A study on the adaptation of soundscape to covered spaces: Part 2

Abstract

This study is the second part of a research on the Adaptation of soundscape to covered spaces. A modern and a historical shopping center were compared and evaluated by means of subjective and objective evaluations. The consistency of the objective (time histories) and subjective (listening tests) findings showed that covered commercial areas may have a specific sound environment. The formation of streets is generally the basic spatial design concept that connects open and closed shopping areas. Therefore one of the studies that authors proposed at the previous paper was the comparison of open and closed shopping areas. In this study the soundscapes of a modern and a traditional street having shopping as a basic function will be determined by soundwalks and listening tests, and the findings will be compared with those of the previous studies.