방음벽 개선을 위한 디자인모티브 선호도 연구

Abstract

Recently we have already become acquainted with the word 'sustainable' through words like sustainable growth, sustainable advancement and sustainable management. It means that eco-friendly thought and interest to maintain and sustain current growth till the future are always with us. Now, 'environment' is not only a core value for corporate management but also a top topic of survival. This means that growth and advancement are no more possible without considering environment. Settlement of pleasant residential culture and high speed traffic network following rapid industrial advancement and construction of new cities have made road and residential areas to be close to each other in order to allow easy access to city centers. Accordingly, sound-proof walls are showing a high visual exposure frequency among public environmental facilities maximizing interest in development of environment-friendly materials and study on structure as well as sound-proof wall design harmonious with the surrounding environment, and the demand for sound-proof wall is expected to be greatly increased. Acoustic absorbents such as glass-fiber, polyester and concrete each of which are one of the major factors of environmental pollution have been used as materials for the existing sound-proof walls considering only the functional role of noise prevention. In formative aspect of design too, as it is disorderly exposed without shapes and color managed in accordance with standards, it is even recognized as a cause for visual pollution. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to present a desirable guideline by studying the relationship between visual components and preference thereof for improvement of sound-proof wall design which is one of the important elements of public environmental facilities. The analysis result of such preference showed that environment-friendly acoustic absorbents which allow plants to grow is mostly preferred as the material for sound-proof wall, that the most adequate design motive is environment-friendly material, which is followed by local culture, world famous paintings and national symbol image in order. We expect that this study may establish the direction for sound-proof wall design and may become the basis of public design for humans and environment as a preference study which concretely and practically presents design motives such as environment-friendliness, local culture, world famous paintings, national symbols, plantable sound-proof walls which are visual components through virtual simulation of design.