Site Visit – le Silo

Taken around the site by Emilie Porleime from C+T Architectures, based in Marseille.

Looking at how they are re-appropriating the old grain silo on the port and creating a new concert hall.

Mapping/Fieldwork in Marseille

The Analogue City: Pulsating, ebb/flow

• how urban squares are occupied
• movement through areas
• activities between street front/back courtyard
• changes in sound/smells/activity level/transport/lighting/temperature/wind/shutters/artificial light/people on the street, age, type of activity.

Focusing on specific areas within the city.

Sound City:

• how does architecture buffer/intensify conditions.
• sectional cuts through the city

Port Area
Train, Belle de Mai
Flyover
Cours Jueilen
Parc Longchamp

Musicatreze

The artists at Musicatreze come and rehearse in Marseille for a week or so at a time and then go to other cities to perform/record.

Rehearsal room is held in an old converted structure. This reinforces the idea of a hard urban front and a softer, less formal courtyard interior.