Auditory impressions have a significant impact on how people perceive and evaluate their environment. The rustling of the leaves, the tapping of the rain, or the children\u2019s voices as they escape from the schoolyard play an important role in the aesthetic and spatial experience of what we call \u00ablandscape.\u00bb Yet in current design practice, auditory aspects are considered only when \u00abnoise\u00bb is present. This defensive attitude towards the acoustic environment manifests itself in corresponding \u00abcontrol measures,\u00bb such as noise barriers. Their effect, however, proves just as much visual as acoustic, evidencing a one-sided technical approach that deals with the acoustic environment as an isolated problem \u2013 in short, a missing link among landscape, design, and acoustics.<\/p>\n
Long before the first noise protection law of Switzerland came into effect in the mid-1990s, composers, sociologists, and urbanists in the US, Canada, and France called for an open-minded attitude toward the auditory environment, coining the term \u00absoundscape\u00bb to study and understand ambient sounds as a whole and in their emotional relevance to humans. To date, a wide research field has developed in which the soundscape-concept is viewed as a paradigm shift in dealing with the acoustic environment. However, a large discrepancy exists between theoretical examination of the sound environment, which describes noises and sounds \u201cwithout bias,\u201d and the reality of structural measures. This thesis therefore hopes to contribute to bridging this gap by unifying sonic qualities with the spatial concepts of landscape architectural design.<\/p>\n
The thesis proposes a three-part research structure that examines the reciprocal relationship between sound-spatial structures and human perception from the perspective of landscape architectural design: first theoretically, then analytically, and finally design-driven.<\/p>\n
In the first step, models of auditory perception from different disciplines will be analyzed in terms of their importance to landscape architecture design. Here, delineating the relevant relationships between acoustics and music \u2013 civilization\u2019s oldest branch of sound science \u2013 plays an important role. This review forms the basis for the analytical methods to be developed for case studies in the thesis\u2019 second part: the examination and presentation of sonic function in historical and contemporary examples serves to show the design potential of the acoustic dimension in the complex context of an actual, designed space.<\/p>\n
The combination of insights derived from the first two parts of the study will inform the development of novel techniques for the aesthetic and spatial features of landscape acoustic design. The verification and validation of hypotheses based on their material translation into prototypes, which enable sensory experience, lay the foundation for their application in future landscape architecture practice.<\/p>\n
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