COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ROOM ACOUSTICS IN ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5046 ROOM ACOUSTICS IN ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZGÜL YILMAZ KARAMAN

Offered to

Structural Construction Design
Structural Construction Design

Course Objective

Room acoustics is very important part of architectural acoustics. During the course, it is intended to present the fundamentals of room acoustics and give some practical information about room design, proper material and building component selection to the architects by examining the examples so that provided information can be used for the acoustical design of rooms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to define terms Architectural Acoustics and Room Acoustics
2   to recognize required criteria to obtain optimum visual and acoustical comfort conditions
3   to identify changes of acoustical conditions depending on the performance type.
4   to identify the effects of architectural design and material selection on acoustical features of rooms.
5   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 the course, definition of room acoustics
2 Some facts on sound waves, sources and properties of sound Some articles will be given this week.
3 Sound Absorption and Sound Reflection. Open-air and enclosed spaces
4 Design Considerations for Acoustics: Architectural design (shape) and dimensions of the room. Some articles will be given this week.
5 Design Considerations for Acoustics: Interior design. Reflective, absorptive and diffusive surfaces
6 Acoustical defects. Focusing, echo, flutter echo. Coupled rooms
7 Term paper submission Discussion on the individual study subjects, definition of the study.
8 Acoustical Parameters: Measuring and Evaluating Acoustical Quality of rooms
9 Definition of Optimum values of acoustical parameters according to function of the room.
10 Presentation of the designed/ studied performing art spaces (cases) by the students
11 Individual Study Works on the acoustical design of the cases (ceiling reflections, early reflections, use of ray diagrams, rear wall design, calculation of reverberation time and optimum reverberation time.)
12 Individual Study - Works on the acoustical design of the cases
13 Individual Study - Works on the acoustical design of the cases
14 Presentation of studies

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.
Barron, M. (1992). Precedents in Concert Hall Form. Proceedings of Institute of Acoustics, (s. vol.14, 147-156).
Beranek, L. L. (1962). Music Acoustics and Architecture. U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons,Inc.
Bradley, J. (2002, March). Acoustical Design of Rooms for Speech. Construction Technology Update . Canada.
Bradley, J. (2003). Acoustics for speech in classrooms and meeting rooms. WESPAC (Western Pacific Acoustics Conference), (pp. 1-4). Melbourne, Australia.
Bradley, J. (1986). Predictors of Speech Intelligibility in Rooms. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 80 (3), 837-845.
Kuttruff, H. (2001). Room Acoustics (4th ed.). New York: Spon Press.
Long, M. (2006). Architectural Acoustics. U.S.A.: Elsevier Academic Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

There will be a term paper submission on the 7th week. This will affect the grade by 25%. There will be a submission of the students individual study on the 14th week and also this will affect the grade by 25%. The submission of revised study will be accepted as the final exam which will affect the grade by 50%.

Assessment Criteria

Term paper % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Presentation of individual study % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Submission of individual study % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozgul.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Seminar Presentations 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 3 6
Preparing Individual Assignments 2 25 50
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Final - Individual Study Submission 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

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