scholarly journals Musikalische Neubauten des 21. Jahrhunderts

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-227
Author(s):  
Alenka Barber-Keršovan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Secondary Role ◽  
General Rules ◽  
Concert Halls ◽  
Opera Houses

This article deals with the global building boom of new concert halls and opera houses. Their spectacular architecture, often designed by the same star architects, obeys the general rules of globalized urban planning, acts as an indicator of urbanity, supports culturally driven urban renewal and attracts mass tourism. However, in this connection music plays a secondary role.

Modelling of Scattering from Balcony Fronts

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-231
Author(s):  
T. M. Chan ◽  
W. M. To
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Ray Tracing ◽  
Diffuse Reflection ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Direct Wave ◽  
Practice Experience ◽  
Concert Halls ◽  
Distinguished Group ◽  
Opera Houses

Balconies are normally used in large auditoria such as concert halls or opera houses, to increase seating capacity or to give better view for a distinguished group of the audience. When ray-tracing based computer models are applied to study the acoustical quality of these auditoria, the alteration of the sound field due to balcony fronts is normally unobservable, because of the relative small size of the balcony fronts in the auditorium. Furthermore, most diffuse reflection ray-tracing methods are not based on direct wave acoustics but on an approximation of the scattering effect. In practice, experience shows that balcony fronts give additional warmth to music. This effect is more prominent when singers perform in traditional horseshoe shaped opera houses with multi-levels balconies. This paper describes modelling of scattering from balcony fronts using a theoretical wave approach, in which the incident wave front is not plane but spherical. A computer simulation illustrates the scattering of sound that takes place when the wavefront impinges on the surface of the balcony fronts.

scholarly journals Workers’ access to Swedish opera houses and concert halls, 1898–2019

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Staffan Albinsson
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Symphony Orchestra ◽  
Ticket Pricing ◽  
Concert Halls ◽  
High Level ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Ticket Prices ◽  
Opera Houses

AbstractIn this study ticket prices to Swedish opera houses and symphony orchestra concerts are compared to wages during the 1898–2019 period. Both wages and ticket prices have increased continuously. The same kind of policy objectives concerning social inclusion of disadvantaged groups that were established in the beginning of the twentieth century is still proclaimed. The most favourable ticket pricing policies for buyers were used in the decades around the first national Cultural Policy Act from 1974. The study shows that ticket price levels have risen thereafter to a level much less favourable for low-income workers. Managements do use some price discrimination tactics. However, they do it uniformly for all events. They now focus on the promotion of special, ‘popular music’-based events as a response to social inclusion directives. The idea is that attending such performances will make visitors interested in the normal repertoire, as well. The choice of high-level ticket prices for the traditional content means that the standard audience remains monocultural.

Space Syntax: A Neutral Tool for Inclusive Planning on Urban Renewal

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 2376-2381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Lu ◽  
Wei Min Guo ◽  
Xuan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Graph Theory ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Planning Decision ◽  
Case Presentations

Through overview of the western planning decision-making history underlying in urban planning theories and methods in 20th century, this paper introduces an increasingly perfect methodology or tool for inclusive planning which can benefit to admit various interest groups when facing the tough debates in urban renewal. By using space syntax technique, it based on the integration with algebraic graph theory, computer science and GIS techniques, the interests of all parties group even including ordinary citizens can intuitively understand planning procedures and predicted results. Therefore, from the perspective of inclusive participation planning, the method of space syntax presents a communicative interface to represent various proposals and solutions. In addition, in order to further to explain the application of space syntax, the case presentations such as King’s Cross area of London are also introduced.

scholarly journals From Third World to First World: Law and Policy in Singapore’s Urban Transformation & Integration

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-114
Author(s):  
Eugene Kb Tan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Water Quality Management ◽  
Urban Redevelopment ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Urban Change ◽  
Spatial Integration ◽  
The Government

AbstractThe physical transformation of a colonial backwater city, Singapore, in one generation has been described as a feat of urban planning, renewal, and development. Less studied is the political will of the government to create a thriving city fit for purpose. Even less studied is the role of law that provides the powerful levers for the rapid and deep-seated changes to the urban landscape in Singapore. In this regard, the mindset shift that accompanied the massive urban transformation has facilitated a national psyche that embraces the material dimension of progress, for which urban renewal is not just a mere indicator but also a mantra for the fledgling nation-state desirous of change as a mark of progress. This essay examines the multi-faceted role of law in undergirding urban planning, policy, and development in Singapore. Rather than just providing a focus on specific laws that enables the government to shape the processes of urban redevelopment, the essay argues that these laws have to be understood within the context of “urban redevelopment pragmatism” in which pragmatism is as much a planning ideology as it is a driver of urban change and renewal. Furthermore, this planning pragmatism, very much mission-oriented towards national goals, has become a potent source of political and performance legitimacy for the ruling People’s Action Party. The legal regime that provided the wherewithal for urban renewal, economic activity, water quality management, and spatial integration of a polyglot society is now being reconfigured for the urgent aspiration of becoming a global city and a smart nation. The essay also considers the limitations to this planning and redevelopment pragmatism, and how the rapid urban change has somewhat enervated the urban heritage and contributed to a weakening of the collective memory of change amid continuity.

scholarly journals CONSIDERATIONS ON THE LIMITS OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN THE CONCEPT OF URBAN RENEWAL

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Smărăndiţa - Elena Ciudin- Colţa
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Property Right ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
New Community

The purpose of our paper is to analyze the concept of “urban renewal”, defined by the Wallonian code on land use planning, urban planning, patrimony and energy and by the provisions of the French laws as the phenomenon by means of which towns and cities evolve in order to face new community needs. Urban renewal is closely connected to servitudes and private property limits, to which we will refer in the light of the provisions of the New Civil Code of Romania. 

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