Four Tales Album Launch at Riddel’s Warehouse
Riddel’s Historic Warehouse - SARC Belfast Architecture Sound Event
OGU Architects is delighted to spotlight the upcoming Four Tales album launch by SARC alumni Matilde Meireles - a captivating fusion of sound, architecture and urban ecosystems where floating pavilions and river rhythms reimagine city connections.
Presented in partnership with Queen's University Belfast's Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), the concert features Matilde Meireles (field recording and electronics) alongside SARC alumni Conor McAuley and Michael Speers (percussion), and Professor Paul Stapleton (tromba marina and electronics) – the quartet from the album's fourth track.
Event Details
Date & Time: Saturday, 21 March 2026, 17:30–19:00
Venue: Riddel’s Warehouse, 87 Ann Street, Belfast BT1 3GH (historic site restored by Hearth Historic Buildings Trust)
Entry: Free – all welcome to experience this interdisciplinary performance. This workshop kicks off the day by taking to the streets to explore sensory mapping through urban wandering. Participants will collectively investigate their emotional responses to various urban spaces by engaging with the sights, sounds, smells, and textures of these places. This is an opportunity for everyone to get to know each other and the place where we will spend our day together. This workshop will be led by the Irish Architecture Foundation’s Reimagine team.
Inspired by Meireles' eight years engaging Belfast's River Lagan, Four Tales (Crónica, 2026) explores urban infrastructures and water as entangled entities through documentation, imagined drifts and communal listening.
The album draws directly from DRIFT, OGU Architects' collaborative floating instrument pavilion with MMAS studio – commissioned by Belfast City Council for Belfast 2024. This community-driven public space fostered new city-river perspectives, translating into sonic fluidity that extends beyond human narratives to ecological networks.
Echoing OGU's placemaking ethos, reimagining unloved urban fragments into resilient, inclusive hubs, Four Tales demonstrates architecture's power in sonic and spatial care.
Join us at this free event to witness sound and architecture entwine. Full details and tickets via Queen's University Belfast SARC. #Placemaking #ArchitectureBelfast #FourTalesAlbum #SARCQUB #DRIFTProject