Naslov
Acoustics of contemporary churches in Croatia

Autori
Jambrošić, Kristian ; Horvat, Marko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
The 8th Congress of the Alps Adria Acoustics Association – Conference Proceedings / Horvat, Marko ; Krhen, Miljenko - Zagreb : Hrvatsko akustičko društvo (HAD), 2018, 186-194

ISBN
978-953-95097-2-7

Skup
The 8th Congress of the Alps Adria Acoustics Association

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 20.09.2018. - 21.09.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
worship space acoustics, reverberation time, speech intelligibility, sound reinforcement systems

Sažetak
There is a significant time gap, spanning from the end of World War 2 to the early 1990s, during which almost no houses of worship, including catholic churches, were built in Croatia. Building technology and building materials have changed drastically during this period. As a result, modern-day churches have significantly different acoustical characteristics compared to churches of similar size built a century ago or earlier. Moreover, the architects of today deliberately deviate from tradition, when it comes to visual appearance of both the interior and the exterior of these buildings. The choice of new shapes and materials in the design process is reflected in acoustical properties of these spaces as well. Unfortunately, the acoustics of modern houses of worship often proves to be inferior to the one found in traditionally designed ones. The paper shows the comparison of basic acoustical parameters measured in 28 modernday catholic churches in Croatia. Case studies made in order to achieve acceptable intelligibility in the interior of these churches through suitable acoustic treatment are listed and described as well. In some cases, a sound reinforcement system was designed to further improve the intelligibility of the spoken word. The collected data is compared to the one obtained for older churches that were built at least 100 years ago.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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