Isifanekiso somculo samamitha amahlanu se- «Isihlahla sengoma yethimbisi »(ISinging Ringing Tree) yafakwa ngo-2006, phezulu eCrown Point Hill, ebheke edolobheni laseBurnley esifundeni sase Lancashire.
Uma kunomoya onamandla, umfanekiso oqoshiwe, owenziwe umi ngendlela yesihlahla, ukhipha umsindo othule ophakathi kwama-octave amaningi. Isihlahla silungiswe ngendlela yokuthi imisindo ekhishwe yiso singaphuli indawo ebabazekayo futhi singethusi izilwane.
Ababhali balesi sithombe esingajwayelekile ngabakhi bezakhiwo uMike Tonkin no-Anna Liu abasusele embonweni ovela ohlelweni lwethelevishini lwegama elifanayo ngo-1960. Abavakashele isithombe somculo eCrown Point banombono omangalisayo wedolobha laseBurnley.
Amakhulu amapayipi wensimbi abunjiwe abunjiwe asetshenziswe emithini asetshenziselwa ukwakha lesi sithombe esibabazekayo, agobisa amagatsha ensimbi emoyeni. Ishubhu ngalinye linobubanzi bembobo ohlukile futhi lizungeziswa ekhoneni elithile, ngakho-ke i- "Singing Timbre Tree" ine-pitch ehlukile njalo lapho amabutho omoya nesiqondiso siguquka.
I- "The Singing Chime Tree" yamukelwa yiRoyal Institute of British Architects ngokuqoshwa okungcono kakhulu ngo-2007 futhi yaklonyeliswa nge-National Award for architectural excellence.
Ukudalwa kukaMike Tonkin no-Anna Liu kungenye yezifanekiso ezine, ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi «i-panoptics'Futhi yasungulwa endaweni ephakeme kakhulu eMpumalanga Lancashire. I- "Panopticon" "ingumazibuthe" wangempela wabahlali bendawo, abakhetha ngokwengeziwe ukuhamba emgwaqweni, kanye nabavakashi abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Ngamafuphi, i- "The Singing Timbre Tree" iyisitho esikhulu sepayipi, esiqukethe amapayipi amaningana anobude obuhlukile nobubanzi bemigodi yangaphakathi, ngalinye linomsindo ohlukile.
Ukukhuphukela esiqongweni seCrown Point kuhle ebusuku ehlobo, lapho kushaya umoya ofudumele phakathi kwalesi sithombe bese kuduma umsindo omnandi esifundeni. Ilanga liyanyamalala kancane ngemuva komkhathizwe futhi wonke umuntu ubonakala ethule!