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Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?: Experiencing Aural Architecture

Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?: Experiencing Aural Architecture

Blesser, Barry
Salter, Linda-Ruth

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringGeneral ArchitectureArchitecture History

ISBN10: 026251317X
ISBN13: 9780262513173
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Oct 1 2009
Pages: 456
Weight: 1.58
Height: 0.84 Width: 7.08 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
How we experience space by listening: the concepts of aural architecture, with examples ranging from Gothic cathedrals to surround sound home theater.

We experience spaces not only by seeing but also by listening. We can navigate a room in the dark, and hear the emptiness of a house without furniture. Our experience of music in a concert hall depends on whether we sit in the front row or under the balcony. The unique acoustics of religious spaces acquire symbolic meaning. Social relationships are strongly influenced by the way that space changes sound. In Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?, Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter examine auditory spatial awareness: experiencing space by attentive listening. Every environment has an aural architecture.The audible attributes of physical space have always contributed to the fabric of human culture, as demonstrated by prehistoric multimedia cave paintings, classical Greek open-air theaters, Gothic cathedrals, acoustic geography of French villages, modern music reproduction, and virtual spaces in home theaters. Auditory spatial awareness is a prism that reveals a culture's attitudes toward hearing and space. Some listeners can learn to see objects with their ears, but even without training, we can all hear spatial geometry such as an open door or low ceiling.

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