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This companion explores a range of conceptual and practical relationships between sound and space across various disciplines, providing insights from technical, creative, cultural, political, philosophical, psychological, and physiological perspectives. The content spans a wide range of spatial typologies, from large reverberant buildings to modest and intimate ones, from external public squares to domestic interiors, and from naturally formed environments to highly engineered spaces. These compiled insights and observations explore the vast diversity of ways in which sonic and spatial realms interact.
This publication therefore forms important bridges between the intricate and diverse topics of technology, philosophy, composition, performance, and spatial design, to contemplate the potential of sound and space as tools for creative expression and communication, as well as for technical innovation. It is hoped that by sharing these insights, this book will inspire practitioners, scholars, and enthusiasts to incorporate new perspectives and methodologies into their own work.
Through a rich blend of theory, practice, and critical reflection, this volume serves as a valuable resource for anyone interested in exploring the intricacy of relationships between space and sound, whether they are students, professionals, or simply curious. Our companion provides a cross-section through shared territories between sonic and spatial disciplines from architecture, engineering, sound design, music composition and performance, urban design, product design, and much more.
List of contents
List of figuresList of tablesList of contributorsMain IntroductionEmma-Kate Matthews and Jane BurryPart I: Architectural Acoustics (Introduction)Jane BurryChapter 1: Designed ExtremesShane MyrbeckChapter 2: Introducing Acoustic ShadowsPantea Alambeigi and Jane BurryChapter 3: Transferring The Impression Of Real And Imaginary SpacesPhilip J B Jackson and Philip D ColemanChapter 4: Beyond The Sweet Spot: Sound, Space And EmotionRaj Patel, Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Ed.Gerrie Van NoordChapter 5: Architectural Acoustics of the Sagrada Família BasílicaSipei Zhao and Mark BurryChapter 6: Intimate Acoustic Environments On RecordEmil KraugerudChapter 7: Long Range: Intrinsic Acoustic PerformanceZackery Belanger, Catie Newell and Wes McgeePart II: Psychology And Physiology (Introduction)Jane BurryChapter 8: Immersive Ambisonic Spatial Audio Design for Extreme EnvironmentsStu FavillaChapter 9: In an Open (Music) Field. Space And Time Notation for Representing LandscapeDavid Buck and Carla MolinariChapter 10: Lend Me Your EarsMichael FowlerChapter 11: Imagining TogetherNina GarthwaiteChapter 12: Aural Diverse Spatial Perception: From Paracusis to Panacusis LociJohn L. DreverChapter 13: On Sonic Growth And Form; Biometric Evolution of Sound and Space Paul BavisterChapter 14: Infrastructures of Inaudibility: The Spatial Politics of Assistive ListeningJonathan TyrrellPart III: Philosophy And Politics (Introduction)Mark BurryChapter 15: Reading Aloud: The Vocalisation of Living SpacePaul CarterChapter 16: From Affordances to Value Chains: Probing the System of Sound, Space and PublicSven AndersonChapter 17: On Vibrational ArchitecturesGascia Ouzounian (Text) and Jan St. Werner (Images)Chapter 18: House of Silence, of Stillness, of SolitudeMark TaylorChapter 19: Dimensionless Space (With Serrated Edges and Sucking Noises): Intimacy, Asmr, Micro-Magic, Sensory Scholarship and Other TaboosDavid ToopChapter 20: Posthuman Listening to the More-Than-Human SoundscapeJordan LaceyChapter 21: Towards A Topology of MusicIldar KhannanovChapter 22: Sound's Spatial-Material CircuitryRaviv GanchrowChapter 23: Place, Sound, and ArchitectureJeff MalpasChapter 24: Shaping Sounds of Future EnvironmentsEleni-Ira PanourgiaPart IV: Sound Art and Music (Introduction)Emma-Kate MatthewsChapter 25: Spatiosonic Dialogues: Exploring Architecture's Role in Music Composition and PerformanceEmma-Kate MatthewsChapter 26: In Praise of Emptiness: A Future for Performance VenuesFabricio MattosChapter 27: Opera in the Bathhouse; Exploring an Acoustically Led Approach to Dramaturgy and ScenographyRosalind Parker and Pedro NovoChapter 28: Sound, Space and the Iko Loudspeaker - The Apparent Paradox of Diversity with UnityAngela Mcarthur and Emma MargetsonChapter 29: Intimate Sound: Making Known, Curating and Composing for Small SpacesLawrence HarveyChapter 30: Listening With, Listening Toward: Proposing Graphic Transcription as a Means Of (Re)Hearing SpaceBen McdonnellChapter 31: Site-Oriented Music Curation. Contouring The Listening SpacesSasha ElinaChapter 32: Notes from the Far FieldPhilip SamartzisChapter 33: Fluid Architectures and Aural Sculpturality - Towards an Aesthetic of Sonic Spatio-Temporal EnvironmentsGerriet Krishna SharmaChapter 34: Acoustic Atlas - An Orchestra of EchoesCobi Van TonderIndex
About the author
Emma-Kate Matthews is an architect, composer, musician, and researcher. Her work explores the creative intersections between sonic and spatial practices through the production of site-responsive and spatialised audiovisual projects.
Jane Burry is an architect and Head of the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Adelaide. Her research leverages digital fabrication with simulation and feedback to create better, more sensitive, human-centric spaces through linking to environmental and perceptual experiences including the auditory.
Mark Burry AO is an architect and the Founding Director of the Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI) at Swinburne University of Technology. His role is to lead the development of a whole-of-university research approach to 'urban futures', helping ensure that our future cities anticipate and meet the needs of all - smart citizens participating in the development of smart cities.
Summary
This Companion explores a range of conceptual and practical relationships between sound and space across various disciplines, providing insights from technical, creative, cultural, political, philosophical, psychological, and physiological perspectives.
