Sounds of Surgeries: Design for health behavior change in the soundscape of orthopedic operating theaters

<b>Noise in orthopedic operating theaters The medical staff working in orthopedic operating theaters are often exposed to significant noise generated by many simultaneous sound events (e.g. powered tools, alarms) that pose a risk to their health and well-being. This thesis focuses on their health behaviors associated with...

Doplor Sleep: Friendly feedback towards a better hospital soundscape for sleep

Recently in the Netherlands, researchers have found that sleep duration and quality were suboptimal in the hospital. Evidence proved that many modifiable hospitalrelated factors negatively associate with patients' sleep (JAMA Internal Medicine, 2018). The sound factor is the most significant sleep disturbance in the hospital. In this graduation...

The Muses Labyrinth Beneath: Reproducing life inherent in musical form with architectural composition

My thesis explores on how to reproduce life inherent in the musical form with architectural composition. The beauty of music attributes to its high degree of life inherent in its holistic form, which is affective, adaptive and generative. In my research paper I approach the quote "I call architecture frozen music "by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe...

A Sonic: Designing with sound acts

To listen and to make a noise, as sonic acts, formed the premise of the project. Continuing a lineage of inquiry of human conduct that is underpinned by the notion that humans engage in purposeful behaviour; the sonic act in the field of architecture questions how people behave sonically in their environments. The importance of this spatial...

Utilising additive manufacturing techniques to simplify the accordion production process

This thesis focuses on the utilisation of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies for the production of accordions. The goal is to reduce the man hours required in the production and repair of the instrument. The client, Pigini Nederland, currently produces a small accordion for children and adults: the MiniMouse. This instrument is sold for...

Acoustic Array Design: The design of a reconfigurable phased microphone array for aeroacoustic wind tunnel measurements

Since both the aircraft and wind energy sectors are experiencing rapid growth, improvements must be made in terms of noise reduction as to enable growth whilst fulfilling the restrictions on noise pollution. An open-section vertical wind tunnel with an anechoic test chamber has recently been constructed at the Delft University of Technology, in...

Light-Sound-Material: design of an interactive museum exhibit

This report describes the project of designing an interactive exhibit for children in the context of Science Centre Delft to actively explore, and thereby learn about, the interactions of light and sound beams with materials. It involves the application of a directional speaker in a totally new and dynamic way to trigger sound and light effects....

Touch of Sound

Architecture - the morphology and materiality of space - influences the experience of space, not only by its visual characteristics - the aesthetics - but also by its aural characteristics. When a space is created based purely on what one sees, it misses the integration with other senses which can enrich the experience of the space and therefore...

Sound Reflections in an audio-based game for visually impaired children

In this thesis a model for sound reflections designed which is to be used in an audio-based game for visually impaired people is described. This project is a part of a three-group bachelor graduation project of six peoplein total. The three groups combined create a working game for visually impaired children, meant to be used to train the user’s...

Low frequency flanking sound transmission in lightweight buildings

This thesis researched flanking sound transmission, focusing on lightweight structures and low frequency sounds. Finite elements models have been made to simulate the velocity level difference between two floors, with the goal to understand and improve the flanking sound transmission, Three floor variants were designed with the aim to reduce the...

Dutch & Dutch: Next Generation Sound System

To enjoy music with the best possible sound quality—that is the quest of music enthusiasts and audiophiles the world around. Unfortunately, theirs is an uphill battle: the acoustic environment provided by a common living room is far from ideal. To make matters worse, there are precious little things one can do about acoustics without sacrificing...

3D Audio for Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) is an effective method to treat anxiety disorders and comes with many advantages over exposure in vivo, the latter being exposure in real-life. VRET is done by exposing patients gradually with their fear by using immersive virtual environments (VEs). Most attention in VRET research goes to visuals and less...

Design for Enhancing the Efteling Experience for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People

The Efteling has been welcoming and entertaining its visitors since the opening of the Sprookjesbos in 1952. The Efteling is accessible for every guest. It offers special facilities for wheelchair-dependent people, but people with hearing loss are not supported by any facilities. The company is advised to tackle this problem early on, because...

Sound Between Space

The building combines two distinct functions – physical connectivity as well as dancing school. The studios are integrated together with the pedestrian traffic linking and exposing general public to experience musical and physical vibration; the studios are of varying sizes resulting in vibration natural frequencies (sounds) unique to each...

SoundSpaces: A Bridge for Cairo

Mapping spatio-acoustics in Cairo, Egypt; and the design of a bridge based on the findings of the research.

The Sound of Sleep: Determining types of sounds, their adaptability upon disturbances, and their implementation in a sound masking device in the context of sleep

From previous research at Philips Research it was determined that sounds masking other, disturbing sounds, can be an aid for reducing sleep onset latency. This latency affects general sleep quality, which in turn has an effect on health. At least for the combination of the most disturbing sound with the most beneficial masking sound, sleep onset...

Sound understanding and urban topology: An alternative approach to sound perception in existent fabric