AN ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH TO ANALYZING DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR ACOUSTIC COMFORT IN MODERN PUBLIC LIBRARIES. A REVIEW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM LIBRARY

Anyanakaye VictorO & Ferdinand Daminabo

Department of Architecture

 Rivers State University, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The incorporation of acoustic comfort and strategies into public library design is discussed in this paper. For decades, one of the main goals of acoustic theory and experiments has been to solve architectural acoustic issues. Recent contributions by the soundscape approach have highlighted wider beneficial goals that acoustic designers can follow, such as encouraging ecological reasoning about the acoustic system and its understanding as a whole. Using references from the literature, this paper illustrates the application of architectural acoustics and soundscape methods into the field of architectural architecture education, stressing the importance of unique design circumstances and aural teaching strategies in learning contexts. According to the findings of this study, the incorporation of Acoustic comfort can be accomplished by architectural design rather than active means, and the literature review discusses all methods of achieving Acoustic comfort or Architectural Acoustics. This research would look at potential noise sources as well as steps or technology that can be incorporated into the architectural design of a public library to improve acoustic comfort. HVAC, atmospheric noise from outside the lecture room, low sound insulation construction materials, and so on are examples of noise sources.

Keywords: Acoustic design, soundscape, architectural acoustics, education, acoustic comfort.