Acoustic Design of Ancient Buildings: The Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo
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 traditional open-air theatres without roofs. The Odeon could hold a few hundred spectators and therefore a smaller audience. The r...
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doaj-343bd90066454333ba4f33957737894d2020-12-03T00:00:33ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092020-12-011022422410.3390/buildings10120224Acoustic Design of Ancient Buildings: The Odea of Pompeii and PosillipoGiuseppe Ciaburro0Gino Iannace1Ilaria Lombardi2Amelia Trematerra3Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Borgo San Lorenzo, 81031 Aversa (Ce), ItalyDepartment of Architecture and Industrial Design, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Borgo San Lorenzo, 81031 Aversa (Ce), ItalyDepartment of Architecture and Industrial Design, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Borgo San Lorenzo, 81031 Aversa (Ce), ItalyDepartment of Architecture and Industrial Design, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Borgo San Lorenzo, 81031 Aversa (Ce), ItalyIn 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 traditional open-air theatres without roofs. The Odeon could hold a few hundred spectators and therefore a smaller audience. The roof covering allowed the possibility of meetings even in adverse weather conditions. The etymology of the word of the Odeon (covered theatre) means the place of the ode, or of the songs. In this paper are discussed the architectonic and acoustic characteristics of the Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo. With commercial software (Odeon, Room Acoustics Software, Lyngby Denmark) we assess the acoustic characteristics of the Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo in the presence of an original roofing system and show that these buildings were well suited for music, songs and speech.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/10/12/224ancient theatresOdeoncaveaorchestrareverberation timeaudience |
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Giuseppe Ciaburro Gino Iannace Ilaria Lombardi Amelia Trematerra Acoustic Design of Ancient Buildings: The Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo Buildings ancient theatres Odeon cavea orchestra reverberation time audience |
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Giuseppe Ciaburro Gino Iannace Ilaria Lombardi Amelia Trematerra |
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Acoustic Design of Ancient Buildings: The Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo |
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Acoustic Design of Ancient Buildings: The Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo |
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Acoustic Design of Ancient Buildings: The Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo |
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Acoustic Design of Ancient Buildings: The Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo |
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Acoustic Design of Ancient Buildings: The Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo |
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acoustic design of ancient buildings: the odea of pompeii and posillipo |
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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 traditional open-air theatres without roofs. The Odeon could hold a few hundred spectators and therefore a smaller audience. The roof covering allowed the possibility of meetings even in adverse weather conditions. The etymology of the word of the Odeon (covered theatre) means the place of the ode, or of the songs. In this paper are discussed the architectonic and acoustic characteristics of the Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo. With commercial software (Odeon, Room Acoustics Software, Lyngby Denmark) we assess the acoustic characteristics of the Odea of Pompeii and Posillipo in the presence of an original roofing system and show that these buildings were well suited for music, songs and speech. |
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ancient theatres Odeon cavea orchestra reverberation time audience |
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