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ABSTRACT
In the field of architectural acoustics, one collaborates with a community in order to maintain a defined soundscape in a growing city. This visual essay presents dialogues between designers and stakeholders with the acoustical consultant during the design of a new chiller plant at a college in a medium-sized city. In order to understand the noise impact of the proposed chiller plant equipment on the quality of life, which resulted in sound levels greater than measured ambient sound levels of the community, a full-scale simulation was constructed to help the community make decisions on which noise mitigation strategy should be used to maintain the existing sounds of the site.
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Marylin Roa
Marylin Roa, a registered Architect in the state of Florida specialized in soundscape design, has an intuitive ability to visualize space and sound three-dimensionally. She has been able to work on more than 225 projects during her 5+ years with Siebein Associates; with some of her favorite acoustical projects located in Honduras, Puerto Rico, Belize, and Kenya. She has coauthored 13 invited papers and presented them at regional, national and international acoustics meetings. She has also co-authored and co-presented continuing education classes in Firing Range Acoustics, Design and Noise Mitigation, and Acoustical Concepts.
Matthew Vetterick
Matthew Vetterick has worked on more than 165 projects in his 3+ years with Siebein Associates and excels in developing acoustical solutions for clients that are both efficient and aesthetically pleasing. He iteratively analyses multiple acoustical systems to truly value engineer cost effective healthful soundscapes. He was one of only six recipients to receive the prestigious AIA Florida Bronze Medal in 2016. Matthew has co-authored two invited papers and presented them at regional acoustics meetings. He has also co-authored and co-presented continuing education classes in Firing Range Acoustics, Design and Noise Mitigation.
Gary W. Siebein
Gary W. Siebein is co-founder of Siebein Associates and has over 37 years’ experience in soundscape planning and design of communities and urban areas, environmental noise and assessment, human and community response to noise, and developing instrumentation for the measurement, monitoring and analysis of sounds in communities in the ways in which they are heard by people. He is an international leader in acoustic and soundscape research. He has completed work on more than 2,000 projects worldwide, written five books, 16 book chapters, and over 200 technical papers and monographs in architectural and environmental acoustics that have been presented at regional, national and international professional society meetings. He is also Professor Emeritus of the University of Florida where he directed and taught the graduate program in Architectural Acoustics for 35 years.