COVID-19大流行期间的家庭监禁期使得高质量周围环境的重要性比以前更加明显。已经进行了几项研究来评估噪声对烦恼的(负面)影响,特别是在家工作(WFH)。本研究更进一步,(1)调查“实际”声学环境对一系列活动的积极和消极影响,即,WFH,放松,物理,和性活动,(2)确定“理想”室内声景的特征。该研究基于对从2021年1月对居住在伦敦的464名受访者进行的调查中收集的开放式问题的口头描述的定性分析。在COVID-19封锁期间。实际场景中的影响范围不等,对任务执行没有影响,中断,分心,关心打扰他人或被倾听。积极影响包括支持集中,放松,动机,声音表达的自由,感觉与周围环境相连,并被他人的存在所安慰,根据研究中描述的机制。负面评估可能引发应对策略(例如,控制窗口,播放音乐,佩戴耳机)和行为变化(例如,降低声音或音乐的音量,在通话中静音,改变锻炼类型),这反过来又可以限制或增强行为自由,影响或促进幸福。最常见的负面影响是WFH(55%的参与者),其次是放松活动(40.6%),性活动(30.1%),和家庭锻炼(20.1%)。理想的音景被描述为安静,良好的隔音环境,这保证了获得积极的声音(即,自然的声音,音乐,城市背景),从而导致隐私,亲密,和一个表达自己的地方,没有噪音相关的限制。鉴于COVID-19大流行,这项研究补充了有关住房设计方向的文献发现,通过提供进一步的证据来证明家庭隔音效果差的影响,基于自然的解决方案对积极的室内音景的潜在好处,以及基于活动的家庭环境设计的机会,包括更广泛的家庭用途和家庭组成。
The period of home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic made the importance of a high-quality surrounding environment even more evident than before. Several studies have been carried out to assess the (negative) impacts of noise on annoyance, particularly whilst working from home (WFH). The present study takes a step further by (1) investigating the positive and negative impacts of the \"actual\" acoustic environment on a range of activities, i.e., WFH, relaxation, physical, and sexual activities, and (2) identifying the characteristics of an \"ideal\" indoor soundscape. The study is based on the qualitative analysis of verbal descriptions collected from open-ended questions included in a survey administered in January 2021 to 464 respondents living in London, during the COVID-19 lockdown. The range of impacts in the actual scenario varied from no effect on task execution, to disruption, distraction, concern of disturbing others or being heard. Positive impacts included support of concentration, relaxation, motivation, freedom of sound expression, feeling of being connected to the surroundings and comforted by the presence of others, according to mechanisms described in the study. Negative appraisal could trigger coping strategies (e.g., controlling windows, playing music, wearing headphones) and behavioural changes (e.g., lowering the volume of the voice or music, muting oneself during call, changing workout type) that could in turn limit or enhance the freedom of behaviour, affect or foster
wellbeing. Negative impacts were most frequently reported on WFH (by 55% of the participants), followed by relaxation activities (40.6%), sexual activities (30.1%), and home workout (20.1%). The ideal soundscape was described as a quiet, well-sound insulated environment, which guarantees access to positive sounds (i.e., natural sounds, music, urban background), thus resulting in privacy, intimacy, and a place where to express themselves without noise-related constraints. The study complements literature findings on housing design directions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, by providing further evidence on the impacts of poor sound insulation at home, the potential benefits of nature-based solutions for positive indoor soundscapes, and opportunities for an activity-based design of domestic environments, inclusive of a broader set of home uses and household compositions.