectra for less than £40K, who hand crafted the unique shape onto a standard trailer base, with a high level of insulation and air tightness.
While the booth’s design had to be practical, lightweight, interactive and comfortable, the interior environment itself also needed to be constructed in a way that optimised audio recording.
During the design process, we thought about conversations and where they happen: whether it’s discussing our day at work around the kitchen table, regaling family stories on a rainy holiday afternoon or ‘shooting the breeze’ around a log fire.
More than just a ‘pod’ for recording and broadcasting soundbites, the brief was to create a warm, intimate and accessible mobile environment where people would feel relaxed, uninhibited and comfortable. The interior ambience would need to engender a ‘home from home’ feel. Inside, a homely log burner provides warmth on cold winter days and the artistic created flying ducks add a touch of nostalgia.
The booth hit the road on a 2 year tour in June 2015.
In 2013 Radio 4 came up with the brief to design a mobile recording studio that would enable the station to take their
popular Listening Project show on the road and to reach parts of the UK previously inaccessible.
JaK Studio conceived the design for a speech bubble-shaped booth that would symbolise the capturing of these precious
conversations. In addition to this, while people talk inside the booth, the plain exterior ‘skin’ of the speech bubble crafted from polycarbonate screens comes to life with an abstract reactive light sculpture that expresses the on-going conversations occurring inside.
The design aesthetic of the booth itself draws inspiration from the iconic Airstream Trailer, composed to be towed behind a car. The nomadic speech bubble will be visiting all corners of the country – from cliff top to city, the fully road-worthy mobile speech bubble has been constructed to withstand the diversity of environments and landscapes it will visit.
Meanwhile the shell of the booth has been bespoke built by Wiltshire based engineers and coach builders Spectra for less than £40K, who hand crafted the unique shape onto a standard trailer base, with a high level of insulation and air tightness.
While the booth’s design had to be practical, lightweight, interactive and comfortable, the interior environment itself also needed to be constructed in a way that optimised audio recording.
During the design process, we thought about conversations and where they happen: whether it’s discussing our day at work around the kitchen table, regaling family stories on a rainy holiday afternoon or ‘shooting the breeze’ around a log fire.
More than just a ‘pod’ for recording and broadcasting soundbites, the brief was to create a warm, intimate and accessible mobile environment where people would feel relaxed, uninhibited and comfortable. The interior ambience would need to engender a ‘home from home’ feel. Inside, a homely log burner provides warmth on cold winter days and the artistic created flying ducks add a touch of nostalgia.
The booth hit the road on a 2 year tour in June 2015.
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