Soundscape

Soundscape Why it’s critical

Soundscape Why it’s critical TIANA OLIVIA

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Content

8 What is it?

1 0 In the City 1 2 The Problem 1 4 Loud vs. Quiet 9 Sound Identity 1 9 Listen 23 Therefore

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What is it? “Soundscape is the subject of acoustic ecology and refers to both the natural acoustic environment consisting of natural sounds, including animal and sounds from trees, the sounds of water wather, and environmental sounds created by humans through musical composition, sound design, and other human activities, including sounds of mechanical origin resulting from the use of industrial technology.�š

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Bitmap Tiff Lock-Up A composition that is expressing sound. The graphics elements are combination of bitmap graphic format, line art, and typography.

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In the City Depth & Motion Capturing subjects that are related to the concept, which is things that make sound from around the city.

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Urban sound classification The natural acoustics, ‘‘are sounds

produced by natural sources in their normal soundscape, such as the sounds of any living organism.’’² This source of sound may be generated by the natural physical environment (geophony), such as from rushing water,

the wind, rain, and other natural physical process, or by organisms (biophony), for example, the sounds of birds.

Human-made acoustics are sounds generated from human activities (anthrophony). These types of sounds have a negative impact on the urban environment.

They include sounds that are generated by road traffic and by human activities.

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The Problem The sound environment in the modern cityscape is a growing problem. It is a serious threat to our healths. Traffic noise pollution in particular is a big environmental problem. However, the dynamic sound perspectives in the urban environment, such as sonic diversity and acoustic ecology, are still very much neglected, especially in urban design. The concept of the urban soundscape can positively impact the phonic identity of a city in order to add the tranquility of the city, because urban soundscape strategy has sustainable solutions for reducing noise.

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Custom Typeface The custom typeface is created out of object related with sound. In this case, the typeface is created out of a cassette.

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What sound can reveal about a city

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Loud vs. Quiet Average traffic noise in San Francisco neighborhoods (2016)

Infographic Taking a complex data of the average traffic sound in San Francisco and turning it into an informationgraphic

Sound Identity

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Environmental Graphic Using a design element to convey a message and applying it to an existing public place.

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There’s so much to hear

Every city has different acoustic profile compared with one another, it depends on the specific natural sounds and noises that exist there. Also, the phonic identity of a city may vary because of the different urban environment and activities in each city. Therefore, the sound identity of different areas would be varying and that what’s make each neighborhood unique.

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Listen The acoustic landscape of our city is often lost in the background. But it tells us so much about where we live and how.

By listening carefully we learn more about our everyday surroundings, we learn how everything works together and informs each other. This kind of learning is important to thinking about the future of the planet because it helps us to understand how interconnected things actually are.

And we need to be able to understand this if we want to build cities and urban spaces in which humans, and more than humans can live and thrive.Âł

Conceptual Pattern Creating a pattern that represents sound by using repeated twisting lines to mimicking soundwaves.

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Now I will do nothing but listen...

I hear all sounds running together, combined, fused or following, Sounds of the city and sounds out of the city, sounds of the day and night...

WALT WHITMAN, Song of Myself

Paper Cutting Using a paper cutting technique to create a design that represents sound. Also utilizing light and shadow to add more visual interest.

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Therefore Urban soundscape is an important part of the phonic identity of a city, as sounds are essential in creating a sense of place.

Soundscape design can be considered a facet of urban design. Also soundscape is really important in the development of urban open spaces and in determining the identity of any city.

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Website Creating a website that represents the book and by using the design direction of the book, so the two look like belong to each other.

Body copy from The phonic identity of the city urban soundscape for sustainable spaces, written by Reeman Mohammed Rehan.

¹ Designing the Urban Soundscape, written by Thoman Elmqvist. ² Stress recovery during exposure to natural and urban environment, written by Roger S.Ulrich et al. ³ Nature, written by Anja Kanngieser

Font Serifa.

Designed by Adrian Frutiger for the Bauer foundry in 1967.

Colors being used throughout the book are Pantone 137 CP and Pantone 2592 CP.

Paper Red River paper, 60lb. polar matte C2S.

Book design by Tiana Oliva as part of class assignment for

Graphic Design 1 in Academy of Art University on Summer 2016.