SquaresRenew 16: SoundYard

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SoundYard

SoundYard is another sculpture in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast. When you walk through it, hundreds of metal chimes are activated to create sounds reminiscent of the shipyards. It has been designed with the circular economy in mind, i.e. reuse, repurposing, and recycling. When its life as a sculpture is over the pipes will be used for playground structures or street furniture around the city. Sounds a lot like renewal and restructuring to me!

Part of Becky’s SquaresRenew Challenge, using images from our April 2024 trip to Northern Ireland to illustrate one or more of the following:

  • Move forward
  • Reconstruct
  • Renew
  • Burgeoning
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  1. Interesting that the sculpture makes a sound “reminiscent of shipyards.” I’d like to hear that! And how wonderful that when its life as a sculpture is over it will be repurposed to other uses.

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  4. Hi Anabel – that must have been fun to be a part of and then listen to it … something I’d love to see … fun – and as you say ultimately useful. Cheers Hilary

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  7. They have something similar though much smaller in scale at the (Glasgow ) Riverside Museum. I noticed a few new things like that since my last visit there with a spinning boulder, Mirror Wall and mini xylophone made out of tubes for the kids. Noticed them on my first visit to the Imax a couple of weeks ago. Bob. BSS.

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  11. This sounds (pun intended!) like great fun 😀 But while it’s a good idea to plan to repurpose the pipes, it’s a shame it isn’t to be a permanent feature.

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  14. I imagine having it to yourselves would be a bonus, I can imagine it being very noisy with a few people wandering through it together 🤭

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