Improving the Sense of Place in the Central Library of Tabriz City by Examining Acoustic Variables in Architecture

Subject Areas : Architecture

maryam mirzababaloo ¹ , behshid hosseini ² , abbas ghaffari ³ , houtan iravani ⁴

1 - PhD student, Department of Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Ardestan Branch, Ardestan, Iran.
2 - Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism , Tehran Arts University , Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Tabriz Islamic Arts University, Tabriz, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Ardestan Branch , Ardestan, Iran.

Received: 2023-11-06 Accepted : 2023-12-05 Published : 2023-12-21

Keywords: library, Acoustics, sense of belonging to place, Sound Quality, Frequency Balance,

Abstract :

Sound comfort is one of the discussions that has double importance in the library. This research has been investigated and compared in the reading rooms of girls and boys of Tabriz library. In order to improve the sense of attachment to the place in libraries, the importance and necessity of achieving a proper sound distribution increases. Research objectives; Achieving acoustic comfort and a sense of belonging to the place for users in the library and the desirability of the environment. From the recent studies in the field of library, architectural dependent and independent acoustic variables (geometric, subjective, objective, proportions) have been separated. The research method is descriptive and through the correlation of the mentioned variables and it was done by distributing the questionnaire and analyzing the data in SPSS software. The results of the research mean users' opinions in the geometric dimension of girls 3.087 and boys 3.579, in the mental dimension girls 4.093 and boys 3.998, in the objective dimension girls 3.828 and boys 3.733 and in the aspect of proportions girls 3.938 and boys 804 It shows 3/ and it means that; The mental dimension has the highest effect and the level of attachment of girls is the highest among both sexes. Therefore, it is emphasized that in order to improve the sense of place in the design of study and educational spaces, more attention should be paid to the use of surfaces with fibers and shells, and in some parts, the use of holes. The innovation of the research acknowledges that the range of wide and higher frequencies produced by the larynx of girls makes it more necessary to use fibers and shells on the surfaces of spaces reserved for girls in order to increase the sense of attachment to the place by creating acoustic comfort.

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