Open AccessTILGÆNGELIG AKUSTIK: Boligens lyd
Author(s) -
Camilla Ryhl
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
antropologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2596-5425
pISSN - 0906-3021
DOI - 10.7146/ta.v0i54.106749
Subject(s) - feeling , architecture , perception , the arts , psychology , element (criminal law) , quality (philosophy) , architectural engineering , engineering , visual arts , social psychology , art , political science , epistemology , law , philosophy , neuroscience
The article describes and comments on implications of the absence of codes and regulations
regarding the acoustic environment of housing design, in particular regulation of
reverberation time. A Ph.D. dissertation, “A House for the Senses” from Royal Danish
Academy of Arts, School of Architecture, 2003, forms this article’s basis, the evidence of
which is described and documented with citations from the qualitative 1:1 spatial testing.
Through empirical work with a group of people living with sensory disabilities, the
article addresses, not only the needs and specific requirements for the individual disability,
but also several human implications for acoustic perception in housing design. Spatial
acoustics are sensed, not only through hearing, but also by one’s use of the sense of
feeling, the kinaesthetic sense and balance as they pertain to sensory disabilities. Finally,
the article suggests that acoustics serves as a significant element in architectural quality,
as well as a measurable parameter of accessibility.