Understanding the Legendary Sound Environment in the Lobby of Hotel Okura Tokyo
Open Access
- 30 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Applied Sciences
- Vol. 10 (13), 4552
- https://doi.org/10.3390/app10134552
Abstract
The main lobby of Hotel Okura Tokyo has a good reputation for its sound environment, which affects the conversations of its users. We assumed that the lobby’s reputation was related to its speech intelligibility. In this study, first, the sound during hotel operations was measured to see if there was a difference in the sound environment between the lobby and the entrance hall. As a result, we clarified that the difference in noise levels affected by the degree of crowdedness of the room was smaller in the lobby than in the other rooms. Subsequently, the indoor noise and speech intelligibility were measured to clarify the correspondence of intelligibility with the lobby’s reputation. As a result, the indoor noise was found to be at a level suitable for hotel lobbies and the intelligibility was good. A comprehensive evaluation that included the results of other acoustical surveys revealed that the lobby of Okura is a space that is suitable for conversations, corresponding to the opinions of users.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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