Noise and the City
from right to left: Peter Androsch, Artistic Director Music, Linz09, Wolfgang Gratt, acoustical engineer, Florian Sedmak, Project Director "Hörstadt" / "Audible City", Linz09
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Noise has become an acoustic environmental problem that severely diminishes the quality of life in the city. Now, Linz09 was dedicating an installment of Kopfstand 09 to this issue. Featured guest is acoustical engineer Wolfgang Gratt.
The premises of transpublic – Institute for Urban Research and Design provided a highly concentrated ambience for the approximately 40 interested attendees who gathered on November 26 for “Noise and the City,” the latest installment in Linz09’s Kopfstand series.The event was initiated by Peter Androsch, Linz09’s musical director whose program concept is focusing on, among other elements, acoustic space as audible life-setting, and Florian Sedmak, director of the “Hörstadt” project.
Wolfgang Gratt, expert in the field of technical acoustics, author of the noise pollution handbook published by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, and consultant with extensive experience in the planning and implementation of major noise reduction projects in Austria, offered wide-ranging insights into the phenomenon of noise.
