A bunch of interior architecture students from the Estonian Academy of Arts have just created something that could change the way we listen to the forest. They have created giant wooden microphone that amplifies the sounds of the forest. The three megaphones are placed near RMK’s pähni nature centre. The sounds of the forest can now be heard at a distance. I wonder how the fauna of the region will react to this sudden change but for the human kind it’s more than just an installation. It’s an experience that is magnified and delivered to those who crave for the simpler things in life such as the rustling of leaves and the whispering winds.


Architect Hannes Praks spoke about the three-meter diameter megaphones, “We’ll be placing the three megaphones at such a distance and at a suitable angle, so at the centre of the installation, sound feed from all three directions should create a unique merged surround sound effect,”

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