from Retrieving Beirut part 3​/​4, released August 7, 2020
Basel Naouri is a Jordanian architect, musician and designer of immersive spaces and experiences based in Berlin, where he recently finished an MA degree in Media Spaces from UE-A&D, and have engaged in a number of theoretical and practical projects in the fields of spatial sound, media architecture and immersive spaces.

His academic and professional work is artistic-scientific, and focused on the phenomenological and philosophical relationship between sound and architecture. Basel collaborates with architecture and design firms and museums as well as other designers, artists and architects on innovative and thought provoking projects, displaying his work in international design events and performances around the world.

Most recently, he presented his latest research project "Synchresis", an interactive spatial sound installation that addresses aspects of spatial perception, active-listening, and the architecture of embodiment. Previously, he was commissioned to co-represent Jordan at Dubai Design Week 2018 with the audiovisual spatial sound installation "Duwar."

Basel's interactive sound installation Tonal Texture was on display at Venice Design 2018 in conjunction with the Venice Biennale 2018. In 2017, Basel’s interactive immersive exhbition “Sounds of Design” was commissioned as part of Amman Design Week (ADW). Basel is also an avid furniture and interior designer and has worked primarily with reclaimed materials from across Jordan which he premiered in his first solo exhibition "432 Hz." Much of Basel’s design work is rooted in his fascination with the sound and his ever-growing passion for exploring its connection to our physical environment, bodies and senses. His background as a multi-instrumentalist and electronic music producer serves as a lens in which he decodes other disciplines. An example of this is his collaboration with Architect Ammar Khammash on "Desert Soundscapes," a research project and exhibition on the cross-section between geology, architecture, music theory, interactivity and design.

In Jordan, Basel held the position of Head of Exhibition Design at the Jordan Children’s Museum, where he designed Jordan’s first standalone museum exhibition on biodiversity. Prior to that, he was Head Furniture Designer at the furniture studio Shiraz Stores and an Architect with Khammash Architects and Dar Al Omran Architects. He is a co-founding member of the electronic music duo Arabs with Synthesizers and electro-acoustic experimental band Zaed Naes. Most recently, he joined Jordanian band El Morabba3 as their producer, synth and trumpet player, and he’s now co-leading the experimental music platform Recordat.

soundcloud.com/recordat
soundcloud.com/arabswithsynthesizers
soundcloud.com/elmorabba3
soundcloud.com/zaed-naes