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From understanding to designing soundscapes
Frontiers of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China, 2010Soundscape represents a step change in the field of environmental acoustics in that it combines physical, social, and psychological approaches. Although the term soundscape was introduced in the 1960s, significant attention to it has mainly been paid in the last decade or so in the community of environmental acoustics by researchers and recently by ...
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Soundscape design connecting people with the environment
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018We have been engaged in soundscape design that enables people to connect with the environment and, in time, with the world beyond our immediate surrounds through sounds. We create sounds employing the elements on site: waves, wind, rain, spring water, etc., and strive to bring people into creative contact with our earth’s environment and make people ...
Taiko Shono, Hidemaro Shimoda
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Potential of a soundscape element design
2017In contemporary metropolitan scene the historical heritages, including also public open spaces, have to face the high increase of density of infrastructures and buildings, with the consequent change of visual and sound scenarios, which in turn affect people's quality of life.
FUSARO, GIOIA +3 more
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Towards acoustic indicators for soundscape design
2014Scientific research on how people perceive, experience or understand the acoustic environment as a whole (i.e., soundscape) is still in development, both with regards to acoustic properties, as wel ...
Aletta, Francesco +2 more
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Soundscape design applications for transportation noise.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2009Three case studies are presented that demonstrate soundscape methods for assessing noise impacts and proposed mitigation strategies for train, traffic, and rail noise impacts. Comparisons among time average measures short term measurements of specific acoustic events are presented.
Gary W. Siebein +3 more
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Soundscapes and Acoustic Design
Abstract In hospice spaces, silence is not merely the absence of noise but a carefully orchestrated element of design, a medium through which calm, reflection, and emotional safety are conveyed. Physiologically, persistent noise activates the sympathetic nervous system, elevating cortisol and heart rate, and increasing agitation in ...openaire +1 more source
Soundscape and Acoustic design
2016Soundscape, as the inevitable environment of a modern man, has changed in its quality and intensity, especially after the industrial and electronic revolution, as well as the urbanization. Besides polluting of its own as well as neighbouring surroundings, soundscape also emerges with regard to the optimal and subjective quality of the sonic perception ...
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Soundscape experience and acoustic design
2015Soundscape, as the inevitable environment of a modern man, has changed in its quality and intensity, especially after the industrial and electronic revolution, as well as the urbanization. Besides polluting of its own as well as neighboring surroundings, soundscape also emerges with regard to the optimal and subjective quality of the sonic perception ...
Fajt, Siniša, Grgurić, Diana
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Soundscape design in train stations
2004Ce papier présente deux expériences sur la perception des ambiances sonores des différents espaces qui composent une gare. La méthodologie employée ainsi que les résultats sont décrits.
Tardieu, Julien +2 more
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Soundscapes Oltrarno and sonic niches: designing soundscapes in the historic city
2010In Florence, Oltrarno is a diverse neighborhood of social and economic activity including craft workshops, universities, restaurants, churches, and piazzas. These activities produce distinctive and fascinating sounds – a craftsperson soldering steel window grates, young people singing together at a bar, church bells ringing in the late afternoon.
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