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SONIC ARCHITECTURE: APPLICATIONS OF VIBRATIONAL PRINCIPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

Authors: Guglielmi Reimmortal, Marko;

SONIC ARCHITECTURE: APPLICATIONS OF VIBRATIONAL PRINCIPLES IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

Abstract

It is a tradition that architecture today has been dominated by visual aesthetics and practical efficiency and oftentreats sound as an extra technical issue that can be addressed rather than as an experiential object that can beconsciously conceived. This paradigm of visual perception has resulting in increasingly dense urban spaceswhere space is perceived as acoustically disconnected, threatening to compromise human comfort, cognitiveperformance, and harmonious environmental features. Using acoustic engineering approaches that focus largelyon controlling noise, absorption, and isolation, it is not often possible to address the deeper interrelationships ofspatial form, vibration, and human perception.The present study develops the notion of sonic architecture as an integrative and interdisciplinary designparadigm, where sound and vibration are identified as constituent elements of architectural space. By the timedesign begins, sonic architecture reintroduces vibrational logic to spatial geometry, material selection, andenvironmental interaction, rather than examining acoustics as a post-design corrective layer. Drawing onarchitectural acoustics, sacred geometry, biomimetic theory and environmental psychology, the researcherproposes a conceptual concept that links harmonic proportions, natural resonance patterns, and biologicallyinspired acoustic strategies to experience and wellbeing in space.The paper synthesizes and explores contemporary architectural and urban-scale examples to show how the useof the influenced vibrational design can improve perception, emotional control, and physiological comfort,while also creating stronger connections between built space and natural soundscape. The findings also drawattention to the capacity of adaptive and responsive acoustic systems in creating spaces that can adapt tochanging human and environmental conditions.The results suggest that sonic architecture offers more than a quality of sensory experience, it represents animportant move toward human-centered, ecologically responsive and inclusive architectural practice. The workhere reframes the power of sound as a design factor, identifying vibrational principles as a vital component ofsustainable architecture, an advocate for acoustic equity, and a new concept of space, consciousness, and thebuilt environment.

Keywords

Sonic architecture; architectural acoustics; vibrational design; sacred geometry; biomimetic architecture; soundscape design; environmental wellbeing., biometric architecture, [SHS.ENVIR] Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies, vibrational design, interdisciplinary study, International acclaim, [SPI.GCIV.DV] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Civil Engineering/Dynamique, vibrations, Architectural acoustics, [SHS.ARCHI] Humanities and Social Sciences/Architecture, space management, Sonic architecture, Environmental well-being, soundscaping design, sacred geometry

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