We start to discuss how we were going to make the map. At first we started as any other Architect, looking things from above. However, after a bit of discussion we decided to do a map focused only in senses, smell, sight and sound. We choose a specific location in delft with the idea to achieve a broad type of people.
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| Discussing the maps |
Mapping Sound
We split in groups of 2 people; each group took an specific sense, in our case we had to map sound. To do this we decided to ask people in the street to wear headphones and cover their eyes with the idea of isolate the senses. After that we uncover the ears for a period of time of 30 seconds for the people to be able to concentrate only in the sounds surrounding them and give their impression of what they heard.
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| Mapping Sound |
Result:
In our effort to map the sound we measure the sound with two different instruments. The first: the ears of the people, people were told to tell us how strong was the sound and if it was disturbing for them or not.
Second: A technological device to measure the decibels of sound, with this we knew exactly how strong the sound was in that specific places and we were able to compare with the answers of the people.
Te fact is that in places were the sounds are created by traffic, people find it more disturbing and strong, even when the decibels were inferior to those that existed in other places.
Reflection:
A map based in sound not just will demonstrate were the sound is stronger but it can be used to know how people react to different sounds. It is not the same to hear the sound of a person talking loud than a horn of a car in the street, even when the person can be as loud as the car or even louder.
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