Human existence is accompanied by environmental sounds as by-products of people's
activities and sounds that are intentionally generated to allow human society to function. The …

Acoustics has been integrated with archaeology to better understand the social and cultural
context of past cultures. Specifically, public events such as rituals or ceremonies, where an …

While the preservation of historic buildings is important, they must remain usable. The
comfort of occupants using the historic building must be considered due to the change of …

In this paper, a typology of a building erected in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome is
described: the Odeon. The Odeon is a covered building, but more modest in size than …

This study reports history and the original architectural design of the Miners' Theatre in Idrija.
This theatre is usually considered to be the oldest such building in Slovenia and in 2001 it …

Ancient Roman theatres represent a unique cultural heritage which is still used nowadays to
host a variety of cultural activities and performances. Acoustic measurements show that the …

An omnidirectional source is required in many acoustic measurements. Commonly a
dodecahedron speaker is used but due to various factors (eg, high cost, transportation …

Current simulation tools and virtual-reality technologies enable the reconstruction of the
historical sound inside heritage buildings, and have become powerful tools in …

During the Imperial Roman period, thousands of theatres were built. The theatres have three
principal elements: the scene building (actor position), the orchestra and the cavea …

The theatres of Antiquity, Greek and Roman, constitute public buildings of the utmost
importance in the history of Western culture and in universal cultural heritage. Many of these …