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Acoustics
Tvísöngur, Iceland
Nestled on a mountainside overlooking a fjord,
the Icelandic ‘Tvísöngur’ is a concrete sculpture
for sound, open for anyone to visit. Five domes
combine to form a network of vaults. Each is
designed to amplify a resonance distinct from
the other, so the overall space echoes the
Icelandic musical tradition of five-tone harmony.
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Forest megaphones, Estonia
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Forest megaphones, Estonia
Designed by students and
planted amongst the trees,
the ‘bandstands’ vary in size
and form but, at 3m
diameter, they are the
perfect size to climb into.
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Fertőrákos Cave Theatre, Hungary
A quarry might seem an unlikely
destination for an opera but people
across the world are wising up to the
potential of these vast, cavernous
spaces.
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Fertőrákos Cave Theatre, Hungary
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The Music Hall at the Āli Qapu Palace, Iran
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Denge sound mirrors, UK
On the UK coast near Dungeness, ‘sound mirrors’ are part of the landscape.
These concrete forms, ranging from 20 to 200 feet wide, were constructed in the
1920s as early warning devices for approaching enemy planes.
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Denge sound mirrors, UK
When aircraft and radar
technology advanced, they
quickly became redundant
but the sonic qualities of
these enduring landmarks
remain.
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The Danish Music Museum, Denmark
Building materials and textures can accentuate very specific sounds. At
The Danish Music Museum, housed inside a former broadcasting house in
Copenhagen, architecture practice Adept has shaped, perforated and
padded each room’s timber-lined walls to enhance the sounds of strings,
brass, percussion or a full orchestra in the space.
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Brunel Museum, UK
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The Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral, UK
What about the building being an instrument itself? Take artist Thilo Frank’s
twisting ‘Ekko’ in Denmark. The timber-framed soundwalk is peppered with
microphones and speakers, recording and playing back on loop the sounds
you make as you cross the boardwalk, moving through twisting paths of
shadow and light.
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Prenzlauer Berg water tower and tanks, Berlin
Dark, subterranean spaces, such as water tanks or tunnels, can heighten disorientation
and, in doing so, intensify a sonic experience. A combination of light and sound
reflection, both physical and digital, enhances visitors’ senses in the installations of
German artist Robert Henke. Listen below to his Eternal Darkness installation in
a Berlin water reservoir.
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ACOUSTICS:
• The Science of Sound
• Discusses:
• The origin
• Propagation
• Auditory Sensation
• The sound thus travels in the form of waves and when these waves
come near our ear-drums, we feel a sensation of hearing.
ACOUSTICS:
• Some Facts:
• Effects of Sounds
• Sonic sound may shatter windows,
• damage to plaster of walls
• damages to delicate organ to receive it, namely, the human ear.
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ACOUSTICS:
• Need of study of acoustics, Development of acoustics through different
periods including the historical development of amphitheaters and
concert halls, auditoria
• Characteristics:
• Longitudinal waves
• 20degree C : 343m/sec