History of Urban Lnadscape Based on the Conespt of Soundscape: A Case Study of the Three Major Spring Water Places of Musashino Plateau

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K14100
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Architectural history/Design
• Research Institution: Aoyama Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Torigoe Keiko 青山学院大学, 総合文化政策学部, 教授 (60237162)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HOSHINO Yoshinobu 東京農工大学, 農学部, 准教授 (00143636) ; ABE Shinta 東京農業大学, 准教授 (70256642)
• Research Collaborator: OYA Eiji ; OOBA Teruyo ; KAMIYA Hiroshi ; TERADA Shiro ; YAMAUCHI Satoru ; WASHINO Hiroshi
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: サウンドスケープ研究 / サウンドマップ / 善福寺池 / 井草八幡宮 / 生きられた空間

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Research results include those related to the methodology of research and those relating to the actual contents of the soundscape. Everything that was done during the research period remained in the field centering on Zenpukuji pond among the three major spring water places of Musashino Plateau.
Specifically, the former includes development of a stand-alone (portable) measurement system combining a sound level meter and a recording device, development of various sound maps, and the like.　 In the latter, there is grasp of its characteristics, "lived space" of the soundscape in the surrounding area including Zenpukuji Pond and Igusa Hachimangu Shrine. Also, we recorded the clear changes in 3 years of the research period, such as increase of groundwater level for the first time after the half century and disappearance of the mansion's forest in the same area.

Free Research Field

サウンドスケープ研究