“People think, ‘Oh we need electricity from solar panels, we need x-y-z system, we need to use less water,” Jones says. “But we absolutely have to make living in denser urban environments pleasant to the senses, or we’ll lose the environmental battle.” — the Atlantic Cities
Emily Badger talked with Thomas Jones, the dean of Cal Poly’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, about the urban soundscape and how urban noise can enforce a strong prejudice against city living. Jones argues that in order to encourage denser, urban living designers and policy experts need to think about how to tame urban noise. Emily also spoke with Nick Antonio and Oakland-based architect Mike Pyatok. Nick, leader of Arup’s Acoustics Group in Los Angeles discussed the concept of an acoustic horizon and Mike Pyatok laid out some of design methodologies for mitigating sound pollution.
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