SECTION THROUGH PROPOSED EAST BARRIER AND CANOPY AT EXISTING STREETSCAPE

Potential Regional Trails SF Bay Water Trail Existing Regional Trails

TRANSONDENT BARRIER AND CANOPY AT EXISTING STREETSCAPE

EASTSHORE / AQUATIC PARK ACOUSTIC LINK

EASTSHORE STATE PARK

EASTBAY GATEWAY

TRANSONDENT ARCHITECTURE

Noise functions as a byproduct of architecture and urbanism

within a larger framework of sound as (spatial) territory, both public and private.

Some noises are pollution while otherssignalsprovide critical data about our

surroundings, suggesting environmental sound control should focus on filtering signals to produce a highly tuned transondent soundscape of clarified signals.

OAKLAND SHORELINE
SCALE: VOLUME DRIVEN % PERFORATION: RECEIVER FREQUENCY DRIVEN

ALAMEDA POINT (NAS)

THICKNESS: RECEIVER RHYTHM DRIVEN SPACING: SOURCE AMPLITUDE DRIVEN

Noise abatement, which can be defined as a set of strategies to reduce noise pollution, was initiated in 1907 by a law prohibiting boat chatter by horn-blowing in New York Citys harbors. The excessive horn-blowing was disturbing the sleep of the citys hospital patients, thereby making it a public health concern. This model of legislating against the source of a disturbing noise I have designated as source-oriented planning. This paradigm had to be expanded as sound insulation technology developed rapidly during the twentieth century, forcing legislation to require the use of such technology to require its use in shielding the person hearing excess noise. This new paradigm I have designated as receiver-oriented contains the source-oriented model firmly rooted within it. By challenging the dominant receiver-oriented paradigm, signal-oriented planning and transondent architecture diffuse the soundscapes of densely populated areas and traffic corridors, mitigating negative effects of excess noise while keeping ambient noise nominal.

CROWN BEACH

ANGLE: SOURCE FREQUENCY DRIVEN

RECEIVER-ORIENTED PARADIGM SECTION THROUGH PROPOSED WEST BARRIER AND CANOPY AT EXISTING CONDITION

SIGNAL-ORIENTED PARADIGM

SONOGRAPH OF 25-HOLE TILES SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO

SIGNAL : NOISE

SIGNAL : NOISE

SIGNAL : NOISE

Time (min) 0 . . . . . 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . 3 . . . . . 4 . . . . . 5 . . . . . 6 . . . . . 7 . . . . . 8 . . . . . 9 . . . . .10

MLK JR. SHORELINE

Frequency 22 kHz 20 Hz

SITE PLAN

Frequency 20 Hz 22 kHz

BARRIER AT EXISTING BUILDING

FREQUENCY

100

TIME

Bird calls increase in frequency and/or amplitude to compensate for noise disturbance. Animals, including humans, suffer from masking, a sonic externality of roads and cities. This disruption of communication patterns is a public health issue that effects sleeping, reproduction, and work cycles. Disruption of speech is furthered by the urban canyon effect that causes excess echoing, known as reverberation, from the flat vertical surfaces of skyscrapers lining densely populated urban streets.

THICK TILE noise and reduced noise are a handful of thick bandwidths DETAILED TASKS, MENTAL FOCUS

THIN TILE noise and reduced noise are many thin bandwidths, pulse of signal is retained REPETITIVE TASKS, MANUAL LABOR

NO TILE noise occupies entire spectrum of bandwidths CREATIVE TASKS, EXPLORATION

Lines are intended to show directional information about sound perception on-site. Lines are not intended to be isobel (equal-loudness) curves, as a field recorder was used to gather information, not a decibel meter.

GREG BAKER | CCA M.ARCH THESIS 2012-13 | VOLATILITY | HUGH HYNES