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In situ acoustic analysis of two 20th-century heritage carillons [PDF]

, 2020
Abstract Carillons are a diverse and global form of musical and civic heritage: musical instruments comprised of a series of 23 or more bells, typically hung in a tower-like structure, tuned chromatically and played from a touch-sensitive manual and pedal console using an elaborate mechanical action.
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Acoustic Shell Optimization in Opera Houses for Concert Halls

Applied Sciences
Opera houses are often used as concert halls with the use of a temporary acoustic shell set on stage. In most cases, the shell shape and its position in the fly tower are decided by theatre technicians, after evaluating the concert programme and ...
Umberto Derme, Silvana Sukaj, Amelia Trematerra   +2 more
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The sound experience in the converted buildings. Case of Bejaia’s kasbah library [PDF]

Urbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2022
Adaptive reuse of heritage buildings is a viable option for giving them a second life because it is less expensive and energy efficient. However, to think of preserving a building without thinking about reviving its ambiances would be to preserve the ...
Kahina Ikni, Hafsa Cherrat, Selma Saraoui   +2 more
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Concrete in architecture: Redefining form, space, function, and insights from bibliometric analysis

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Concrete has become a cornerstone in architectural and engineering innovation, as it seamlessly integrates structural performance with artistic expression. Its evolution from ancient opus caementicium to contemporary ultra‐high‐performance concrete illustrates its adaptability to the change in technological, environmental, and design paradigms.
Mouhcine Benaicha, Khalid El Harrouni, Samir Kabouss   +2 more
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Public Evaluation of Notre-Dame Whispers, a Geolocated Outdoor Audio-Guided Tour of Notre-Dame’s Sonic History

Heritage
This study presents the on-site public evaluation of Notre-Dame Whispers, a geolocated audio-guided tour that explores the sonic history of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.
Julien De Muynke, Stéphanie Peichert, Brian F. G. Katz   +2 more
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Acoustical Evaluation of Café in Heritage Building at Jonker Walk, Melaka

International Journal of Sustainable Construction Engineering and Technology, 2022
All the time, caféis an essential partof our daily life -a node where people socialize, work, or even where they got their inspiration of idea. Lately, there been booming of adaptive reuse of heritage buildings to become caféalong the Jonker Street Malacca; each caféis various in size and theme. All these projects mainly to restore historical visual
Desmond Lee Kok How, Nazli Che Din
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Critical Research Spaces as Scholarship: an Ethnography Lab as an Apparatus for the Experimental, the Imaginary, and the Relational

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The creation of critical research spaces, such as ethnography labs, studios, and other collaborative research environments, requires attention and attunement in anthropology to focus on the kinds of imaginative and generative spaces where creative ethnographic research can unfold as scholarship.
Fiona P. McDonald
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Underwater Cultural Heritage as an Engine for Social, Economic and Cultural Development. State of Research at the University of Cadiz (Andalusia, Spain) [PDF]

, 2021
Public access to underwater and maritime cultural heritage has proven to have a very positive effect on the local economy. This type of heritage is very attractive for the cultural tourism sector in general and for active and diving tourism. The Nautical
Felipe Cerezo Andreo, Pablo López Osorio, González Gallero, Raúl, Luis Mariscal Rico, Raúl González Gallero, Alicia Arévalo González, López Osorio, Pablo, Arévalo González, Alicia, Pérez-Reverte Mañas, Carlota, Carlota Pérez-Reverte Mañas, Cerezo Andreo, Felipe, Mariscal Rico, Luis Antonio   +11 more
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Environmental DNA detection of three threatened stream frog species suggests widespread presence of two species and widespread loss of one

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
We conducted eDNA surveys of stream water for three Endangered frog species. The Critically Endangered Armoured Mistfrog was only detected in one catchment. The two other species were detected more widely, increasing the known populations. Abstract Amphibians face severe threats globally, with the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Cecilia Villacorta‐Rath, Conrad J. Hoskin, Damien Burrows   +2 more
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Acoustics of historic spaces as a form of intangible cultural heritage [PDF]

Antiquity, 2013
Archaeological interest in the study of the acoustics of important historic buildings is currently gaining in importance, and there are several areas where research is conducted. Among these I include music archaeology, archaeology of sound, archaeomusicology and archaeoacoustics (Watson & Keating 1999; Scarre & Lawson 2006; Knight 2010: 1 ...
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