1st year of Master’s Degree in Architecture
4 ECTS – Elective course
Description
The course will be aimed at helping students acquire the basic knowledge of acoustics necessary to engage in multidisciplinary collaboration with other professionals and to develop the ability to apply this knowledge in their project development.
The requirements in the field of acoustic quality of buildings fundamentally consider the following aspects: urban integration, airborne noise insulation, impact noise insulation, machinery and installation noise, and the acoustic quality of interior spaces. Noise can be controlled by acting on the source, the propagation path, and the receiving location. The designer of a building cannot control the noise produced at the source, but understanding its qualitative and quantitative properties will enable them to take appropriate actions to control or reduce its effects using strategies that range from the siting and orientation of buildings in relation to noise sources to the design of the building envelope and the interior layout of buildings in a way that minimizes noise effects. In general, the objective of the course is to address all these aspects.
Course content
Block I. Environmental and Urban Acoustics.
- Noise from installations: outdoor units.
- Environmental sound sources and noise maps. Royal Decree 1367/2007.
- The soundscape approach in the assessment of environmental noise.
Block II. Acoustic Insulation.
- Airborne noise and impact noise. Acoustic magnitudes that express insulation in frequency bands and overall.
- Acoustic insulation of single walls and double walls.
- Acoustic insulation of the façade.
- Insulation from noise of IT installations.
- Requirements of the Basic Document for Protection Against Noise (DB HR-CTE) and tools.
Block III. Acoustic Treatment.
- Treatment of spaces with a volume of less than 350 m3. Reverberation time and speech intelligibility. Requirements of the Basic Document for Protection Against Noise.
- Treatment of spaces with a volume greater than 350 m3. Acoustic parameters. Variable acoustics.
- Acoustic materials.
- Virtual acoustics and simulation programs for acoustic treatment.
Teaching planning (subject table, academic calendar, and exam schedule…)
Course coordinator
Prof. Mª de los Ángeles Navacerrada Saturio
Academic board
President: Prof. Mª de los Ángeles Navacerrada Saturio
Secretary: Prof. Alexander Díaz Chyla
Member: Prof. Óscar de Abril Torralba