2024-05-13T10:21:04-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150418356/in-an-ontario-plaza-interactive-pavements-play-music-as-if-by-magic Niall Patrick Walsh 2024-02-28T13:28:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/49/4985db6ec5cb1c148aca3eb51e0d39a8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/8869/montreal" target="_blank">Montreal</a>-based studio Daily tous les jours has completed a public space design in Cambridge, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/208553/ontario" target="_blank">Ontario</a>, Canada. Titled 'River Lines,' the project saw the creation of an interactive stage in an&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/37624/public-space" target="_blank">urban plaza</a> for big impromptu musical ensembles.</p> <p>Video credit: doublespace photography<br></p> <p>Part of the studio&rsquo;s wider Musical Pavement series, the interactive wave-patterned pavement is embedded with 62 sensing light rings that &ldquo;get people moving through musical collaboration exercises.&rdquo; The infrastructure is formed of twelve in-house tailored audio tiles that have no visible hardware and blend with the wider pavement pattern, meaning &ldquo;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/8718/music" target="_blank">music</a> emanates from the ground as if by magic.&rdquo;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/07/07bae53333d7145a6ddb28e4bca7706f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/07/07bae53333d7145a6ddb28e4bca7706f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: doublespace photography</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/67/6707427c532b646c15a67de8f2707c3b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/67/6707427c532b646c15a67de8f2707c3b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: doublespace photography</figcaption></figure></figure><p>Located on the site of a 19th-century foundry, the artwork is &ldquo;a response to the historical nature of the site&rdquo; and &ldquo;an exemplar of how investment in the public realm is essential to reimagine and activate places and encourage collective interacti...</p>