Author, as appears in the article.: González G; Samper A; Herrera B
Department: Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura
URV's Author/s: González Baixauli, Genaro / Herrera Gómez, Blas / Samper Sosa, Albert
Keywords: Palau güell Ellipsoidal dome Antoni gaudí Acoustics
Abstract: Introduction: Quadric surfaces are commonly used in buildings due to their geometric ability to distribute and focus sound waves. The Central Hall in Palau Güell — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — is topped by an ellipsoidal dome. Antoni Gaudí envisaged this room as a concert hall where the organ and the dome play a lead role. Methods: The two previously mentioned elements are the main subject of our paper, which serves two purposes: 1) determining the values of the acoustic parameters of the hall through onsite measurement and also through simulation, and 2) using the geometric parameters of the quadric surface, which best fits the dome, in order to check whether it is possible to improve the acoustics of the hall by placing a new emission source at the focus of the dome’s ellipsoid. Results and Discussion: Contrary to the authors’ expectations, due to the focal reflection properties of the quadric surface, some acoustic parameters on the listening plane do not improve significantly. Therefore, we conclude that Gaudí took the acoustical impact into account when designing this hall.
Thematic Areas: Mechanics of materials Building and construction Architecture
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: albert.samper@urv.cat genaro.gonzalez@urv.cat blas.herrera@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-4795-2127 0000-0002-1301-7210 0000-0003-2924-9195
Record's date: 2023-04-30
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://aej.spbgasu.ru/index.php/AE/article/view/389
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Architecture And Engineering. 6 (2): 18-30
APA: González G; Samper A; Herrera B (2021). Acoustic simulation of the Central Hall in Palau GÜELL by GAUDÍ. Architecture And Engineering, 6(2), 18-30. DOI: 10.23968/2500-0055-2021-6-2-18-30
Article's DOI: 10.23968/2500-0055-2021-6-2-18-30
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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