ARCH 7130 - Master’s Research Studio - Fall 2015 Fuyang Shan Soundscape In and Out of Metro Station General information delivered by spaces
Concept Map Deliever
Space
Information
The research in this section is about general information delivered by spaces based on the research in south station. The scale of the space, the material and artificial or natural light are all going to be part of organize the information in the space. Some information assisted people to use the space, and some are not;
Assist
Contain
Accoustic information ●● sound from people ●● sound from machine
A
Generate
B
C
Main Lobby
Interacte with each other
upper street
Street Metro
Objects (machanical/ programmatic) Scale Material
Confine
As designers, we always shape the space based on how we gonna use this place. But usually, we haven't take too much attention about what these spaces generate may change the sinorio we made in the first place
Contain
SECTION 1
Visual information
Low ceiling; barely natural light; flat space
Space
Double hight ceiling; Natural light; ventilation machine stop
Hight ceiling; Super bright; Openwide space
People
Use/ Shape
3D VECTORS SET
3D VECTORS SET
3D VECTORS SET
Research Sequence Step 1
Step 2 Scale of the space
Choose 4 observation points (different from each other)
People's behavior How information tranfer
Step 3
Step 4
Compare 4 different spaces' feature and trying to find out how information delevered differently
Thinking about how sound working in the process of delivering information from public space
Observe
Analysis
Compare
Summary
Mapping Feelings
Targeting Interaction
Rethinking
Imagination
No block in the middle of space, people rarely stop here and everyone just passing by really quick, is that why there is only one kind of advertisement that repeat showing up in this place? I always feel like that commercial value of the advertisement space is based on how many people passing by around it. But I'm not sure now.
Different Mechanical Systerm
Supported by
Airplane
Different Urban Infrastructure
Train
Cause
In this section, the research focus on sound identification of useful or not in terms of what kind of information it contains and how it delivered properly;
Sound from mechanical systerm
Support
Social activities
Metro
Possibilities Involvement
Use
Bus Bike Transport
Sound from People
Direct sound affect
Major metro line
People
Bring
Major flow
Bring
Based on
Affect
Create
Social activities
New sound
Offer extra spaces
Enjoyable
Have standard of
Metro station
Create
Business opportunies
Extra structure combine with station Different social activities
Benefit
Money
Conclude into
Lower sound from metro line
Reduce
Sound into city
Useful Sound
Informative Sound that masks the useful sound
Block
Combined
City
Station
When the space itself already has a high sence of conduction, does it really meater to offer a specified sign? Does this kind of retail store open in the space A would confuse the people to find the right path?
Useful Sound and Useless Sound
Concept Map
SECTION 2
When the space itself already has a high sence of conduction, does it really meater to offer a specified sign? Does this kind of retail store open in the space A would confuse the people to find the right path?
Conclude into
Station has program on top of it;
Useless Sound
Sound that masks the useful information
Station's orginal funtional program mixed with urban program;
Underground metro station;
Underground metro station with double level urban program;
Decide
Research Sequence Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Metro
Metro
Metro
Metro
Metro
Waiting area with potential program
Metro
Metro
Metro
Landscape or Play Ground
Source
Choose 3 different location inside of Ruggles Station mapping data
Sidewalk
Mechanical and Structure System waiting area
Path Receiver
Identify the useful and useless sound based on the choose location
Proposing ways to block the unnecessary sound and remain the useful sound
Classify metro stations in Boston that require station buildings
Collect Data
Analysis
Identify
Possible Improvement
Classify Typology
Recording
Find sound structure
Filtering sound
Proposing
Find similarities
Landscape
Sidewalk
Private Cars
Bus
Sidewalk
Buildings
Waiting
Sidewalk
Private Cars
Bus
Sidewalk
Buildings
Waiting
Bus
Sidewalk
Buildings
Buildings
Station
Sidewalk
Station
Bus/ Cars
Sidewalk
Station
Buildings
Potential overlap urban program Waiting
Waiting
Social Activity Involved
Visual Connection
Social Activity Involved
Social Activity Involved
Physical Connection
Visual Connection
Mechanical Involved
Visual Connection
Physical Connection
Social Activity Involved
Physical Connection
Visual Connection
Mechanical Involved
Mechanical Involved
Physical Connection
Mechanical Involved
Soundscape in urban scale
Concept map
Historic city
Based on the previews research to analysis sound from metro line in urban scale, research aims on different landscape situations affect the soundscape in urban spaces. Furthermore, to understand how to use the soundscape in space to make better decision in design process.
Generate
Inherited and unique urban fabric
Universal
Singularity
Conceptual Situations
Urban metro line
Source
Mixed into
Reality Reference Locations Mask
Differente situations Mixed with road
Sound
Path
Receiver Create
Boston university Central
Sound Path Objects
Affect
Urban life
Activities
Metro
Based on the path of sound, find possible urban objects can effect sound;
Distance
Create
Brooklin Hill
Metro
Unique Sound
Find which sound is unique in this space and what's its relationship with other sounds; Elevation difference
Longwood
Research Sequence Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Conceptural category of landscaped metro situations in Boston
Analysis sound structure of each situation
Find same situation in reality
Based on the recordings of site and analysis the unique feature of soundscape in the reference location
Find something significant in this kind of sound scape, and rethinking the situation it referenced from
Classification
Analysis
Singularity
Analysis
Summary
Boston
Concepturally
Compare
Scientificly
Notable features
Social activities
Find any social activities related to sound recogniztion;
Metro
Tunnal
Jackson Square
Machanical
Sound from machanical system
Theoretical Analysis
Practical Analysis The edge of community become a reflected pannel for the noise on the otherside of park
Relationship with urban city
City
Bring
Park
Create
Public open space
Could be good
Social Activity Involved
Higher building may got affect by this kind of situation
Landscape become more efficient for sound control
If the metro sound got masked by other sound source;
Urban landscape Different Soundscape
SECTION 3
Private Cars
Offer new path
Elevated edge Visual Connection
Physical Connection
Create
Noise from higher place
Possible reflection of sound
Could be bad
Mechanical Involved View block
Metro
Closer noise source doesn't mean more influence
Receiver
The noise from further road existed in both location 1 and location 2, and has a lot of revaberation that people usually can't identify where it comes from.
Metro
Waiting
Landscape
Sidewalk
Private Cars
Bus
Sidewalk
Buildings
People along the side of park
Path
PARK
Source Noise from higher road of other side
Sound from metro here has a wide space to spread out
Sound Reflection ●● elevation need to be solved; ●● could be landscape strategy or architectural strategy;
Sound Source
1 2 3 4
Metro Vehicles on the road Sound from buildings Natural sound (Wind/ Bird/ Leaves)
Receiver: People on the street
1
2
Metro
Action Visual Sound
Landscape could be an isolation
3
●● Most of the sound from metro would be refelcted sound, by buildings around people or the landscape; ●● usually don't have directly visual connection between people and metro;
Waiting
Landscape
Building along the road 1 2 ●● Buildings get effected a lot at this situation, especially for the lower levels;
Private Cars
Bus
Sidewalk
Buildings
Single element could work for mutipul sources Cars
PARK
Landscaped embankments
Sidewalk Cars
Cars
Buildings
Waiting
Edge of the park may extend because of elevated landscape Park here offers the noise from other side of park a perfect transmit path
Vehicles Sound
Take the metro
People waiting the train 1 2 4 ●● People who are waiting for the metro are more close to the metro line, visual connection will build an early connection between people and train；
Sidewalk
Metro
Sound from buildings
Passed by
Compare the metro sound between Brookline hill station and Longwood station Both recording at the station, the metro sound level from Brookline Hill Station is higher than from Longwood Station. Because Brookline Hill Station has a few building on oneside, and it will reflect some sound to people in the station.
Waiting
Landscape
No visual connection with any sound from upper level
The metro line at Longwood Station has a wide open space, even it has a landscape wall on one side, the slope angle reflect the sound to the sky, which is a great space to dispose sound.