Lighting and acoustics

Anotace:

The basic knowledge from architectural acoustics and daylight in architecture is given to students within this course. Students participating in this course will be able to design and evaluate buildings considering daylight and acoustic performance.

Přednášky:

ACOUSTICS

Students become acquainted with the fundamentals of acoustics, spectral analysis and frequency weighting of sound, typical acoustical quantities, sound sources and sound fields. Both indoor and outdoor sound propagation are discussed focusing on attenuation, absorption, reflection and geometrical spreading of sound. Basic acoustical concepts are then applied to buildings and students are introduced to room acoustics (reverberation time) and sound insulation in buildings (airborne and impact sound insulation between rooms and against external noise).

LIGHTING

The course aims to improve the students’ ability to see, to plan and to design daylight in architecture. The purpose is to consider daylight and sunlight as a resource, a raw material, and to understand how it can be used to emphasize architectural concepts while keeping the comfort for users. Students are asked to adopt a sustainable approach focusing on visual comfort, biological needs and energy concerns. Course consists of lectures, individual work as well as groupwork. Computer simulation and practical real-life measurements are used to validate the concepts.