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Title

Acoustics of Contemporary Churches in Poland

Authors

[ 1 ] Instytut Architektury i Planowania Przestrzennego, Wydział Architektury, Politechnika Poznańska | [ P ] employee

Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)

[2.1] Architecture and urban planning

Year of publication

2023

Chapter type

chapter in monograph / paper

Publication language

english

Keywords
EN
  • church acoustics
  • reverberance
  • contemporary church
Abstract

EN The investigation involved 18 contemporary churches in Poznań, Poland. Out of all the facilities, 5 are of the two-storey type, which constitutes 23 investigated interiors in total. E-sweep signal was generated and parameters that the literature considers basic were measured to assess acoustic properties of the sacred interior: RT, EDT, Ts, C80, C50, D50, STI. A gunshot was applied as an additional sound source, and a control measurement was taken in selected points. The timeframe of the construction of the selected churches covers facilities erected after 1965 until 2018. Another criterion for the selection was different internal volumes, which vary from 315 m³ to 16 800 m³. Also, the layout of the interiors varies; longitudinal, axial and central-plan churches were selected. Acoustics of the sacred interior are very much dependent on its architectural style, which, to a great extent, determines acoustic properties of the interior. Many contemporary churches have bad acoustics, which raises a question how it is possible, while so much is known about acoustics these days, to erect public utility buildingsthat practically serve no useful purpose in the sound sphere. The main research issues discussed in the context of relations of architecture with interior acoustics are the scale of the facility, finishes and structure of the contemporary church.

Pages (from - to)

2571 - 2573

DOI

10.61782/fa.2023.0201

URL

https://dael.euracoustics.org/confs/fa2023/data/articles/000201.pdf

Book

Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023

Presented on

10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, Forum Acusticum 2023, 11-15.09.2023, Torino, Italy

License type

CC BY (attribution alone)

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