Everyday Sounds of McMaster

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Our project explores the theme of everyday mobility on campus, telling the story of a student’s day from arriving by bus to studying, eating, and heading home. Listeners move through the bus stop, library path, quiet study area, MUSC food court, and crosswalks, hearing buses, footsteps, pages turning, food preparation, cashier sounds, and traffic to experience the campus through sound.

Bus arrival

The recording captures the bus slowing down, the doors opening, and the sound of people stepping off onto the sidewalk. It marks the beginning of the campus day and leads into the next part of the walk.

1 sound

campus avenue

The recording follows footsteps along the path to the library, with wind in the trees, distant voices, and the clear ring of a bicycle bell passing by. It captures the calm shift from the busy bus stop to the quieter heart of campus.

1 sound

Mills library silent study area

This recording captures the soft rustle of pages, faint keyboard clicks, and the low hum of a quiet study space. It reflects the focused, calm atmosphere of the library where movement slows down.

1 sound

Way to MUSC

The recording follows the walk from the library toward MUSC, with steady footsteps, doors opening, and voices gradually getting louder. It shows the shift from a quiet study space to a livelier social area.

1 sound

Food curt in MUSC

MUSC Food Court is one of the busiest places on campus, and this recording is filled with cooking sounds, laughter, and queuing scenes. Our project records the sizzling sound of grilled meat, the moment when the beverage machine picks up drinks, and the interaction with the cashier, showcasing the vitality and rhythm of lunch

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Teriyaki experience

This recording highlights the distinctive soundscape of the grill station, with spatulas tapping, food sizzling, and quick kitchen movements. It brings listeners into the center of food preparation, emphasizing the lively, sensory experience of waiting for a fresh meal.

1 sound

Campus store

This recording showcases the atmosphere of people shopping

1 sound

Mills second fllor

This recording introduces the voices of people during discussions or collaborations

1 sound

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Mission Briefing

Mission Briefing

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Thank you for joining our cause, agent. Things on campus aren't as they seem. Follow the GPS coordinates on your phone, and listen to our instructions. Things may not make sense now, but they will in time. (Start at the south entrance of the Student Centre)

McMaster Campus - Dual Natures

McMaster Campus - Dual Natures

Explore McMaster's campus, from the busiest building to the quietest outdoor corner, and everything in between. Notice to how we interact with the world around us, connect with each other and ourselves, and how these interactions change based on our surroundings.

Hearing Access at McMaster

Hearing Access at McMaster

Our Sound Walk proposal presents the campus's common soundscapes in diverse ways. This route extends from Whidden Hall to the Health Sciences Center, focusing on environment, body, and artistry: the melodious notes of a piano intertwined with the creak of automatic doors, footsteps ascending stairs, the hum of elevators, and the whoosh of sliding doors. These sounds reveal the multifaceted ways in which different bodies on campus gain or face limitations in their freedom of movement. A second dimension—the roar of engines, screeching brakes, and announcements at the corner bus stop—links campus mobility to the broader urban pulse. These paths remind Sound Walk participants that soundscapes are not only about access rights but also weave into everyday experience.By foregrounding sound as art, the walk also demonstrates how listening practices reveal the dynamic interplay between environment and human mobility. In doing so, it aligns with course discussions about the aesthetic, bodily, and environmental dimensions of movement while grounding them in McMaster’s lived campus experience.

Washroom assessment guidelines

Washroom assessment guidelines

McMaster University Student Centre (MUSC), 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4E4, Canada

For the first assignment of multimedia 3C03. I will introduce Basic sanitary facilities, especially restrooms near the student center of MCMASTER. Sometimes no rest for a restroom because some washrooms only have one toilet. So, for this reason, we should know two or three washrooms in an emergency. If in another situation. My project helps people who are a visitor, and it’s his first time go to the student center of MCMASTER but coincidentally or not he wants to go to the washroom. My project will be useful to him. In my project, I will introduce three washrooms and rated on five points, facilities, cleanliness, smell, size of space, privacy. Users can find the right toilet for them through my introduction. The day of the test washroom assessment guidelines is Saturday, just a few people in the student center

Project 1 Final Artistic Composition（Tongwei Hu & Jiayi Liu）

Project 1 Final Artistic Composition（Tongwei Hu & Jiayi Liu）

The sound walk from McMaster bus stop to Starbucks in Student Center.

The most familiar stranger

The most familiar stranger

McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4E3, Canada

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