Sound atmospheres in architecture
A case study in the South of Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4364356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvana Kühtz (0000-0003-2208-9387, University of Basilicata, corresponding author), Chiara Rizzi (University of Basilicata) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 278-291 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Senses and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-8927 • E-ISSN: 1745-8935 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17458927.2021.1949824 |
| OpenAlex | W3205340637 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This essay explores sound atmospheres on the ground of the city of Matera, Italy, through the authors’ academic practices that work across disciplinary borders, i.e. architectural design and sensory experiences, storytelling/poetry and architecture. In particular, the authors carry out a research project composed of sound recordings, perception workshops and soundscape installations for students of architecture. A designer or architectural student’s curriculum should include the acoustic properties of architectural space that may shape a user’s esthetic judgment. Matera exhibits a long history of contradictions. Seventy years ago the city bore the label, “the shame of Italy” for the precarious living conditions of the inhabitants, but today the city is listed as a World Heritage Site, and European Capital of Culture 2019. The polarities of Matera present a basis to study the characteristic soundscapes of a modern city still engraved by the past. The research represents a first attempt at methodical sonic experiments on the vast scale of the entire city of Matera with the involvement of university students, researchers, teachers, and citizens that culminated in the production of five urban soundscape installations
Aesthetics · Architectural engineering · Art · Discipline · Social science · Sociology · Sound (geography · Soundscape · Visual arts · Engineering · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Noise Effects and Management · Architecture · Geology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |