Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Road traffic noise-polluted parks pervade the urban landscape, hindering the enjoyment of the relaxing potential and cognitive benefits that urban parks offer. Soundscape augmentation with natural sounds has demonstrated its merits in this context before, and deliberately introducing fountains can be an attractive solution since such installations can be easily controlled. This work describes a co-creative in-situ experiment where locals help select the most suited fountain at a predefined design spot during the planning phase, with a clear focus on sound. The simplified auralization approach, with loudspeakers positioned at the pond's bank, allowed participants to evaluate various fountain scenarios in an ecologically valid context. To arrive at the optimal choice, sound pleasantness and the road traffic noise masking potential of the (combination of) fountain(s) should be balanced.
Source: NOISE-CON proceedings
DOI: 10.3397/in_2024_3926
Author: Timothy VAN RENTERGHEM
Institution: Ghent University
Language: English
Topic: Noise Effects and Management
Subfield: Speech and Hearing
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4403264623