Portsmouth university and school join up to turn underpass into a sound garden

Pupils from Priory School, in Southsea, helped a team from the University of Portsmouth put the huge wooden structure together in the underpass at the junction of Victoria Road North and Holbrook Road, Somers Town.

By The Newsroom

Published 3rd Jul 2017, 17:00 GMT

Updated 12th Sep 2017, 12:10 GMT

Priory School pupils Scarlet Jones, 12, Hermione Troke, 12, Tylor Gaffney 13 and Hollie Eeles, also 13, at the underpass Sound Garden they helped to build.
Picture by Habibur Rahman (170630). — Priory School pupils Scarlet Jones, 12, Hermione Troke, 12, Tylor Gaffney 13 and Hollie Eeles, also 13, at the underpass Sound Garden they helped to build. Picture by Habibur Rahman (170630).

It was the idea of architect Guido Robazzo, who led the two teams on the project. Together they built a wooden frame full of musical instruments

made from recycled material.

The installation plays sounds as people walk around it and interact with it.

The structure will be in place for six months and was jointly funded by Portsmouth City Council and the university.

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