The Routledge Companion to the Sound of Space

This companion explores a range of conceptual and practical relationships between sound and space across various disciplines, providing insights from technical, creative, cultural, political, philosophical, psychological, and physiological perspectives. The content spans a wide range of spatial typologies, from large reverberant buildings to modest and intimate ones, from external public squares to domestic interiors, and from naturally formed environments to highly engineered spaces. These compiled insights and observations explore the vast diversity of ways in which sonic and spatial realms interact. This publication therefore forms important bridges between the intricate and diverse topics of technology, philosophy, composition, performance, and spatial design, to contemplate the potential of sound and space as tools for creative expression and communication, as well as for technical innovation. It is hoped that by sharing these insights, this book will inspire practitioners, scholars, and enthusiasts to incorporate new perspectives and methodologies into their own work. Through a rich blend of theory, practice, and critical reflection, this volume serves as a valuable resource for anyone interested in exploring the intricacy of relationships between space and sound, whether they are students, professionals, or simply curious. Our companion provides a cross-section through shared territories between sonic and spatial disciplines from architecture, engineering, sound design, music composition and performance, urban design, product design, and much more.

Emma-Kate Matthews is an architect, composer, musician, and researcher. Her work explores the creative intersections between sonic and spatial practices through the production of site-responsive and spatialised audiovisual projects. Jane Burry is an architect and Head of the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Adelaide. Her research leverages digital fabrication with simulation and feedback to create better, more sensitive, human-centric spaces through linking to environmental and perceptual experiences including the auditory. Mark Burry AO is an architect and the Founding Director of the Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI) at Swinburne University of Technology. His role is to lead the development of a whole-of-university research approach to 'urban futures', helping ensure that our future cities anticipate and meet the needs of all - smart citizens participating in the development of smart cities.

List of figures List of tables List of contributors Main Introduction Emma-Kate Matthews and Jane Burry Part I: Architectural Acoustics (Introduction) Jane Burry Chapter 1: Designed Extremes Shane Myrbeck Chapter 2: Introducing Acoustic Shadows Pantea Alambeigi and Jane Burry Chapter 3: Transferring The Impression Of Real And Imaginary Spaces Philip J B Jackson and Philip D Coleman Chapter 4: Beyond The Sweet Spot: Sound, Space And Emotion Raj Patel, Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Ed.Gerrie Van Noord Chapter 5: Architectural Acoustics of the Sagrada Família Basílica Sipei Zhao and Mark Burry Chapter 6: Intimate Acoustic Environments On Record Emil Kraugerud Chapter 7: Long Range: Intrinsic Acoustic Performance Zackery Belanger, Catie Newell and Wes Mcgee Part II: Psychology And Physiology (Introduction) Jane Burry Chapter 8: Immersive Ambisonic Spatial Audio Design for Extreme Environments Stu Favilla Chapter 9: In an Open (Music) Field. Space And Time Notation for Representing Landscape David Buck and Carla Molinari Chapter 10: Lend Me Your Ears Michael Fowler Chapter 11: Imagining Together Nina Garthwaite Chapter 12: Aural Diverse Spatial Perception: From Paracusis to Panacusis Loci John L. Drever Chapter 13: On Sonic Growth And Form; Biometric Evolution of Sound and Space Paul Bavister Chapter 14: Infrastructures of Inaudibility: The Spatial Politics of Assistive Listening Jonathan Tyrrell Part III: Philosophy And Politics (Introduction) Mark Burry Chapter 15: Reading Aloud: The Vocalisation of Living Space Paul Carter Chapter 16: From Affordances to Value Chains: Probing the System of Sound, Space and Public Sven Anderson Chapter 17: On Vibrational Architectures Gascia Ouzounian (Text) and Jan St. Werner (Images) Chapter 18: House of Silence, of Stillness, of Solitude Mark Taylor Chapter 19: Dimensionless Space (With Serrated Edges and Sucking Noises): Intimacy, Asmr, Micro-Magic, Sensory Scholarship and Other Taboos David Toop Chapter 20: Posthuman Listening to the More-Than-Human Soundscape Jordan Lacey Chapter 21: Towards A Topology of Music Ildar Khannanov Chapter 22: Sound's Spatial-Material Circuitry Raviv Ganchrow Chapter 23: Place, Sound, and Architecture Jeff Malpas Chapter 24: Shaping Sounds of Future Environments Eleni-Ira Panourgia Part IV: Sound Art and Music (Introduction) Emma-Kate Matthews Chapter 25: Spatiosonic Dialogues: Exploring Architecture's Role in Music Composition and Performance Emma-Kate Matthews Chapter 26: In Praise of Emptiness: A Future for Performance Venues Fabricio Mattos Chapter 27: Opera in the Bathhouse; Exploring an Acoustically Led Approach to Dramaturgy and Scenography Rosalind Parker and Pedro Novo Chapter 28: Sound, Space and the Iko Loudspeaker - The Apparent Paradox of Diversity with Unity Angela Mcarthur and Emma Margetson Chapter 29: Intimate Sound: Making Known, Curating and Composing for Small Spaces Lawrence Harvey Chapter 30: Listening With, Listening Toward: Proposing Graphic Transcription as a Means Of (Re)Hearing Space Ben Mcdonnell Chapter 31: Site-Oriented Music Curation. Contouring The Listening Spaces Sasha Elina Chapter 32: Notes from the Far Field Philip Samartzis Chapter 33: Fluid Architectures and Aural Sculpturality - Towards an Aesthetic of Sonic Spatio-Temporal Environments Gerriet Krishna Sharma Chapter 34: Acoustic Atlas - An Orchestra of Echoes Cobi Van Tonder Index