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Study break  20 April 2017

Julian Treasure : The 4 ways sound affects us

Ted Talk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRepnhXq33s&t=1s

Sound has an effect on people which Treasure has indicated the 4 major ways sound affect are on physiological, psychological, cognitive and behavioral.

Physiological

Sound affects on our physical health like hormone, breathing, heart rate and brainwave. For example that was given by Julian, a suddenly ringing of an alarm gives people a shock that causes a faster heart breath. In another way, it can relax you by a pleasant sound of sea wave that causes you a resting holiday.

Psychological

“Music is the most powerful form of sound that is most effect our emotional state... Music is not the only kind of sound however would effect our emotional, natural sound can do that too. Bird song for example is the sound which most people find it reassurance. And a reason for that over a thousand of years we learnt when the bird is singing, thing is safe. When it stop, you need to be worry”.

Cognitive 

He suggest that people can’t understand when more than a person is speaking at the same time, unless people try to focus at one sound.

Behavioral

He suggest that the rhythm of the sound or music will have an effect on people behavior. He gave an example of high beat music would fasten people doing or reinforce their action speed. “At the simplest, you move away from unpleasant sound and toward pleasant sound”.

Respond

According to my idea of using symbolic sound to navigate people this research acknowledge me on know to reinforce people spatial (travel, performance) through sound. Behavioral way, I got an idea of using the rhythm of the sound to control the speed of people walk when there is a time that they need to walk slower or be careful. 

Psychological

An Alert sound that caution  people 

Physiological

Research:  Building Code

The building code, I was focusing at design the unit in a minimal space but appropriate size.

Design to meet the standard for building code

General Code

Site:

- Maximum Height of the building is 9 meters

- Accessible car park for this site are not less than 2

Unit: 

- The space need to convience the cycle movement for disability with minimum of 1500mm

- The corridor need to width of 1200 mm min

- The walkway such as between bed and wall table and bed etc., required 900mm minimum for the people with disability to access

- In term of sanitary number required, for the single household, 1 toilet and shower are minimal required no matter how many resident with thew house

As my proposal is to design a real home for people who is supporting by social housing program.

As well as design to increase all area of a well-being to the resident, I believe its important that the design need to be focus on support people with disability as well.  

Existing house: I have been to visit an existing Social housing house in which I found that the design of the house especially the floor space doesn’t support an convenience people with disability.

Proposal:

Every units are design to support both able body and people with disability.

Every units are design with a well considered on promoting all area of human well-being.

Every units are a home that comfort and provide most facilities to the resident

Next step:

- search and study building code   Minimal space / Disability access / required number of each room

Arlington Phase1 : site2

Arlington phase one is on re-construction

The project is start on 2016  and aimed to be finish in 2018

-They aimed to modernize the apartment and create a better community

-Re-constructing the house with a better insulation 

Previous Apartment 

The style of the house were a boxed of many apartment, one on top of each other.

No green space, the only share community space seems to be a car park and walking path

No love and community atmosphere

There are many spaces haven’t been use purposefully

Aim:

Give the love 

Use the space purpose full

There are a broken in both house and community space

Dead and neglect space where is a rubbish and grass are growing high

The color of the space make the space dull

AIM:

Site Survey: 

Walking through the site, I found the problem, regarding article from the internet “The apartment community is quite dangerous and doughy and seen to be a center for young druger or social neglect. 

The problem is community and space are very dead. 

Low community, the residents didn’t seems to have a good connection, they do there own thing.

AIM:

Create a healthy community and connection between the resident. 

Give the space a love and colourful.

Due to the crisis of increasing cost of housing in New Zealand, particularity Wellington (city) and other addition dominants. Regarding to New Zealand statistic, Today, 3500 - 4000 residents are living in council housing with a social subsidized rental support from government and from 1950 of established the number is increasing every year.  However, "People who is living in social housing suffer from long-term mental health problem, and house construction as well as environmental."