In this paper, I introduce approaches for exploring the sonic landscape of interior spaces, critical listening, and creative pedagogies, using Creative Practice to explore and provoke. Inviting learners to respond to the sonic environment of the spaces they are both learning in and designing for, this set of creative practices provides a guided exploration of listening, understanding, and the collective imagining of our sonic landscapes.

Our design of interior environments prioritises visual, tactile, and social aspects while often overlooking the sonic experience. Through three practice-based sound works, I aim to open a route to the sounds we encounter. I introduce three of my creative practices: ‘Sonic Welcomes’, which involves exploring the soundscapes of specific buildings; ‘Sonic Circle’, which captures the sounds of the city within a 2km radius around our studio; and the third, which details my recreation of Alvin Lucier's ‘I am Sitting in A Room’ (1970) and its provocation to teaching practice.

Building on the concepts put forth in Lacy’s ‘Sonic Rupture’ (2017), Oliveros' Deep Listening (2022) and Alvin Lucier's scores that explore the physical quality of sound, this paper explores the use of existing soundscape to challenge assumptions and invite learners to reevaluate the sounds they encounter. "Sonic Welcomes" involves closely examining the soundscapes of specific buildings, leading to the revelation and consideration of differences when juxtaposed with visual explorations of the same buildings.

This paper serves as a reflective account of these three sonic practices, focusing on provoking learners to both listen and capture the soundscapes (Schafer, 1977). As a significant part of the interior's experience but an often under-served area of interior pedagogy, they offer an introduction to incorporating sonic awareness into the interior design curriculum.