MDSB63H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Reverberation, Metastasis, Zither
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Architecture and the configuration of relations of audience. Architecture and the symbolic representation of aural relations. Different forms of theater and different relations of audience. The most obvious intersection between architecture, sound and technological practice concerns the ways in which technology is deployed to optimize conditions of aural reception. Traditional elements of optimization mentioned by sheridan and van lengen(2003, p. 38) These qualities have been of interest to classical as well as contemporary architects. However, before the 19th century architects had no way of objectively determining acoustic response. Classical architects used the science of pythagorean geometry to model acoustic space, assuming this geometry would necessarily produce harmonious acoustic properties. Contemporary architects and acoustic engineers used electronic measurements (and today digital modeling) to determine acoustic effect. This is not to say that classical architects did not deploy acoustic technology. The geometric ratios of pythagoras are an important technological practice.
