Evaluation of Landscapes and Soundscapes in Traditional Villages in the Hakka Region of Guangdong Province Based on Audio-Visual Interactions
Traditional villages in the Hakka region of Guangdong Province have attracted significant attention for their unique cultural heritage and traditional lifestyles. Their favourable audio-visual environments offer immersive and realistic experiences for both residents and visitors. Thus, we selected f...
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| description | Traditional villages in the Hakka region of Guangdong Province have attracted significant attention for their unique cultural heritage and traditional lifestyles. Their favourable audio-visual environments offer immersive and realistic experiences for both residents and visitors. Thus, we selected four representative villages and used semantic segmentation to extract the core visual elements (sky, vegetation, construction, and dynamic) from visual landscape images. Audio-visual interaction experiments and subjective surveys were conducted to investigate the participants’ evaluations of the visual landscape and soundscape to explore the mechanisms of audio-visual interaction. The results revealed that different audio-visual combinations significantly influenced the participants’ visual landscape satisfaction, acoustic comfort, and audio-visual harmony evaluations. Specifically, visual images of natural spaces with a high proportion of sky (24.54%) and vegetation (72.56%), matched with natural sounds (with a sound pressure level of approximately 55 dB) such as birdsong, wind, and flowing water, received excellent ratings for both visual landscape satisfaction and acoustic comfort evaluations. Moreover, the findings further revealed that coordination between visual and audio materials was crucial for enhancing the participants’ perceptions and assessments, highlighting the importance of audio-visual coordination in creating harmonious environments. These findings provide recommendations for spatial planning, landscape design, and soundscape optimisation in traditional villages. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7e90dcc57a8743a398798bf6e107cf542025-01-24T13:26:22ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092025-01-0115225910.3390/buildings15020259Evaluation of Landscapes and Soundscapes in Traditional Villages in the Hakka Region of Guangdong Province Based on Audio-Visual InteractionsDongxu Zhang0Hao Chen1Xinyi Zhang2Lingge Tan3College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaCollege of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaCollege of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaSchool of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR 100872, ChinaTraditional villages in the Hakka region of Guangdong Province have attracted significant attention for their unique cultural heritage and traditional lifestyles. Their favourable audio-visual environments offer immersive and realistic experiences for both residents and visitors. Thus, we selected four representative villages and used semantic segmentation to extract the core visual elements (sky, vegetation, construction, and dynamic) from visual landscape images. Audio-visual interaction experiments and subjective surveys were conducted to investigate the participants’ evaluations of the visual landscape and soundscape to explore the mechanisms of audio-visual interaction. The results revealed that different audio-visual combinations significantly influenced the participants’ visual landscape satisfaction, acoustic comfort, and audio-visual harmony evaluations. Specifically, visual images of natural spaces with a high proportion of sky (24.54%) and vegetation (72.56%), matched with natural sounds (with a sound pressure level of approximately 55 dB) such as birdsong, wind, and flowing water, received excellent ratings for both visual landscape satisfaction and acoustic comfort evaluations. Moreover, the findings further revealed that coordination between visual and audio materials was crucial for enhancing the participants’ perceptions and assessments, highlighting the importance of audio-visual coordination in creating harmonious environments. These findings provide recommendations for spatial planning, landscape design, and soundscape optimisation in traditional villages.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/2/259traditional villages in the Hakka region of Guangdong provinceevaluations of landscape and soundscapevisual landscape satisfactionacoustic comfortaudio-visual harmony |
| spellingShingle | Dongxu Zhang Hao Chen Xinyi Zhang Lingge Tan Evaluation of Landscapes and Soundscapes in Traditional Villages in the Hakka Region of Guangdong Province Based on Audio-Visual Interactions Buildings traditional villages in the Hakka region of Guangdong province evaluations of landscape and soundscape visual landscape satisfaction acoustic comfort audio-visual harmony |
| title | Evaluation of Landscapes and Soundscapes in Traditional Villages in the Hakka Region of Guangdong Province Based on Audio-Visual Interactions |
| title_full | Evaluation of Landscapes and Soundscapes in Traditional Villages in the Hakka Region of Guangdong Province Based on Audio-Visual Interactions |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Landscapes and Soundscapes in Traditional Villages in the Hakka Region of Guangdong Province Based on Audio-Visual Interactions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Landscapes and Soundscapes in Traditional Villages in the Hakka Region of Guangdong Province Based on Audio-Visual Interactions |
| title_short | Evaluation of Landscapes and Soundscapes in Traditional Villages in the Hakka Region of Guangdong Province Based on Audio-Visual Interactions |
| title_sort | evaluation of landscapes and soundscapes in traditional villages in the hakka region of guangdong province based on audio visual interactions |
| topic | traditional villages in the Hakka region of Guangdong province evaluations of landscape and soundscape visual landscape satisfaction acoustic comfort audio-visual harmony |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/2/259 |
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