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How does sound Affect Us?

AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.

1. Physiological

breathing

heartrate

brainwaves


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2. PsychologicalMusicisthemostpowerfultypeofsound.Naturalsound

alsoaffectsouremotions.


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3. CognitiveNoiseaffectsourproductivity,peopleare66%lessproduc-

tiveinnoisyopenspaces.


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4.BehaviouralWemoveawayfromunpleasantsoundandtowardspleasantsound.Inappropriateretailsoundscapesde-

creasesoundsby28%.


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Music

Musicisthemostpowerfulsoundthereis.Werecognizeitveryfastandweassociateitdirectlywith

experiences.i.e.jaws.

recognition + association = power


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Torontos Underground PATH Network


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Global Strategy

Lowerintensitymusicalsoundsinthebusiness

core:strings,brass,

lighterpercussion.

Musicusesmoreplayfulinstrumentsasyouapproachthe

periphery:playful:popping,crackling,backbeats.

ThecoreisthecentreofTorontosbusinessdistrict.A

highintensityenvironment,thisstrategyaimstobereflec-tive.TowardstheperipheryofthePATHsystemthings

aremoregearedtowardsshopping,games,travel.Thesepathwaysprovideexcitementbetweenstops.


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Movement through the Path System

Therewasnotagreatdealofvariationofmovementtobeobservedontheglobalscale.

Rather,amoreinterestingstudywastoobservethevarietyofmovementwithinonesegmentofthepublicPATH.


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Movement In the Path Corridor

1. SpeedPeoplemoveatavarietyofspeeds.Theytendtomake

theirwaytotheoutsideofthecorridoriftheyneedhelpwalkingoriftheywanttomovemoreslowly.


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2. StoppingIfpeoplewanttostoptotieashoeortakeaminutes

breaktheyoftenmovetothesideofthecorridor.ThefollowingisthecorridorbetweenDundasStationand

theAtriumonBay.


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Speed Zones


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3. Body MovementWeallswingourlegsandarmswhenwewalk.Thehu-

manbeingsgateismadeupofseveralstagesincluding:

theinitialcontactwiththeground,thefootbecomingflat,

themidstance,andtheheeloff.

Thiscontinueswiththesamephasesontheoppositefoot.Atthesametime:armsswing,torsostwist,

andheadsbob.

Allofthesecomponentsareopportunitiestogeneratesound.


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Direction of Travel through the Space

Peopletendtomove:

inastraightline,

stopattheside,

walkaroundapasserby,

ortakethediagonaltobeefficient.


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How can we Articulate Movement as

Sound?

1.Thedirectionofmovementcanbelistenedtoby

choosinganascendingfunctionasapedestrianmovestowardsorawayfromagivenposition.

2.Bysequencingamelody,apre-establishedbeat,andachoiceofaccenttoneswecanbegintogiveflavourtoa

varietyofmovements.

3.Themelodyisarticulatedbybroadmovementsandpo-sitionsinspace.

4.Thepre-establishedbeatdictatesthewayspeedofmo-tionsandcausesthepatrontomoveinapredetermined

maner.

5.Asthepedestrianmovesthroughthespacecertainac-centsbecomeapparentastheypassspecificpoints.


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Strategy

Ultrasonicdistancesensorsreadthedistanceofeachindi-vidualfromthetwoends.Theytriggerthepianoelement

toplayadifferentnotebasedonproximitytothesensor.

Anascendingscalewaschosenbecauseitslinearityim-mediatelyregisterswithpeoplethattheyaretriggeringthe

sound.

Photocellsensorsreadthepassageofpeoplebasedon

theirshadows.


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Elevational Strategy


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The Composition

hihatsthebeatplayedbythecymbalsetsthe

rhythmn

peoplemovethroughthespaceaccordingtothebeatThiscreatesa

pace

amelodycreatedbypeopleslocation,speed,andproxim-itytotheentrances

melody


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Dance Before Music

Wetraditionallythinkofmusicastheprecursortodancebutwhatifourbodiesbecameourinstruments?

Wouldthatbringaboutdancebeingtheprecursortomu-sic?

Whatsortofimplicationsdoesthisbringaboutfordancecorreographyatalargescalecreatingmusic?

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