A SENSORY EXPERIENCE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT: SOUND-WALKS AND SOUND-MAPS

Abstract

Sensory studies are important to develop an understanding of the relationship between people and the environment and to see the need to relate buildings and the spaces between them. Stimuli from the sense organs are transformed into perception through processes that take place in mind and they are signified by mechanisms, interpreted, and thus perception occurs. The aim of this study is to introduce a way to obtain sensory information from the spatial environment, to understand and realize the methods to express the results of such an experience visually. A case study is conducted with first grade architectural students in Haskoy, Beyoglu in order to acquire auditory knowledge from the environment and to visualize them. The case study consists of three steps: understanding the issue of environmental sounds, acquiring environmental sounds with direct experience, and visualizing the data as forms of sense-maps using various techniques

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