COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ACOUSTICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THEATRES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 4628 ACOUSTICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THEATRES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGÜL YILMAZ KARAMAN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

It is aimed to give the students ability of understanding how the architectural design affects the acoustical features of the rooms for different purposes (speech, music...etc.) in addition to the explaining room acoustics criteria by examining theatre buildings.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to define terms Architectural Acoustics and Room Acoustics.
2   to recognize development of theatre buildings during the history.
3   to recognize required criteria to obtain optimum visual and acoustical comfort conditions.
4   to identify changes of acoustical conditions depending on the performance type.
5   to identify the effects of architectural design and material selection on acoustical features of rooms.
6   to interpret contemporary examples in the meaning of how architectural design effects the acoustical design.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course; Definition of aim, objectives and expectations. Information about the research topics
2 History of theatre and theatre architecture. Greek, Roman, Mediaeval, Renaissance Theatre, 17, 18, 19 and 20th century theatres and opera houses
3 Factors that affect the quality and design of theatre Type and scale of the production, seating capacity, stage design, auditorium design. Some articles will be given this week.
4 Design considerations for good visual conditions in auditorium. Limits and Properties of Human Vision, Factors that Affect the Sightline Design
5 Introduction to Room Acoustics Sound behaviour in enclosed spaces, acoustical defects, definition of objective and subjective acoustical paramaters.
6 Factors that affect the acoustical quality of Theatre (1) Parameters related to auditorium and stage design. Some articles will be given this week.
7 Factors that affect the acoustical quality of Theatre (2) Acoustical Parameters: Measuring and Evaluating Acoustical Quality of Theatres
8 Acoustical design of rooms, objective parameters, sound reflection and absorbtion, materials - I
9 Acoustical design of rooms, objective parameters, sound reflection and absorbtion, materials - II
10 Presentation of research assignments (As mid-term exam) - Oral presentations, Q&A, discussions.
11 Student presentations on research topics Students are expected to understand how the architectural design effect the acoustical features of the rooms for different purposes by examining selected examples.
12 Student presentations on research topics
13 Student presentations on research topics
14 Submission of the revised research assignment according to discussions of the oral presentation.

Recomended or Required Reading

Appleton, I. (1996). Building for the Performing Arts a Design and Development Guide. Great Britain: Butterworth Architecture.
Barron, M. (1993). Auditorium Acoustics and Architectural Design. England: E & FN Spon.
Bradley, J. (2002). Acoustical Design of Rooms for Speech. Construction Technology Update . Canada.
Bradley, J. (1986). Predictors of Speech Intelligibility in Rooms. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 80 (3), 837-845.
Chourmouziadou, K., & Kang, J. (2008). Acoustic Evolution of Ancient Greek and Roman Theatres. Applied Acoustics (69), 514 529.
Forsyth, M. (1987). Auditoria Designing for the Performin Arts. London: The Mitchell Publishing.
Hardy, Hugh; Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. (2000). Theaters. Hong Kong: Back Stage Books.
Long, M. (2006). Architectural Acoustics. U.S.A.: Elsevier Academic Press
Mehta, M., Johnson, J., & Rocafort, J. (1999). Architecural Acoustics Principles and Design. U.S.A.: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 RAS RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.40 + RAS * 0.60
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentation of research assignment (As Mid-term exam) % 20 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Submission of research assignment % 30 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6 )
Final Exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6 )

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozgul.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr - 0090 232 3018362

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 9 2 18
student presentations 4 2 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 1 2
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.4555
LO.5555
LO.6555

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