Annamae Muldowney
How Might Liberty Hall Utilise Cymatics
This research to date has proven valuable as its success would not only aid people with visual impairments but also everyone who can hear...
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Annamae Muldowney
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Initial Acoustic Testing
Due to time constraints and access problems due to Covid19, I did not get to fully complete the acoustic testing of the model during my...
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Annamae Muldowney
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Construction of Model
See below the three stages of construction In progress Structure Cladding
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Annamae Muldowney
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Final Design
The final design is a small reading nook, a place to escape briefly. It consists of 18 vertical pieces which define the shape. 5...
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Annamae Muldowney
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Location, Location, Location
The Covid-19 restrictions meant the space which the model could be constructed was uncertain for a large part of the designing. While the...
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Annamae Muldowney
Jan 17, 20221 min read
Dissemination
This method could become something easily assessible to anyone with some basic computational skills and a small CNC cutter. I began to...
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Annamae Muldowney
Jan 14, 20221 min read
The Final Design Process
Success at Last My first successful test model was a combination of a stack method and a waffling method. This combination helped refine...
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Annamae Muldowney
Jan 14, 20222 min read
Trial and Error through Digital Manufacturing
- Building on from Semester two At the close of semester two, I had completed a speculative retrofit design showing the possibilities of...
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Annamae Muldowney
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Forming Perception
Moving on from last semester I felt the most significant part of my research was into the impact spatial form can have on how the mind...
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Annamae Muldowney
Sep 28, 20213 min read
Experiment to Experience
Earlier this year I used Grasshopper definitions, in combination with Rhino, to create acoustic simulations that looked at how the shape...
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Annamae Muldowney
May 14, 20211 min read
A Speculative Museum of Sound
Drawing set: Concept Cymatic Shapes Sections Plan Renders Where to go from here?
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Annamae Muldowney
May 5, 20212 min read
A Healing, ringing building?
So I narrowed back in again on acoustic principles and science in an attempt not to lose my goal. That being to create a speculative...
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Annamae Muldowney
Apr 29, 20212 min read
A Listening Museum - Work In Progress
Through my studies of acoustics, architecture and technology I have found 3 different ways sound can be communicated in a building. I...
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Annamae Muldowney
Apr 22, 20211 min read
What's the story, bud?
According to the International Council of Museums, “A museum is a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and its...
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Annamae Muldowney
Apr 22, 20212 min read
Look! Don't touch!
In an article in The Architect's Take, Chris Downey, the blind architect, lists museums alongside public transport hubs as areas of...
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Annamae Muldowney
Apr 15, 20213 min read
Sound Functionality
Reading Further into the work of Shea Trahan, I began to think of how I could put an acoustic organisation onto Liberty Hall. As I...
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Annamae Muldowney
Apr 7, 20214 min read
Liberty Hall as a giant Cello
Note : Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will sensory inclusive design techniques! To create fully sensory inclusive spaces, I think...
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Annamae Muldowney
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Learning from my first design attempt
Some geometry which works well acoustically is not always practical, this is noticeable in the kitchen in my apartment 1 type. This type...
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Annamae Muldowney
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Incorporating learnings in Liberty Hall
I began to look at how these irregular forms might be organised into Liberty Hall to create apartment blocks. I listened to the sounds...
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Annamae Muldowney
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Focus Group Meeting
Due to the generosity of the National Council for the Blind, I was able to conduct a discussion with a group of people with various...
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Annamae Muldowney
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Sound Trials
After my studies on reverberation, I continued to use this Grasshopper definition to test different room shapes / forms. However despite...
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Annamae Muldowney
Feb 25, 20212 min read
To take or not to take... the Liberty
I found this type of post-visual design which focused on the other senses was crucial within the design for the visually impaired. I...
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Annamae Muldowney
Feb 25, 20211 min read
The effects of shape on sound dynamics
Sound - Light - Smell - Touch Moving on from my white cane study I began to analyse the sound dynamics within Liberty Hall. I spoke to a...
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Annamae Muldowney
Feb 18, 20211 min read
Haptic Solutions Inc Interview
This interview with Peter from Haptic Solutions Inc explores how we might simulate smell in immersive design models.
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Annamae Muldowney
Feb 18, 20212 min read
"Blind people don't hear better, they just listen better"
Sound - Light - Smell - Touch Sound is the most significant way in which visually impaired people gain information of the world around...
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Annamae Muldowney
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Liberty Hall - a Beacon for Change
From the recent Survey about Sensory workplaces it was evident that most experiences were based on the visual. Thus it is essential we...
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Annamae Muldowney
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Sensory Zoning
From a survey I recently undertook it is evident that people within a workplace enjoy a different sensory environment depending on the...
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Annamae Muldowney
Feb 4, 20212 min read
What is an Ideal Sensory Workplace?
This question hit me when I grappled with how my current position would fit into the icon that is Liberty Hall. Designed By Des Rea O'...
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Annamae Muldowney
Feb 1, 20211 min read
What is Intersection?
Intersection is a research study taking place at Technical University Dublin into the intersection between architecture and virtual...
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