ANALYSIS OF THE LEVEL OF ACOUSTIC COMFORT IN THE JAVANESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH BANDUNG

Abstract

Abstract: In architecture, acoustics are distinguished into two areas of acoustic space: desirable controllable and undesirable or distracting noise. Some variables that can affect the acoustic quality of space include the shape and location of buildings, materials used in building construction, background noise, and also reverberation time. In a large hall used for public speaking or singing, when the hum time exceeds 0.5-1 seconds on a medium frequency ribbon (500-1000 Hz), the room inevitably has a low acoustic quality. (Beranek & Mellow, 2012). The lack of acoustic qualities in buildings that serve as church places of worship is a matter that needs to be discussed. Therefore, the scientific article's writing is intended to analyze the level of acoustic ease in the Bandung Christian church located on Merdeka Street no. 28 using a descriptive method with a quantitative approach called quantitative descriptive. Analysis was made using the auto-desk Ecotect 5.50 by making observation data as the first reference. The results of this study are expected to provide operational information for the building of the Javanese Christian Church Bandung and to be an acoustic quality recommendation for changes in materials used. It is also hoped that the study will inform how the sound and time of good, standardized Spaces can sustain the creation of what is expected to be so that audial information can be distributed to users.

Keywords: Acoustic; Ecotect; Space Comfort; Church; Reverberation Time (RT).