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Three sound installation prototypes for enhancing the quality of human life in public urban soundscapes

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The soundscape approach presents a shift from traditional measurement-based approaches, towards perception-based modelling for understanding urban sound qualities. This change in practice amongst acoustics and engineering scholars creates the conditions for an interdisciplinary approach to urban soundscape design. I have previously argued, in a paper for Internoise 2019, that this shift informs a burgeoning 4th phase of soundscape design research that bridges the arts-science divide. The emerging perception-based work of acousticians and engineers opens up a new space of dialogue with the arts where perception has long been a focus of activity. This paper presents three recent sound installation prototypes that combine natural and technological elements, which are designed to create small, restorative urban spaces. Installation prototypes include: Fielding Overlay; Untitled; and, Undercurrent. To determine the impact of these sound installation prototypes on people's quality of life in urban spaces, it is proposed that the emerging qualitative assessment tools of the soundscape approach should be applied to the operative prototypes.

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Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: RMIT University

Publication date: 12 October 2020

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