The Acoustic Environment of York Minster’s Chapter House

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Acoustic Environment of York Minster’s Chapter House

AU - Alvarez Morales, Lidia

AU - Lopez, Mariana Julieta

AU - Alvarez Corbacho, Angel

N1 - © 2020 by the authors. This article belongs to the Special Issue Historical Acoustics: Relationships between People and Sound over Time

PY - 2020/1/30

Y1 - 2020/1/30

N2 - York Minster is the largest medieval Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe, renowned for its magnificent architecture and its stained glass windows. Both acoustic measurements and simulation techniques have been used to analyse the acoustic environment of its Chapter House, which dates from the 13th-century and features an octagonal geometry with Gothic Decorated stone walls replete of geometric patterns and enormous stained glass windows, covered by a decorated wooden vault. Measured and simulated room impulse responses served to better understand how their architectural features work together to create its highly reverberant acoustic field. The authors start by analysing its acoustic characteristics in relation to its original purpose as a meeting place of the cathedral’s Chapter, and end by reflecting on its modern use for a variety of cultural events, such as concerts and exhibitions. This work is part of the “Cathedral Acoustics” project, funded by the EC through the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie scheme.

AB - York Minster is the largest medieval Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe, renowned for its magnificent architecture and its stained glass windows. Both acoustic measurements and simulation techniques have been used to analyse the acoustic environment of its Chapter House, which dates from the 13th-century and features an octagonal geometry with Gothic Decorated stone walls replete of geometric patterns and enormous stained glass windows, covered by a decorated wooden vault. Measured and simulated room impulse responses served to better understand how their architectural features work together to create its highly reverberant acoustic field. The authors start by analysing its acoustic characteristics in relation to its original purpose as a meeting place of the cathedral’s Chapter, and end by reflecting on its modern use for a variety of cultural events, such as concerts and exhibitions. This work is part of the “Cathedral Acoustics” project, funded by the EC through the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie scheme.

KW - Heritage Acoustics

KW - Cathedral Acoustics

KW - Room Acoustics

KW - York Minster

KW - Acoustic Stimulation

KW - Acoustics

U2 - 10.3390/acoustics2010003

DO - 10.3390/acoustics2010003

M3 - Conference article

SN - 2624-599X

VL - 2

SP - 13

EP - 36

JO - Acoustics

JF - Acoustics

IS - 1

ER -