The Quietest Place on Earth
This is the quietest place on Earth. It’s so quiet that you can hear the sounds of your own heart and stomach. The average person can only spend about 30 minutes in this room before they start hallucinating.
According to Guinness World Records, 2005, Orfield Laboratory’s anechoic chamber (pictured above) is “The quietest place on Earth” measured at −9.4 decibels. However, the University of Salford has a number of anechoic chambers, one of which is unofficially the quietest in the world having a measurement of −12.4 decibels.
The purpose of an anechoic chamber is for testing the response of loudspeakers or microphones because the room doesn’t affect the acoustic measurements. It is also the best place for virtual acoustics - generating auralizations of concert halls, city streets and other spaces.
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Another photo we took at Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics by Morphosis.
Sync Chron
Carsten Nicolai brings art, architecture, and music together in one inventive project.
#ARCHIlista is on FB NOW !!!
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Fallen Star by Do-Ho Suh, 2012
The precariously positioned sculpture is a permanent addition to UCSD’s Jacobs School of Engineering.
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LED Clouds in Amsterdam, Sophie Valla Architects
Daniel Buren: Vitrage pour Sainte Marie (2012)
To be presented at the ISH trade fair in Frankfurt from the 12th to 16th of March, 2013 is a pop-up bathroom concept, developed as part of a trending forecast from the association of the German sanitation industry and the Messe Frankfurt. The campaign sees the fabrication of an inflatable mobile pavilion that will tour from place to place promoting the benefits of a temporary, mobile bathroom.
Symphony of windows by Funchye on Flickr.



