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2005 — Worst Interior Sound Environment

Wingårdh Architect Office AB and Love Arbén Architect Office AB

During the Mossenmark Festival -96 the Mossenmark Sound Fund was established. The purpose of the fund is to support and stimulate research and artistic work, whose ambition is to reach a grown vigilance around our mutual sound environment. The fund hands out a scholarship every year.


Mossenmark Sound Fund scholarship is provided architect office Wingårdh Architect Office AB and Love Arbén Architect Office AB award for 2005s interior sound environment.

Motivation:
Mossenmark Sound Fund provide the award for 2005s interior sound environment to Wingårdh Architect Office AB and Love Arbén Architect Office AB for their work with the re-building of the University College of Arts Crafts and Design, Konstfack in Stockholm, Sweden. In the buildings café, a terrible sound environment was created thanks to the architects neglecting the sounds generated from the chairs, in an otherwise well thought through design environment.

Assisting interior designers: Lena Arthur, Wingårdh Architect Office AB and Love Arbén, Love Arbén Architect Office AB obtain a box of red earplugs.
Lena Arthur, representative from Wingårdh Architect Office AB
Lena Arthur, representative from Wingårdh Architect Office AB
Since no one representing Love Arbén Architect Office could attend, Staffan Mossenmark read a quote by Love Arbén from todays Metro
Since no one representing Love Arbén Architect Office could attend, Staffan Mossenmark read a quote by Love Arbén from todays Metro
All award receivers from left: Eva Glader, Claes Elfsberg, Lena Arthur and Jakob Andreasson
All award receivers from left: Eva Glader, Claes Elfsberg, Lena Arthur and Jakob Andreasson
During the traditional ceremony a new composed fanfare had its first performance.
During the traditional ceremony a new composed fanfare had its first performance.