STOP TEACHING ACOUSTICS, TEACH WHAT 'ANNOYING' SOUNDS LIKE

摘要

Anyone who has worked as an acoustical consultant knows that if you do your job perfectly, you may be thanked & receive an accolade, or more likely - simply receive no feedback. But if you messed up, you'll not hear the end of it until it's fixed. This author believes this is a result of the architects & owners valuing the visual features of a space over the acoustical features, and in many cases, rightfully so. In this author's experience, it's frequently because acoustics is misunderstood (as opposed to wilfully ignored). This cannot be entirely blamed on architects because hitting an NC target isn't something fundamentally compelling (even if necessary). Architects know when something looks bad, so they actively avoid it. It's not as certain if architects appreciate when something will sound bad (particularly if framed in an abstract acoustic metric). As such, the author's approach to teaching practicing architects about acoustics has been the opposite of conventional education. Terms such as NC, STC, TL, SIL aren't remembered but hiss, rumble, screech, booming & shouting seem to stick. In this session, the discussion will focus on how the negatives of acoustics can be used to accomplish the desired outcome, making architects understand the importance of good acoustics.