Simulated acoustic characteristics of stage displacements in a shoebox hall: A case study in Cultural Centre Concert Hall in Taipei

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 (4) ◽  
pp. 2772-2772
Author(s):  
Yu-Chao Chen ◽  
Lucky S. Tsaih
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Concert Hall

scholarly journals Interaction of landscape space and indoors in architecture of the open-air concert hall “Mitava”

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Aija Grietena
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Emotional Quality ◽  
Indoor Space ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Wooden Structures

In the search for balancing factors in the art of environmental design between architecture, landscape architecture, and interiors needed to improve interdisciplinary collaborative planning and enhance the psycho-emotional quality of the environment, the study of landscape space-indoor interaction through comparative analysis and inductive reference is continued. On the Latvian scale, the new, 21st-century technological capabilities in the design and production of wooden structures in the architecture of the open air concert hall “Mītava”, constructed in 2019 on Pasta Island. The importance of the structure on the Baltic scale is emphasized by the unique design, which resembles a shell washed on the bank of the Lielupe River, large (<60m) arched timber continuous roof structures and high acoustic characteristics. Original building structures have opened up new opportunities for interaction between landscape space and indoor space, creating a broad, spatial synthesis. The realization of an artistically stylistic concept in the open-air concert hall “Mītava”, which is subordinated to the existing landscape space and supplemented with appropriate greenery, is considered a valuable contribution to the urban environment. The specific case study analyzed in detail underlines the importance of successful interdisciplinary collaboration in the harmonious interaction between landscape space and indoor.

USE OF CORK SHEETS FOR ROOM ACOUSTIC CORRECTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Gino Iannace ◽  
Giuseppe Ciaburro ◽  
Luigi Guerriero ◽  
Amelia Trematerra
Keyword(s):  
Sound Absorption ◽  
Rigid Wall ◽  
Virtual Model ◽  
Rear Wall ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Architectural Acoustics ◽  
Acoustic Comfort ◽  
Useful Life ◽  
Correction System

ABSTRACT Cork is a sustainable material and at the end of its useful life it can be disposed of into the environment without causing damage. This paper analyzes an acoustic correction system made of cork sheets mounted at an opportune distance from the walls inside a room. The cork sheets have a thickness equal to 1.5 mm. The sound absorption coefficients of the cork sheets were initially evaluated by mounting samples inside an impedance tube, then creating a back cavity at a suitable distance from a rigid wall. The distances considered were: 3, 5, 10 and 15 cm. A room used as an office with a volume of about 90 m3 and plastered walls was considered as a case-study. In this type of environment, suitable acoustic comfort conditions are required. The acoustic characteristics were analyzed through a virtual model with an architectural acoustics software in an empty room and then with the introduction of sound-absorbing cork sheets. Measurements of the acoustic characteristics of the empty room were taken and subsequently with the walls lined with cork panels mounted at a distance of 3.0 cm from the rigid rear wall. A configuration was analyzed, in line with what was carried out in the numerical model, covering a surface of 5m2 of the room. The results of the numerical simulations as well as the experimental measurements are discussed.

Acousmatic Approaches to the Construction of Image and Space in Sound Art

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Batchelor
Keyword(s):  
Current Trend ◽  
Image Space ◽  
Sound Art ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Spatial Sound ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Acousmatic Music ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This article considers ideas of image and space as they apply to acousmatic music and to sound art, establishing overlaps and compatibilities which are perhaps overlooked in the current trend to consider these two genres incompatible. Two issues in particular are considered: compositional (especially mimesis and the construction of image, and what shall be termed ‘ephemeral narrative’) and presentational (in particular multichannel speaker deployment). While exploring several relevant works within this discussion, by way of a case study the article introduces the author’s GRIDs project – a series of four multichannel sound sculptures united in their arrangement in geometric arrays of many (in some cases potentially hundreds of) loudspeakers. These permit, by virtue of being so massively (and geometrically) multichannel, the generation of extremely intricate spatial sound environments – fabricated landscapes – that emerge directly from an acousmatic compositional aesthetic. Owing to their alternative means of presentation and presentation contexts, however, they offer very different experiences from those of acousmatic music encountered in the concert hall. So the latter part of this article explores the various ways in which the listener might engage with constructed image space within these sound sculptures, along with the relationship of the audio content of each with its visual and situational setup – that is, its environment.

scholarly journals The Compleat Concert Hall: A Case Study in Concert/Recital Hall Acoustics

1973 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 279-279
Author(s):  
R. Lawrence Kirkegaard ◽  
C. W. Barrow
Keyword(s):  
Concert Hall

scholarly journals Glenn Gould in six scenes

2021 ◽  
pp. 54-84
Author(s):  
Adam Behan
Keyword(s):  
Self Care ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
Recording Studio ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Musical Philosophy ◽  
Caring Relations

Glenn Gould’s legacy revolves around his retirement from the concert hall in 1964. Studies of his artistry often reflect on that by following a particular impulse: to seek out the rational underpinnings of this decision and to explain them in terms of a larger technological or aesthetic vision. Drawing in particular on the work of Virginia Held and Sara Ahmed, this article conceptualises Gould’s abandonment of the concert hall as an act of self-care, a mechanism for coping with the increasingly intrusive and exploitative celebrity musical culture into which he was catapulted as a young musician. Thus, this article frames Gould’s self-care in terms of six overlapping scenes, as he performed in the concert hall and recording studio, in interviews and essays, and in front of the camera as photographic subject and television actor, culminating with a case study based on an excerpt from Bruno Monsaingeon’s documentary Glenn Gould: The Alchemist. The study concludes by suggesting that Gould’s artistic choices (and achievements) had much more to do with cultivating caring relations that allowed him to thrive than they did with an individual pursuit of a grand musical philosophy.

scholarly journals The effect of healthy aging on within-speaker rhythmic variability: A case study on Noam Chomsky

Loquens ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 060
Author(s):  
Elisa Pellegrino
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Speech Rate ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Speech Rhythm ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Noam Chomsky ◽  
Age Related

Speech rhythm varies noticeably from language to language, and within the same language as a function of numerous linguistic, prosodic and speaker-dependent factors, among which is the speaker’s age. Cross-sectional studies comparing the acoustic characteristics of young and old voices have documented that healthy aging affects speech rhythm variability. This kind of studies, however, presents one fundamental limitation: They group together people with different life experiences, healthy conditions and aging rate. This makes it very difficult to disentangle the effect of aging from that of other factors when interpreting the rhythmic differences between younger and older adults. In the present paper, we overcame such difficulty by tracing rhythmic variability within one single individual longitudinally. We examined 5 public talks held by Noam Chomsky, from when he was 40 to when he was 89. Within-speaker rhythmic variability was quantified through a variety of rate measures (segment/consonant and vowel rate) and rhythmic metrics (%V, %Vn, nPVI-V, n-PVI-C). The results showed that physiological aging affected speech rate measures, but not the durational characteristics of vocalic and consonantal intervals. More longitudinal data from numerous speakers of the same language are necessary to identify generalizable patterns in age-related rhythmic variability.

Excellent acoustics and a low RT? A case study of the recent renovation of the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC

1999 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 987-987
Author(s):  
Christopher Jaffe ◽  
Paul Scarbrough ◽  
Russell Cooper ◽  
Pamela Clements
Keyword(s):  
Washington Dc ◽  
Concert Hall

Iconic architecture and place-specific neoliberal governmentality: Insights from Hamburg’s Elbe Philharmonic Hall

Urban Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 997-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Balke ◽  
Paul Reuber ◽  
Gerald Wood
Keyword(s):  
Urban Policy ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
The Public ◽  
Neoliberal Governmentality ◽  
Architectural Production ◽  
Policy Objectives

As a global travelling idea, iconic architecture plays an increasingly important role within transnational urban policy discourses. Nonetheless, the locally specific geographies of governmental rationalities and technologies often remain vague and inexplicit, although they have a profound impact on the powerful processes of iconic architectural production. This aspect can be made particularly clear with regard to the case study of Hamburg’s Elbe Philharmonic Hall – the new iconic concert hall on Hamburg’s redeveloped waterfront. Thus, the case study on hand emphasises the locally distinct ways in which place-specific ‘arts of government’ are tied to contemporary processes of neoliberal urbanisation. Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of governmentality, the paper first lays open the contingent rationalities of the Elbe Philharmonic Hall project and discloses how fundamental transformations within geopolitical and geo-economic discourses gave rise to local policy objectives that emphasise the need to translate Hamburg’s urban change into an ‘adequate’ urbanistic shape. Second, the paper reflects on how place-specific discourses and practices of civic commitment and patronage become instrumentalised for the public legitimation and political enforcement of the project and thus become integral parts of a post-political regime of neoliberal governmentality.

Vibro-acoustic analysis of the stage floor of a concert hall – A case study

2012 ◽  
Vol 73 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 648-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fülöp Augusztinovicz
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Analysis ◽  
Concert Hall
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