Architecture and Music in Context

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1 Architecture and Music in Context The Acous*cs of Christ Church & St. Patrick s Cathedrals, Dublin Seminar, Exhibi*on and Recep*on The Oak Room The Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 Friday, August 27th 2010, 5:30 pm

The Programme 17.30 Formal opening Introduc*ons Professor Frank Convery UCD Urban Ins*tute Ireland & UCD Earth Sciences Ins*tute Official Launch The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Gerry Breen 17.

2 The Programme Formal opening Introduc*ons Professor Frank Convery UCD Urban Ins*tute Ireland & UCD Earth Sciences Ins*tute Official Launch The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Gerry Breen Seminar Acous*c Interludes: Studies in Christ Church and St. Patrick's Cathedrals Fiona Smyth UCD Urban Ins*tute & UCD Architecture Acous*c Interac*ons: Acous7c Modelling for Interac7ve Virtual Cathedrals Dr Gavin Kearney TCD Music and Media Technology & TCD Engineering Closing remarks Professor Frank Convery UCD Urban Ins*tute Ireland & UCD Earth Sciences Ins*tute ExhibiNon & RecepNon The seminar with be followed by an exhibi*on and recep*on, sponsored by the UCD Urban Ins*tute Ireland 2

The Speakers Professor Frank Convery has held the chair of Heritage Trust Professor of Environmental Policy at University College Dublin.

As a result of Frank s high standing within the academic and professional communi*es, he has held a number of pres*gious appointments.

3 The Speakers Professor Frank Convery has held the chair of Heritage Trust Professor of Environmental Policy at University College Dublin. His dis*nguished research career began with the award of a doctorate in forest economics from New York State University. As a result of Frank s high standing within the academic and professional communi*es, he has held a number of pres*gious appointments. He is currently Chair of COMHAR (Ireland s Sustainable Development Council) has also served as Director of the UCD Urban Ins*tute Ireland and has been instrumental in the development of the UCD Earth Sciences Ins*tute. Dr Gavin Kearney graduated from Dublin Ins*tute of Technology in 2002 with an honours degree in Electronic Engineering and has since obtained both MSc and PhD degrees in Audio Signal Processing from Trinity College Dublin. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow on the SFI Metropolis project and lecturer on the Interac*ve Digital Systems and Music and Media Technology courses in Trinity College. His main research interests are in the psychoacous*cs of mul*channel audio, binaural audio processing, and acous*c response capture and synthesis. Fiona Smyth was awarded a BSc in Architecture by University College Dublin in 2001 and she completed her BArch in UCD Architecture in Before beginning her PhD in 2006, Fiona worked for a number of established architectural firms in Dublin. As both an architect and a musician, Fiona s research in recent years has focused on how these disciplines work together through acous*c interac*on. Fiona has taught in UCD Architecture since beginning her current research and has presented her research at a number of na*onal and interna*onal conferences and workshops. 3

4 The Project The Musical Heritage and Architectural AcousNcs Research Group was formed in 2008, with the aim of centralising research in this area within Ireland. The group is a crossdisciplinary collabora*on from a number of fields drawn from University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin. Principal collaborators involved are Professor Frank Boland (TCD), Marcin Gorzel (TCD), Dr Gavin Kearney (TCD), Donal Lennon (UCD), Professor Henry Rice (TCD) and Fiona Smyth (UCD). The overall remit of the research carried out by the group is quite broad. Combined work to date has been concentrated on St. Patrick's, Christ Church and St. Albans Cathedrals, and has focused on establishing a best prac*ce methodology for acous*c analysis in buildings of historic note, establishing a framework for context specific analysis of music, as well as on acous*c archiving through onsite data capture and the crea*on of accurate aural and visual models. Today s seminar has been planned to correspond with Na*onal Heritage Week, and will detail procedures and applica*ons of some of the work which has been carried out on Christ Church and St, Patrick s Cathedrals. Presenta*ons will be augmented by an audio visual exhibi*on and sonic demonstra*ons. These will include aural examples of the different acous*c condi*ons of each cathedral, and an interac*ve walkthrough acous*c installa*on. The venue in itself has an interes*ng acous*c and part of the demonstra*on will include a binaural exhibit whereby agendees can listen remotely to sound in other parts of that space. The presented work has been part sponsored by the Heritage Council and supported by UCD, TCD and the Deans and Chapters of both St. Patrick s Cathedral and Christ Church Cathedral. 4

This is the second seminar on the topic organised by the group. The first was held, by kind permission of the Dean & Chapter, in St. Patrick s Cathedral Dublin in April 2009.

5 This is the second seminar on the topic organised by the group. The first was held, by kind permission of the Dean & Chapter, in St. Patrick s Cathedral Dublin in April The work could not have been carried out without the support of the Deans and Chapters and all associated with Christ Church and St. Patrick s Cathedrals Dublin, and the group are very grateful for their sustained interest and support of the work. The Heritage Council, University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin have provided financial support, and the moral support of colleagues in both Universi*es and Cathedrals must also be acknowledged. The work has further been sponsored by the Severn Partnership who carried out pointcloud conversion, by Leica, SIS IRL, and by Faro who contributed both exper*se and equipment in the scanning of the Cathedrals. 5

The Team Professor Frank Boland Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Trinity College

Dr Gavin Kearney Music and Media Technology Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

University College Dublin Professor Henry Rice Department of mechanical and Manufacturing

6 The Team Professor Frank Boland Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Trinity College Dublin Mr Marcin Gorzel Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Trinity College Dublin Dr Gavin Kearney Music and Media Technology Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Trinity College Dublin Mr Donal Lennon Built Environment Laboratory UCD Urban Ins*tute Ireland University College Dublin Professor Henry Rice Department of mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Trinity College Dublin Ms Fiona Smyth UCD Urban Ins*tute Ireland UCD Architecture University College Dublin 6

7 Notes 7

The Research Group would like to express their gra*tude

the Deans and Chapters and all associated with Christ

Patrick s Cathedrals Dublin, to Professor Frank Convery

and to the Heritage Council Seminar funded by The

Ins*tute Ireland UCD Architecture TCD Engineering It has

research part funded by Heritage Council Grants in 2009

8 The Research Group would like to express their gra*tude to The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Gerry Breen, to the Deans and Chapters and all associated with Christ Church and St. Patrick s Cathedrals Dublin, to Professor Frank Convery to colleagues in UCD and TCD to their corporate sponsors and to the Heritage Council Seminar funded by The Heritage Council of Ireland with the support of UCD Urban Ins*tute Ireland UCD Architecture TCD Engineering It has been planned as part of Irish Heritage Week 2010 Acous*c research part funded by Heritage Council Grants in 2009 and 2010 and sponsored by Images Severn Partnership, D. Lennon, F. Smyth Programme Design & Produc*on E. Casey, F. Smyth

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