Miejski soundscape z wodą w roli głównej
Urban soundscape with water in the lead role

Summary/Abstract: The concept of urban acupuncture as an essential component of urban planning is not new. Skillfully designed aural architecture have long been appreciated for their social, community and aesthetic value. By focusing on aural architecture cities can provide original and effective projects from the therapeutic-progressive perspective. Aural works of architecture and art refer to the human and non-human sensories. They are broadening the experience of sound-in-space. To discuss aural architecture in urbanocene requires the development of a comprehensive symbolic – both visual and acoustic – imaginary. By accepting of the concept of “culturenature” designers branch out sensory cultures (e.g. hydro-cultures) and investigate “culturalnatural” sound sources. In a current projects they tested hydro-sounds in particular urban high-noise an quiet soundscapes. It is another thing to address hydro-sounds in environmenatally responsible ways through best architectural and artistic practices that control, invent and arrange the ecological health of urban sites. This article offers a cultural analysis of the urban hydro-sounds design strategies used in a few innovative projects by space planners, architects, sculptors, musicians and acousticians in the 21st century. The results are precedent-setting propositions that employ lakes, rivers, rainwater, fountains and water-falls design strategies in artful and therapeutic ways.

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