A soundscape approach to exploring design strategies for acoustic comfort in modern public libraries: A case study of the Library of Birmingham

Jieling Xiao; Francesco Aletta

doi:10.1515/noise-2016-0018

A soundscape approach to exploring design strategies for acoustic comfort in modern public libraries: A case study of the Library of Birmingham

Jieling Xiao^*
, Francesco Aletta

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Sheffield

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	264-273
Number of pages	10
Journal	Noise Mapping
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2016-0018
Publication status	Published (VoR) - Jan 2016

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Acknowledgement: The authors are grateful to the Birmingham City University students who took part in the soundwalks, and to Dr Margo Huxley for her useful comments on the paper. The second author received funding through the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under REA grant agreement n∘ 290110, SONORUS “Urban Sound Planner”, and the Santander Early Stage Researcher mobility grant of the University of Sheffield.

Keywords

Acoustic comfort
Modern public library
Open-plan spaces
Soundscape
Soundwalk

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