Title:   Soundscape –Its Concept and Praxis

Time:   14:30-16:30  17 Oct. 2010 (Sunday)

Venue:  27号楼二楼多媒体课室 (27209)，建筑学院

Speaker: Prof. Kozo Hiramatsu

Abstract: The concept of soundscape, the definition of which is presented in http://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/handbook/Soundscape.html, was created and the word ‘soundscape’ was coined by R. M. Schafer in the late 1960s. It is a sonic environment mostly based on its subjective aspects, although its physical aspect is not excluded from the concept. The concept has widely impacted on researches of various academic fields which had not dealt with sound or auditory aspects in their works and the praxis is broad from noise control to music composition. In the presentation the praxis of Soundscape Association of Japan since its establishment in 1992 is introduced.

Title：  A Soniferous Garden of Rentaroh Taki

--- Exploring New Dimensions of Designing Gardens by the Concept of Soundscape

Time：  16:30-18:30  17 Oct. 2010 (Sunday)

Venue:   27号楼二楼多媒体课室 (27209)，建筑学院

Speaker：Prof. Keiko Torigoe

Abstract：This presentation aims to clarify new framework of acoustic environment and new aspects of acoustic design which can be developed based on the concept of soundscape, reporting one of my projects, the Sound Design of Garden of Memorian House of Rentaroh Taki.
For this project, first I carried out soundscape researches to understand the acoustic environment of the garden. Then, selecting several items from the sounds suggested by these researches, I designed the acoustic environment of the garden so that visitors could re-experience Rentaroh's soundscape of the garden.
This project shows us that the concept of soundscape enlarges the framework of an acoustic environment including sounds of human activities, sounds of nature and sounds of memory as well as sounds of sound-producing devices. This concept also enables us not only to explore new dimensions of acoustic design but also to reclaim an integral appreciation of garden environment in general.

讲者简介：

平松幸三（Kozo Hiramatsu），男，1965-1972毕业于日本东京大学工程学院，获工程学博士学位，1972-1992任东京大学工程学院助理教授，1992-2003任武库川女子大学教授， 2003-2010.5任京都大学亚非地区研究生院教授兼研究生院院长，目前任日本京都大学荣誉退休教授（Professor Emeritus），同时兼任日本学术振兴会伦敦分部主任（Director of JSPS London）。平松教授长期从事噪声与人体健康关系研究，成果卓著。80年代初开始涉足声景（Soundscape）领域，并于1992年出任日本声景协会主席至今，主持完成了包括越南、老挝、不丹等在内的多个亚非地区的声景保护项目。

鸟越惠子（Keiko Torigoe），女，日本东京艺术大学美术学学士、硕士，大阪艺术大学美术学博士。1980年获加拿大政府奖学金赴约克学习，回国后将声景（Soundscape）概念介绍到日本,并于1992年倡导成立了日本声景观协会，1997年与2008年分别出版声景专著《声景的构思与实践》与《诗学声景》，主持了包括Garden of Rentaroh Taki Memorial House （1992）在内的一大批现代日本声景设计项目，同时成功组织和参与了包括“保护100日本声景”，“发现名古屋最佳声景比赛”等一系列声景宣传活动。现任日本青山学院大学文化创意研究学院教授。