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8/14/2019 motional sound
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_motional sound
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
1. Physiological
breathing
heartrate
brainwaves
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
2. PsychologicalMusicisthemostpowerfultypeofsound.Naturalsound
alsoaffectsouremotions.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
3. CognitiveNoiseaffectsourproductivity,peopleare66%lessproduc-
tiveinnoisyopenspaces.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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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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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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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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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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Movement In the Path Corridor
2. StoppingIfpeoplewanttostoptotieashoeortakeaminutes
breaktheyoftenmovetothesideofthecorridor.ThefollowingisthecorridorbetweenDundasStationand
theAtriumonBay.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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Speed Zones
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Movement In the Path Corridor
3. Body MovementWeallswingourlegsandarmswhenwewalk.Thehu-
manbeingsgateismadeupofseveralstagesincluding:
theinitialcontactwiththeground,thefootbecomingflat,
themidstance,andtheheeloff.
Thiscontinueswiththesamephasesontheoppositefoot.Atthesametime:armsswing,torsostwist,
andheadsbob.
Allofthesecomponentsareopportunitiestogeneratesound.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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How does sound Affect Us?
AccordingtoJulianTreasurethereare4majorwaysthatsoundaffectsus.
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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?