Smell & The City Workshop. 19 th March 2012

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1 Smell & The City Workshop 19 th March 2012

2 Welcome Professor Simon Guy, Head of the School of Environment and Development, Co-Director Manchester School of Architecture

3 The Smell & The City Project An inter-disciplinary project designed to stimulate new ideas and projects 4 strands of activity (1) Bringing people together (2) Exploratory Research (3) Mapping (4) Representation

4 Smell & The City Victoria Henshaw Manchester Architecture Research Centre

5 Session Structure My research (summary) The sense of smell The smell of contemporary cities Odour management strategies Design tools

6 My Research (Smell and the City) Residents in Manchester, Sheffield and Clerkenwell, London 52 smellwalks in Doncaster, South Yorkshire Site visits and smellwalks in Grasse, South of France and Seattle, US Smell preference survey 100 people

7 The Sense of Smell

8 We have millions of smell receptors and can detect around 10,000 different smells, although are unable to identify or name many

9 Characteristics of smell Strong association between smell and taste Close link with memory Often don t appreciate it until it s gone Influenced by age, gender, bodily state The role of the trigeminal In-built smell preferences?

10 Percentage of respondents Favourite Smells Survey of 100 people asked to outline their top 5 most favourite smells 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 41% 34% 34% 27% 25% 24% 20% 19% 13% 13% Smells

11 Percentage of respondents Least Favourite Smells Survey of 100 people asked to outline their top 5 least favourite smells 60% 50% 55% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 34% 27% 25% 18% 16% 15% 14% 13% 11% 11% 11% Smells

12 Percentage of respondents Most/Least Favourite Smells Survey of 100 people asked to outline their top 5 most and least favourite smells 60% 50% 55% 40% 34% 30% 20% 10% 1% 27% 25% 24% 22% 20% 5% 3% 8% 13% 13% 4% 2% 1% 1% 9% 0% Most favourite odours Least favourite odours

13 Smell performance assessments Men and women assessed their sense of smell differently 70% 60% 65% Men Women 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 40% 15% 32% 20% 28% 0% Poor Average High

14 Odours in the City Traffic emissions including those from cars, buses, lorries, trams, trains and street cleansing machines Industrial odours breweries, factories, abattoirs, sewage works, nail, hair and hair salons Food & beverages markets (including fish, meat, fruit and vegetables), ethnically associated foods, restaurants and fast food outlets (grease), street vendors, cafés, coffee and alcohol (fresh and stale) Tobacco smoke manufactured, filtered (fresh and stale) and roll-up cigarettes, cigars, pipe and marijuana Cleaning materials bleach and scented cleansing fluid Waste dustbins, litter, smoking related litter, toilets, urine, faeces (animal and human), vomit and dirt People body odour, flatulence and smell of the smoker Synthetic odours perfumes & air fresheners Odours of nature trees, flowers, planting, fresh air and waterways General environmental odours drains, dust, stone, tarmac, wood, metal and construction sites Non-food items cardboard, leather, plastics and pharmaceuticals (emitted from chemist stores)

15 Odour management strategies Separation Deodorisation Masking Scenting Influenced by Globalisation & Consumption

16 Design Tools Air movement/microclimates Activity density/concentration Topography Restorative environmental aspects

For further info Victoria.henshaw@manchester.ac.

17 For further info Academia:

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