Abstract

     There is a need for new sonic tools in practical spatial planning and landscape design for acoustic considerations, beside issues of noise abatement. The practise of planning and design is visual oriented and lacks concepts, models and reference objects dealing with other sensory impressions than the visual. A CD-ROM prototype containing acoustic recordings from two landscape settings has been developed. The prototype should be further developed into an audio-visual and interactive tool for practitioners in landscape architecture. Preliminary descriptions of the acoustic contents are based on Schafer’s terminology.

Biography

     Per Hedfors is a landscape architect finnishing his PhD-thesis titled: "Site Soundscapes - landscape architecture in the light of sound". (He played the clarinet in amateur ensambles for several years.)

http://www.lpul.slu.se/personal/phedfors.htm