“I began to notice that my memories of certain spaces were not only visual but aural as well.”
Ein interessantes Interview mit Karen Van Lengen (Edward E. Elson Professor of Architecture and Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia) über Designing the Aural Enviroment drüben bei Networked_Music_Review .
(…) “Designing with aurality is a challenge due to the process of measuring it in the design process. With visual studies we have developed many tools to study and delineate ideas including virtual and real models that include details such as shade and shadow or material and color studies in three dimensions. We don’t yet have easy tools to understand how sound will work in spaces. The idea of the model as a miniature replica of a room or a building does not work with sound. There are some very sophisticated software programs that acousticians use with virtual models to design concert halls, etc. however these tools are complex, expensive and not yet readily available in schools of architecture. I have found that teaching the awareness of sound, though not highly scientific, does promote awareness of the aural environment and helps students to begin to notice and record how other spaces and places work with sound. As technologies in this area continue to develop and become more accessible, I believe the interest in sound will become more important to architectural designers. ” (…)
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