Basel Naouri

Bio
Basel Naouri is an architect, musician and designer of immersive spaces and experiences. He has engaged in a number of theoretical and practical projects in the fields of spatial sound, media architecture and immersive spaces, and is currently pursuing further research in the cross-section between spatial sound and AR/VR architectural experiences. His work is artistic-scientific, and focused on the phenomenological and philosophical relationship between sound, space and aesthetics. Basel collaborates with architecture and design firms, museums, musicians, visual artists, and movie-makers, to create innovative and thought provoking projects, displaying his work in international design events and performances around the world.

Professional Experience

• Since 2021 Director and founder of TimeLab: a transmedia lab for artistic research / Berlin, Germany
• Since 2020 External Lecturer at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences - New Media Design & Media Spaces / Berlin, Germany
• Dec 2018 - Mar 2020 Concept designer and media scenographer at Tamschick Media + Space / Berlin, Germany
• Sep 2015 - Dec 2016 Head of exhibition design at the Children‘s Museum Jordan / Amman, Jordan
• Oct 2014 - Sep 2015 Architect & furniture designer at Khammash Architects / Amman, Jordan

Focus and specialities

• Researching spatial sound technologies within architectural contexts
• Researching the future of media art documentation through transmedia design strategies
• Leading theoretical & applied workshops & collaborations (Spatial Sound, Design for 3D physical environments, Transmedia Design, Hybrid Media, 3D modelling and visualisation, documentation and presentation)
• Guiding students with conceptual and technical approaches for designing, modelling and presenting immersive spatial media projects
• Supervising Master thesis projects