A House That Speaks

Sound, presence and memory inside the Roter Haubarg.

Museum Roter Haubarg invites visitors on a journey through time where the historic building itself becomes the storyteller. In the new permanent exhibition, TAUCHER Sound Scenography gently transforms the traditional idea of a rural “Heimatmuseum”. Instead of display cases and explanatory panels, the space unfolds as an immersive staging inspired by theatre, audio play and gaming. Tools, furniture and everyday objects begin to speak – and the house itself becomes a character. Visitors step into a living micro-cosmos where the history of the farm is not simply observed but experienced.

Following an invitation from TAUCHER, La Loma joined the project to develop the interactive layer of the exhibition. Through a close and trusting collaboration around sound, narrative and spatial perception, La Loma designed a system that connects visitors’ movements with the sonic storytelling of the space.

La Loma created a network of PIR sensors that detect the presence of visitors throughout the building. Using an Arduino-based system, movement is translated in real time into MIDI messages that activate an audio session designed by TAUCHER – a sonic environment where the recorded voices of the objects live. As visitors approach an exhibit, it responds with its own voice.

The technology remains intentionally discreet. Electronics design, Python programming and custom MIDI mapping provide a reliable infrastructure for continuous museum operation. Without altering the historic structure, the system gently extends it: the Haubarg becomes a resonant body where architecture, memory and human presence meet through sound.

PIR sensor network design
Arduino-based motion detection
MIDI communication with the audio system
On-site interaction calibration and tuning

Concept, scenography & project direction:
TAUCHER Sound Scenography

Interaction design & development:
La Loma

Client:
Stiftung Nordfriesland

Graphic design:
Lena Panzlau, FÖRM

Script & voice direction:
Paul Norman Zacher

Casting & assistant voice direction:
Lilian Siebert

Voice cast:
Frederic Böhle, Oliver Dupont, Peer Martiny, Dirk Schoedon, Andreja Schneider, Jörg Seyer, Eva Mannschott, Friedhelm Ptok, Maria Rensen, Tim Oliver Schultz, Klara Volquardsen, Birthe Wolter, Daniel Zillmann

Recording studio:
Hofkapellmeister

Exhibition technology:
Michael Grosch