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Sound Construction: Listening to the Music of our Natural Space

Jeffrey Hill | Sat, Dec 22nd, 2007 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, music, japan, lynde wismer, music of natural space, sound construction, the sonic bed, melody road | 0

Alfred Lord Tennyson once wrote: “The city is built to music, therefore never built at all, and therefore built forever.” Some of the world’s builders, architects, and engineers are focusing on a new dimension of aesthetic quality: the way our environments sound. Our sense of hearing has a lot to do with our physical and emotional health. Music often serves as our therapy—and not just the songs in our mp3 players, but the music of our natural space. The following are examples of design…
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