On the Opportunities of the Soundscape Approach to Revitalise Acoustics Training in Undergraduate Architectural Courses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
‘While design students are visually astute, their listening skills and general awareness of the acoustic environment is often underdeveloped. However, their ability to imagine spaces in three dimensions and consider the motion of an observer through space is an important skill that can be harnessed when researching actual, or designing a virtual soundscape.’
2. Methodological Considerations and Case Studies
2.1. The Reflective Practice
2.2. The Soundscape Educational Projects
2.2.1. Project 1—Implementing Waterscape Sound to Mask Traffic Noise
2.2.2. Project 2—Conceptual Soundscape Design for the Valley Gardens, Brighton and Hove
2.2.3. Project 3—Assess and Improve the Acoustic Environment in Libraries
2.2.4. Project 4—Understand the Acoustic Spirituality in Worship Spaces
3. Lessons Learned and Future Steps
3.1. Soundscape as an Icebreaker, Not a Framework
‘I can work with the measured data and simulation. But I don’t know how to use the subjective data. If the subjective data collected cannot be used to generalise perceptions of the acoustic environments, how much shall we refer to it when analysing the data and define our design objectives? How can we predict perceptions?’
3.2. The Mindset Matters
3.3. The Aural Scale
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Xiao, J.; Aletta, F.; Ali-Maclachlan, I. On the Opportunities of the Soundscape Approach to Revitalise Acoustics Training in Undergraduate Architectural Courses. Sustainability 2022, 14, 1957. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14041957
Xiao J, Aletta F, Ali-Maclachlan I. On the Opportunities of the Soundscape Approach to Revitalise Acoustics Training in Undergraduate Architectural Courses. Sustainability. 2022; 14(4):1957. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14041957
Chicago/Turabian StyleXiao, Jieling, Francesco Aletta, and Islah Ali-Maclachlan. 2022. "On the Opportunities of the Soundscape Approach to Revitalise Acoustics Training in Undergraduate Architectural Courses" Sustainability 14, no. 4: 1957. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14041957