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Empirical Study on Perception of Musically Inspired Architectural Façades - Music and Architecture

  • Yoo, Saewon (Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Choi, Jaepil (Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2021.05.13
  • Accepted : 2021.09.24
  • Published : 2021.09.30
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Abstract

Inspiration plays an essential role in architectural design process that compels architects to bring their ideas into final product by engaging in creative thinking. The relation in between architecture and music has been one of combination throughout architectural history used as inspirations for façade's forms and shapes, space configurations and arrangements, and etc. Applying music in architecture produces creative and scientific design methods, provides attractions for visitors, and reflects the social and cultural identities and changes of the particular period. This research aims to analyze the correlations between architecture and music in depth, and examine the perception of musically inspired architecture by empirical study. Five buildings that applied musical rhythms were chosen for survey questionnaires in order to observe how people majoring in architecture, music, and other fields perceive musically inspired architecture differently by matching the music with the building that correlate to each other. By examining the reasons that the respondents have selected such music with a building from the questionnaires, the keywords are extracted and interpreted. The results showed that it is possible for people to perceive music from architecture, and that it is suitable to use music as a source of inspiration in architectural designs.

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