b"MUDD 24 URBAN NETWORKS|URBAN GATEWAYSRESEARCH THESIS Sabari Girish'SOUNDMARKS'- Defining the urban soundscapes of Martin Place Cities are often considered noisy placesthen develops a theoretical framework to study where the urban form and dense activitythe soundscape of Martin place in Sydney. means that they will remain noisy even if theSoundscapes and soundmarks within Martin environment within and around them changes.Place are then identified and analysed. As The sounds of a city can be a unique and apart of a quantitative analysis, a soundscape readily identifiable part of a city's characterquestionnaire was prepared which asked and attraction. Sound, as an integral part ofpeople's perception of the sounds that they the urban design process however, is oftenreadily identify with in key parts of Martin neglected and ignored. Soundscape should bePlace. Then as a qualitative analysis, sound an integral part of any urban design study. Itrecordings were undertaken at the same time provides detail of the urban sounds with respectas the respondents gave their answers and to ecology, built form, density and societalthen these recordings were later analysed to 165 aspects of a space. Within a soundscapedetermine if there was a correlation between exists a 'soundmark', the aural equivalent of awhat people identified as the key sounds and landmark. It can be defined as a communitywhat is heard in the recordings. From this, a sound which is unique or possesses qualitiessound map of Martin Place has been produced which make it specially regarded or noticedthat identifies the key soundmarks of the by the people in that community. As such,space and identifies how sound can be used soundmarks could be considered worthyto navigate Martin Place from one end to the of the same preservation and protectionother. This sound maps serves as a template as othercultural and historical icons. Thisfor other urban designers and researchers to paper discussesthe major issues related toproduce similar sound maps for other parts of soundscapes that impact on the urban contextthe city.MUDD 24 - Urban Gateways | Urban Networksnormal research page0131 8 PT.indd 8 26/11/2019 5:02:46 PM"