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Café Scientifique

What should a city sound like?

  • 19 October 2015, 18:30 - 20:00
  • Free
Add to Calendar 10/19/15 06:30 PM 10/19/15 08:00 PM United Kingdom (GMT) What should a city sound like? <p>Dr &Ouml;sten Axelsson explored the growing importance of sound in the design of public spaces in this Caf&eacute; Scientifique.</p> The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG
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Dr Östen Axelsson explored the growing importance of sound in the design of public spaces in this Café Scientifique.

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Listen to the audio recording of this event to discover how psychology, acoustics and urban planning collide in the emerging field of soundscape design.

Discover a world where sound, not vision, is the foundation on which we build our cities and find out how it's influencing the urban spaces of the future.

Speaker: Dr Östen Axelsson, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University

Host: Dr Ann Grand, University of the West of England

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Sheffield Peace Garden. Image credit: Östen Axelsson.