Agogic Maps From Musical Phrasing to Enhancement of Urban Spaces /

• Main Author: Pe, Raffaele (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Geography.; Music.; Geographical information systems.; Acoustics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Regional/Spatial Science.

This book explores the value of the musical concept of “agogics” – the modification of regular rhythm to enhance expressive potential – in understanding urban spatial configurations within the current technological context and in developing urban maps that exploit sonic signals to create an open lea...

Table of Contents:

• Agogic in music: The practice of rhythm, from music to space and backward
• Agogic in space: A scenario for the Gesamtkustwerk
• Agogic and the space “undulated”
• Urban spectrographies and the problem of orientation in sensitive territories
• Space-script construction: Three phases in a topographic transformation of sound and visual material
• Euphony: Dissonances for a modern urban environment. Accessibility as the temperament of signals and impulses
• The role of sound maps: A “modern” paradigm in space design
• Urban sampling, two case studies: Reconstructing the inhabitation model through an aural imaginary
• The agogic script. Interdependency between aural signals and spatial variables.