PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATION LIST

Books and scientific treatises

Radicchi, A., Leo, G., Haklay, M., et al. (2023). Scaling up citizen science. Mutual learning exercise on citizen science initiatives: policy and practice. Fifth thematic report. Publications Office of the European Union, 2023, ISBN 978-92-76-61952-9, DOI 10.2777/52736
Haklay, M., Gold, M., Huyse, T., Radicchi, A., et al. (2022). Introduction and overview of citizen science. Mutual learning exercise on citizen science initiatives: policy and practice. First topic report. Publications Office of the European Union, ISBN 978-92-76-46685-7, DOI 10.2777/29886
Arias, R., Haklay, M., Radicchi, A. (2022). Ensuring good practices and impacts. Mutual learning exercise on citizen science initiatives: policy and practice. Second thematic report. Publications Office of the European Union, ISBN 978-92-76-53246-0, DOI 10.2777/389967
Gold, M., Haklay, M., Arias, R., Radicchi, A., et al. (2022). Enabling environments and sustaining citizen science. Mutual learning exercise on citizen science initiatives: policy and practice. Fourth thematic report. Publications Office of the European Union, ISBN978-92-76-58863-4, DOI 10.2777/305248
Gold, M., Arias, R., Haklay, M., Radicchi, A., et al.(2023). Mutual learning exercise: citizen science initiatives: policy and practice: final report, Publications Office of the European Union, ISBN 978-92-68-00379-4, DOI 10.2777/988919
Radicchi, A. (2012). Sull’immagine sonora della città. (On the Sonic Image of the City). Florence: Firenze University Press. ISBN: 978-88-6655-295-6, e-ISBN: 978-88-6655-278-9 (open access)

Edited special issues of peer-reviewed scientific journals

Boland, P., Radicchi, A., Potts R. & McHenry, J. (eds.) (forthcoming 2024).The Digital Revolution, Cities, and Urban Economies, Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA.
Vida Manzano, J., Radicchi, A., Xiao, J. (eds.) (2023). Urban Design for Sustainable Urban Environment, Sustainability journal.
Xiao, J., Aletta, F., Radicchi A. (eds). (2022). Smells, Well-being and the Built Environment, Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. ISSN 1664-8714 – ISBN 978-2-88976-160-9. DOI 10.3389/978-2-88976-160-9
Radicchi A., et al. (eds). (2021). Sound & the Healthy City, special issue of Cities & Health Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1-2, Routledge Publish

Articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals

Radicchi, A. & Henckel, D. (2023). “Planning Artificial Light at Night for Pedestrian Visual Diversity in Public Spaces”. Sustainability 2023, 15(2), 1488; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021488
Vida Manzano, J., Radicchi, A. & Xiao, J. (2023). “Urban Design for Sustainable Built Environments“. Sustainability 2023, 15(21), 15493; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115493
Alberti, F. & Radicchi, A. (2022). “The Proximity City: a comparative analysis between Paris, Barcelona and Milan / La prossimità nei progetti urbani: una analisi comparative fra Parigi, Barcellona e Milano”, TECHNE Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, 23, 69-77 ISSN online 2239-0243
Xiao, J., Aletta, F., Radicchi, A. (2022). “Editorial: Smells, Well-Being and the Built Environment”, Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.880701 (open access)
Xiao, J., Aletta, F., Radicchi, A. et al. (2021). “Recent Advancements in Smellscape Research for the Built Environment”, Frontiers in Psychology, 12:700514. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.700514 (open access)
Alsina-Pagès, R., Ginovart-Panisello, G., Freixes, M. and Radicchi, A. (2021). “A Soundwalk in the heart of Poblenou superblock in Barcelona: Preliminary study of the acoustic events”, Noise Mapping, 8, pp. 207–216. https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2021-0016 (open access)
Radicchi, A. & Grant, M. (2021). “From noise to soundscape in the service of urban health”. City Know How of Sound and the Healthy City, a special issue of the journal Cities & Health, 5:1-2, pp. 15-19. doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1851344 (open access)
Radicchi A. et al. (2020). “Sound and the Healthy City”. Leading Article of the special issue Sound and the Healthy City of Cities & Health Journal Editorial. DOI:10.1080/23748834.2020.1821980 (open access)
Radicchi A. (2020). “Berlino Swim City? Riflessioni in cammino lungo la Sprea a Berlino” (“Is Berlin a Swim City? Reflections on a walk along the Spree River”), Ecowebtown. Journal of Sustainable Design, no. 21. (open access)
Torresin, S., Aletta, F. (…), Radicchi, A. and Albatici, B. (2020). “Acoustics for Supportive and Healthy Buildings: Emerging Themes on Indoor Soundscape Research”, Sustainability, 12(15), 6054. doi.org/10.3390/su12156054 (open access)
Radicchi, A. (2019). “Soundwalking with children for a quieter and healthier city”, Cities & Health Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1578455
Tsaligopoulos, A., Karapostoli, A., Radicchi, A., Economou, C., Kyvelou, S., Matsinos, Y. G. (2019). “Ecological Connectivity of Urban Quiet Areas: The Case of Mytilene, Greece”, Cities & Health Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1599093
Radicchi, A., Henckel, D., Memmel, M. (2018). “Citizens as smart, active sensors for a quiet and just city. The case of the open source soundscapes approach to identify, assess and plan everyday quiet areas in cities”, Noise Mapping, 4, pp. 104-122. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/noise-2017-0008 (open access)
Radicchi, A., Signorelli, V. (2015). “Mappature sonore, aree di quiete e strategie di controllo del rumore/Soundmaps, quiet areas and noise control strategies”, Urbanistica, 153, pp. 31-136. ISSN: 0042-1022
Radicchi, A. (2011). “Sull’immagine sonora della città/On the Sonic Image of the City”, Urbanistica, 146, pp. 96-100. ISSN: 0042-1022

Referred chapters in edited books

Alberti, F. & Radicchi, A. (2023). “From the Neighborhood Unit to the 15-Minute City. Past and Recent Models for the Post-Covid Cities”, in Alberti F., Matamanda A., He B, Galderisi A., Smol M., Gallo P., (ed.) Urban and Transit Planning. City Planning: Urbanization and Circular Development, Springer International Publishing, pp. 159-170. ISBN: 978-3-031-20994-9 (hardcover), 978-3-031-20995-6 (e-book)
Radicchi, A. (2021), “Combined Sound and Light Walks. A novel, mixed method to assess the sonic and light urban environment at night”, in Piga, B. E. A., Siret, D., Thibaud, J-P. (eds) Experiential Walks for Urban Design. Revealing, Representing, and Activating the Sensory Environment. Springer International Publishing, pp. 77-91. ISBN: 978-3-030-76693-1
Radicchi, A. (2021). “Citizen science mobile apps for soundscape research and public space studies. Lessons learned from the Hush City project” in Skarlatidou, A., Haklay, M. (eds) Geographical Citizen Science Design: No One Left Behind, UCL Press. (open access)
Radicchi, A. (2019). “The notion of soundscape in the realm of sensuous urbanism. A historical perspective” in Wilson, A. (ed.) Sound Worlds from the Body to the City: Listen! Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publisher, pp. 99-125. ISBN: 978- 1527523883
Luna, S., Gold, M. (…), Radicchi, A., Schade, S., Sturm, U. (2018). “Developing mobile applications for environmental and biodiversity citizen science: considerations and recommendations”, in Joly, A., Vrochidis, S., Karatzas, K., Karppinen, A., Bonnet, P. (eds). Multimedia Technologies for Environmental & Biodiversity Informatics. Springer International Publishing, pp. 9-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76445-0_2
Radicchi, A. (2017). “A Pocket Guide to Soundwalking. Some introductory notes on its origin, established methods and four experimental variations”, in Besecke, A., Meier, J., Pätzold, R., Thomaier, S. (eds.) Perspectives on urban economics/ Stadtökonomie – Blickwinkel und Perspektiven. Berlin: Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, pp. 70-73. ISBN: 978-3-7983-2919-5 (open access)
Mayr, A., Radicchi, A. (2013). “Time Walk”, in Henckel, D., Thomaier, S., Könecke, B., Zedda, R., Stabilini, S. (eds) Space Time Design of the Public City. Berlin: Springer Publishers, pp. 86-97.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6425-5_

Chapters in edited books

Radicchi, A. (2019). “Hush City. From crowdsourced data to open source planning of quieter and healthier cities”, in Besters, M., Marrades Sempere, R., Kahne, J. (eds) OUR CITY? Countering Exclusion in Public Space, Placemaking Europe Publications, pp. 367-370. ISBN: 978-90-830089-0-5
Beccaria, C., Guerrucci, E., Radicchi, A. (2012). “Le Architetture del Made in Italy”, in Zevi, L. (ed) Le quattro stagioni. Architetture del Made in Italy da Adriano Olivetti alla New Economy. Naples: Electa Publisher, pp. 88-89. ISBN: 978-8837093228
Radicchi, A., Rojas, F. (2009). “Soundscapes Oltrarno”, in Frenchman, D., Mitchell, W. (eds) Technology, Livability and the Historic City. Future of Firenze. MIT Press, pp. 80-85. ISBN 978-0-9794774-3-0

Articles in professional practice journals

Radicchi, A. & Xiao, J. (2023). “Proactive Sensory Urban Design”, Urban Design Journal, issue no. 160, pp. 37-39. Urban Design Group Publishing, London.
Radicchi, A. (2021). “Integrating soundscape in urban design, planning and landscape”, Landscape Journal, issue 2, pp. 33-35. ISSN: 1742–2914 (open access)
Dunbavin, P. & Radicchi, A. (2018). “The Hush City project and its relevance to planning policy”, Acoustic Bulletin, 43(5), pp. 34-40. ISSN: 0308-437X

Articles in Conference Proceedings

Radicchi, A. & Henckel, D. (2021). “Planning artificial light at night for pedestrian visualdiversity in public spaces”. Proceedings of the international conference Shaping light for health and wellbeing in cities, 16-17 December 2021. 27. Radicchi, A. & Henckel, D. (2021). “Planning artificial light at night for pedestrian visualdiversity in public spaces”. Proceedings of the international conference Shaping light for health and wellbeing in cities, 16-17 December 2021. ISBN 9788854970823 – DOI 10.6092/UNIBO/AMSACTA/6863
Alberti, F. & Radicchi, A. (2021). “From the Neighbourhood Unit to the 15-Minute City. Past and Recent Urban Models for the Post-Covid Future”. Proceedings of Science and Technology, International Conference on Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development, Florence (IT), September 14-16 2021. ISSN (Print: 2537-0731, online: 2537-074X)
Radicchi, A. (2020). “Are POPS effective design and planning tools that can favour the creation of healthy, open spaces in contemporary cities? Notes from an empirical study in New York,” in Talia M. (ed), La città contemporanea: un gigante dai piedi d”argilla. Proceedings of the International Conference Urbanpromo XVI edizione Progetti per il Paese. Planum Publisher, Roma-Milano, pp. 340-346. ISBN 9788899237226 (open access)
Radicchi, A. (2020). “Passeggiate partecipate e tecnologia mobile citizen science. L’esperienza del processo partecipativo per la redazione del piano delle aree quiete di Berlino 2019-2023” (“Participatory walks and mobile citizen science technology. The experience of the participatory process for the Berlin Quiet Areas Plan 2019-2023”), Urbanistica Informazioni no. 289, Atti della XII Giornata internazionale di Studi INU/12° International INU Study Day “Benessere e/o salute? 90 anni di studi, politiche, piani / Welfare and/or Health? 90 Years of studies, policies and plans”, 18 December 2020 (written in Italian)
Hasegawa, Y., Lau, S-K., Radicchi, A. (2020). “Assessments of users’ living soundscapes in a tropical urban city exploring objective audio-visual components and subjective perceptions with the mobile application technology’. Proceedings of Internoise 2020 E-Congress, 23-26 August 2020, Seoul, South Korea.
Radicchi, A. (2019). “A soundscape study in New York. Reflections on the application of standardized methods to study everyday quiet areas.”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics 2019, 9-13 September 2019, Aachen (DE). ISBN: 978-3-939296-15-7 – ISSN: 2226-7808 and 2415-1599
Radicchi, A. (2019). “Is a Noisy City Sustainable?” in Beth, A. et al. (Eds.). Proceedings from EDRA 50: Sustainable urban environments. Brooklyn, NY: Environmental Design Research Association.
Radicchi, A. (2019). “Smart Citizens for Sound Cities”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, InterNoise19, 17-19 June 2019, Madrid, Spain, pages 2995-3992, pp. 3987-3992(6). ISSN 0736-2935
Radicchi, A. (2019). “Mobile applications for environmental noise and soundscape evaluation”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, InterNoise19, 17-19 June 2019, Madrid, Spain, pages 3993-4998, pp. 3993-4001(9). ISSN 0736-2935
Radicchi, A. (2019). “Untapping the potential of soundwalks as participatory methods for co-designing smart cities”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146 (4), 2873-2873, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5136971
Radicchi, A. (2019). “An experimental soundscape study, combining binaural recordings, in-situ questionnaires and behavioral mapping”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145, p. 1753. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5101418
Radicchi, A. (2018). “Everyday quiet areas. What they mean and how they can be integrated in city planning processes”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, InterNoise19, 26-29 August 2018, Chicago (USA), pages 2984 – 3995, pp. 3727-3735(9). ISSN 0736-2935
Radicchi, A. (2018). “From crowdsourced data to open source planning. The implementation of the Hush City app in Berlin”, INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, InterNoise19, 26-29 August 2018, Chicago (USA), pages 2984 – 3995, pp. 3747-3754(8). ISSN 0736-2935
Radicchi, A. (2018). “The use of mobile applications in soundscape research: open questions in standardization”, Proceedings of EURONOISE 2018, 27-31 May 2018, Crete (G), pp. 2471-2478. ISSN: 2226-5147
Radicchi, A. & Henckel, D. (2018). “Combined Sound- & Lightwalks. A perception-based method to analyze and evaluate the sonic and light environment of our cities at night”, Proceedings of EURONOISE 2018, 27-31 May 2018, Crete (G), pp. 2405-2410. ISSN: 2226-5147
Radicchi, A. & Vida Manzano, J. (2018). “Soundscape evaluation of urban social spaces. A comparative study: Berlin-Granada”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144 (3), p. 1660. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5067408
Radicchi, A. (2017). “The HUSH CITY app. A new mobile application to crowdsource and assess “everyday quiet areas” in cities”, Invisible Places. Sound, Urbanism and the Sense of Place, Proceedings of the International Conference Invisible Places, São Miguel, Azores, pp. 511-528. e-ISBN: 978-989-746- 129-3
Radicchi, A. (2017). “Beyond the Noise: Open Source Soundscapes. A mixed methodology to analyse, evaluate and plan “everyday” quiet areas”, Proc. Mtgs. Acoust., 30, 040005. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000565
Radicchi, A. (2017). “Quietness as a commons: Integrating soundscape in urban planning for the environmentally just city”, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142 (4), p. 2671. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5014731
Radicchi, A. (2013). “Emotional Geography and Soundscape Studies. Beyond the cognitive approach in (sound)mapping urban spaces”, in Morello E., Piga B. (eds) Envisioning Architecture: Design, Evaluation, Communication, Proceedings of the XI International Congress EAEA11 European Architectural Envisioning Association. Milan: Nuova Cultura Publisher, pp. 267-272. ISBN: 978-8868121365
Radicchi, A. (2012). “The Sonic Niche. A new design tool to enhance and create atmospheres through sounds in the contemporary city”, in Thibaud, J-P., Siret, D. (eds) Ambiances in Action / Ambiances en acte(s), Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Ambiances. Montreal: Ambiances International Network / Ambiances Reseau International, pp. 253-258. ISBN: 978-2952094832
Briani, M. & Radicchi, A. (2010). “Paesaggi sonori e deriva urbana” (“Soundscapes and city drifts”), Territori di ricerca. Ricerche di Territorio, Proceedings of the VIII National Conference of the Interdoctorate Network in Urban Design and Territorial Planning, Vol. II, pp. 80-97, Alinea Publisher. ISBN: 978-8860554734

Technical and research reports (internally referred)

Radicchi, A. (2023). Scaling up citizen science. Topic Five Thematic Report prepared for the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Publications Office of the European Union.
Radicchi, A. (2022). Scaling up citizen science. Topic Five Discussion Paper prepared for the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Publications Office of the European Union.
Radicchi, A. (2022). EU-Citizen.Science. The platform for sharing, initiating, and learning Citizen Science in Europe. Final Periodic Technical Report. Part B. Submitted to the European Commission Research Executive Agency.
Radicchi A., Fabó Cartas, C., Sanz, F., Camacho, P. (2021). Citizen Science for Policy Across Europe, MfN, Berlin, Germany. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5820364
Radicchi A. (2020). Berlin Hush City Master Plan, Technical Report of the research project Hush City Mobile Lab, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Submitted to the HEAD-Genuit Foundation.
Radicchi A. (2020). Final Research Report of the research project Hush City Mobile Lab, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Submitted to the HEAD-Genuit Foundation.
Radicchi A. (2019). The open source soundscapes approach to everyday quiet areas. Criteria and recommendations for the Berlin Plan of Quiet Areas (2018-2023), Technical University of Berlin. Technical Report submitted to the Municipality of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Radicchi A. (2018). Final Research Report of the research project Beyond the Noise: Open Source Soundscapes, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Submitted to the EC &TU Berlin/Ipodi Program.

YEAR

2009 – Present

BERLIN WIRD LEISER

Soundwalk in Mitte, Pankstrasse area (c) A. Radicchi 2018

DESCRIPTION

Scientific advisory activities on urban quiet areas and participatory methods & tools were conducted for the Berlin Senate (Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection), within the context of the preparatory work for the Berlin Plan of Quiet Areas (2018-2023).
In detail:
1) the free mobile application Hush City was used to favour the mapping of everyday quiet areas in the participatory campaign “Berlin wird leiser” preparatory to the Berlin Plan of Quiet Areas (2018-2023);
2) two public Hush City soundwalks were conducted so as to involve citizens, public officials and experts in the evaluation and mapping of everyday quiet areas in two neighbourhoods of Berlin: in Altstadt Köpenick (on May 16th, 2018) and in Mitte, Pankstrasse area (on September 11th, 2018).

See also:
– Radicchi, A. (2019). The Hush City approach to everyday quiet areas. Criteria and recommendations for the Berlin Plan of Quiet Areas (2018-2023). Berlino: Technical University of Berlin.
– Berlin Senate (2019). Berlin Noise Action Plan 2018-2023, Berlin, pp. 18, 436, 456-500.

YEAR

2018

PARTNER

Municipality of Berlin, Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection

LAUNCH BERLIN WIRD LEISER

LAUNCH THE FINAL REPORT

HUSH CITY 4 LIMERICK

Images of the pop-ups created by the City of Limerick for promoting the use of the Hush City app within the context of the Limerick European Green Leaf City 2020. Image Source: (C) City of Limerick 2020.

DESCRIPTION

Limerick was awarded the title of European Green Leaf City 2020 (along with Mechelen, Belgium) in recognition of the city’s commitment to better environmental outcomes, with a particular accent on efforts that generate: green growth, new jobs, improved air and acoustic quality in the city, sustainable mobility, energy districts and smart neighbourhoods.
An ambitious programme of environmental events is planned for 2020 in Limerick and Hush City will be proudly part of these European Green Leaf Events!

Hush City App
Limerick City and County Council invites people to use the Hush City app to map tranquil spaces in and around Limerick City. Read more here.
Hush City Soundwalk (this activity is postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak)

On Wednesday 3rd June 2020, Dr. Arch. Antonella Radicchi of the TU Berlin Institute for Urban and Regional Planning will be leading a soundwalk for citizens in Limerick which builds on the promotion of the Hush City app in Limerick. The participants will be guided in a soundwalk through quiet areas in Limerick and invited to collect data using the Hush City app. The walk will last approximately 1.5 hours, including an introduction to the activity and a final group discussion with the participants.

Meeting point: at the People’s Museum at 6PM.

YEAR

2020-2021

LAUNCH THE LIMERICK EUROPEAN GREEN LEAF EVENT GUIDE

LAUNCH THE HUSH CITY APP

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Hush City was invented and is managed by Dr. Arch. Antonella Radicchi.
The first version of the Hush City app received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement no. 600209 (TU Berlin – IPODI).
The second version of the Hush City app received funding from the HEAD-Genuit Foundation.

SOUND- & LIGHTWALKS

Figure above: Map of the sound- & lightwalk guided in Berlin in 2019. Image source: Antonella Radicchi © 2019

What is a combined sound- & lightwalk?

The combined sound & lightwalks were invented in 2016 by Antonella Radicchi and Dietrich Henckel, respectively expert in soundscape research and lightscape studies. A combined sound and lightwalk usually focuses on two senses at a time (i.e. hearing and vision) and it takes place in the time-space of the night , since artificial light is mainly a nocturnal phenomenon. To define this novel method of combined sound and light walks, theory and practice of sound walking are taken as a reference. A combined sound and lightwalk are therefore defined as any excursion whose main purpose is listening to the environment and looking at its artificially lit components. For practice, it is taken as a reference the “4 Variations” framework, which indicates how to perform silent soundwalks, commented soundwalks with “simple evaluation points”, “solo soundwalks” and “soundwalks with complex evaluation points” (Radicchi 2017).

YEARS

2016-on

PUBLIC ENGAGMENT

Ideation, organization and leading of public group sound & light walks (with D. Henckel):

• Berlin, Germany, 28 November 2019. Combined sound & light walk in the neighbourhood Friedrichshain at the “Stadt Nach Acht 2019 – International Nightlife“ Conference.
• Rome, Italy, 7 June 2017. Combined sound & light walk in the neighbourhood Celio, Rome, at the 32nd Italian Congress of Geography.
• Florence, Italy, 29 November 2016. Combined sound & light walk in the neighbourhoood Santa Croce with the students of the TU Berlin.
• Berlin, Germany, 3 November 2016. Combined sound & light walk in the neighbourhoood Kreuzberg with the students of the TU Berlin.

SOUND- & LIGHTWALK | ROME FLYER

SOUNDWALKS

WHAT IS A SOUNDWALK?

A soundwalk is “any excursion whose main purpose is listening to the environment”(Westerkamp, 1974). It is a walk whose main purpose is listen to any sound of the environment, near and far from us, continuous and discontinuous, in the foreground and in the background, sounds that we like and noises that we don’t like.
Ears first, please!

HOW I LEAD A SOUNDWALK

My soundwalks usually last approximately 1.5 hours, and I always open them with an introduction to the activity on the field and I end them with a group discussion so that the participants can share their impressions when the experience is still vivid.
During the soundwalks, I guide the participants along a predefined path composed of several listening points. At each listening point, we stop and listen actively to the environment. Then, the participants can be invited to evaluate the listening point and collect data. The procedure is repeated at each listening point.
Depending on the aim of the soundwalk, I can lead silent soundwalks, commented soundwalks, soundwalks with complex evaluation points and/or solo soundwalks.
The number of participants is usually limited to 25/30 people.
In 2017 I also initiated the Hush City Soundwalks, in which the Hush City app is exploited to map and evaluate quiet areas along the soundwalks’ route. Data collected with the Hush City app is linked in real-time to the Hush City Map & ready to be further explored, discussed and exploited to design and plan healthier cities.

If you are curious to learn more about how I design and guide a soundwalk, read my A Pocket Guide to Soundwalking.

TIPS

It may happen that you find yourself listening to your internal thoughts. No panic 🙂 Listening to environmental sounds, especially when the environemnt is loud, might be challenging. Just focus on breathing and listen to a sound that you like or that is intriguing. This tip will help you to re-open your ears to the environment.

(Y)EARS!

My first soundwalk dated back to 2009 and was guided by Albert Mayr in Bologna. Then, I had the privilege of being guided in soundwalking by Justin Winkler (Firenze, 2011), Andra McCartney (Montreal, 2012) and Des Coulam (Paris, 2014). Since 2012, I have guided soundwalks in Firenze, Ferrara, Rome, Lisbon, Berlin, Hamburg, Pistoia, Rotterdam and Madrid (forthcoming, November 2018).

INVITED PUBLIC WALKS WITH SCHOLARS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, STUDENTS AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

Ideation, organization and leading of public group soundwalks:

• Trento, Italy, 17 September 2021, digital soundwalk at the conference “Soundscape in urban and building design“, University of Trento.
• Limerick, Ireland, 3 June 2020, Series of soundwalks at the Green Leaf Week, in collaboration with Limerick City Council. Postponed, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• 2019 Global Program of Hush City Soundwalks for the celebration of the Sunday Walk Sunday 2019.
• Barcelona, Spain, 27 September 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Poblenou, in collaboration with University LaSalle Barcelona.
• Florence, Italy, 24 September 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Rovezzano, in collaboration with the University of Firenze.
• Milan, Italy, 20 September 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Morivione, in collaboration with the LabSimUrb, Polytechnic of Milan.
• Berlin, 18 September 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Mitte – Pankstrasse area.
• Berlin, 8 July 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Charlottenburg with the students of the TU Berlin.
• New York, USA, 24 April 2019 soundwalk in the neighbourhood West Village, organized within the context of the New York University Workshop “Noise Quietness and the Healthy City” for the International Noise Awareness Day 2019 at New York University.
• New York, USA, 8 April 2019, soundwalk in the neighbourhood West Village, with the students of the New York University (with A. Bronzaft and T. H. Park).
• Madrid, Spain, 27 November 2018, soundwalk in the historical centre of Madrid within the context of the CONAMA Conference on the Environment.
• Rome, 18 October 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Testaccio, organized with the Association Testaccio in Piazza.
• Berlin, Germany, 11 September 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Pankstrasse, Mitte, organized with the Berlin Municipality within the participatory campaign for the Berlin Plan of Quiet Areas (2018-2023).
• Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2 September 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Delfthafen within the context of the “The Anxious City“ Festival.
• Berlin, Germany, 18 July 2018, two Soundwalks in the neighbourhood Reuterkiez, organized for the World Listening Day 2018.
• Berlin, Germany, 16 May 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Altstadt Köpenick, organized with the Berlin Municipality within the participatory campaign for the Berlin Plan of Quiet Areas (2018-2023).
• Pistoia, Italy, 26-27 April 2018, two Soundwalks in the historical center of Pistoia organized within the context of the international conference “Paesaggi sonori/Urban Soundscapes“.
• Berlin, Germany, 17 April 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Reuterkiez with the students of the Rütlischule, organized for the International Noise Awareness Day 2018.
• Berlin, Germany, 6 March 2018. Berlin, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Reuterkiez, with the students of the University of Pennsylvania, Berlin fieldtrip,
• Hamburg, Germany, 12 January 2018, soundwalk in the neighbourhood HafenCity, with the students of the HafenCity University.
• Berlin, Germany, 1 September 2017, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Reuterkiez, Berlin with the students of the University of Edinburgh, Berlin ethno-fieldtrip.
• Berlin, Germany, 24 April 2017, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Reuterkiez with the students of the Rütlischule, organized for the International Noise Awareness Day 2018.
• Florence, Italy, 16 July 2015, two soundwalks in the neighbourhood Oltrarno and San Lorenzo, Florence, at the XXII International Conference on Sound & Vibration.
• Florence, Italy, 9 May 2015, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Isolotto, Florence at the Tempo Reale Festival.
• Rome, Italy, 21 November 2014, soundwalk in the neighbourhood Esquilino, organized with the University of RomaTre.

Ideation, organization and leading of public group sound & light walks (with D. Henckel):

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Samples of Everyday Quiet Areas crowdsourced worldwide with the Hush City app (Images source: Hush City Map)

DESCRIPTION

The 2019 Global Program of Hush City Soundwalks takes place in September 2019 in multiple cities worldwide to celebrate the Sound Walk Sunday 2019. Starting on September 1st 2019 and continuing during the month, 21 Hush City Soundwalks will be guided by different soundwalk leaders in multiple locations worldwide, using the Hush City app.

The Global Program of Hush City Soundwalks is coordinated by Antonella Radicchi in her role of inventor and manager of the Hush City app, and each Hush City Soundwalk is hosted and managed by the following reference persons & soundwalk leaders (in alphabetical order): Zoe Banks Gross, Chiara Bartalucci, Richard Bentley, Ana Villas Boas, Jeanine Botta, Paul Driscoll, Milena Droumeva, Sophie Gleeson, Marcos Holtz, Sarah Jones-Morris, Linda Keane, Jordan Lacey, Eric Leonardson, Elaine Moraes de Albuquerque, Eugenio Morello, Rosa Maria Alsina Pagès, Emanuele Porcinai, Antonella Radicchi, Lau Siu-Kit Eddie, Sharon Stewart, Jerònimo Vida Manzano.

See below the Global Program & Save the Dates!

Hush City Soundwalks were initiated by Antonella Radicchi in 2017, in parallel to the released of the Hush City app: they are soundwalks in which the Hush City app is exploited to map and evaluate quiet areas. After its launch on the market, Hush City has been developed within the context of not-profit soundscape and citizen science research projects aimed at mapping and evaluating everyday quiet areas. Data collected with the Hush City app is linked in real time to the Hush City Map, open access to everyone.

Our cities are becoming noisier by the hour. Only in Europe, over 125 million people are affected by noise pollution from traffic every year, and apparently, quietness is becoming a luxury available only to a few of us.

The Hush City app will help you tackle this challenge and identify, map and evaluate everyday quiet areas in your neighbourhoods. You can find places such as small, quiet spots where you can go to escape the city’s chaos, relax, read a book, play with your kids, and have a pleasant conversation. Chill out!

Celebrate with us the Sound Walk Sunday 2019 and join one of the Hush City Soundwalks!
It’s simple.

Have a look at the Global Program of Hush City Soundwalks
Pick up the Hush City Soundwalk you would like to join
Make sure to download Hush City app prior to the event
If curious, read A Pocket Guide to Soundwalking
Join the Hush City Soundwalk & enjoy it!
Share with us your experience, by using the hashtags: #SWS2019 #HushCitySoundwalks

GLOBAL PROGRAM OF HUSH CITY SOUNDWALKS

September, 1st 2019, Paranapiacaba, Brasil
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Ana Villas Boas, with Elaine Moraes de Albuquerque
Meeting point & Time: Train Station, Paranapiacaba, Santo André, São Paulo at 10 AM
Contact details: acsvillasboas@gmail.com

September, 4th 2019, Bristol, UK
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Zoe Banks Gross
Meeting point & time: Knowle West Media Centre at 12 PM
Contact details: zoe@kwmc.org.uk

September, 5th 2019, Reading, UK
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Richard Bentley
Meeting point & Time: St Mary’s Minster Church, Chain Street at 6 PM
Contact details: bentleyr@me.com

September, 8th 2019, Brooklyn, NYC, USA
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Jeanine Botta
Meeting point & time: Target Brooklyn Junction store at 1598 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn at 2 PM
Contact details: jeanineb@bway.net

September, 10th 2019, Singapore
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Lau Siu-Kit Eddie
Meeting point & time: Level 3, SDE4, 4 Architecture Drive, NUS at 3 PM
Contact details: slau@acousticsresearch.com

September, 11th 2019, Chicago, USA
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Linda Keane
Meeting point & time: Northerly Island at 2 PM

September, 13th 2019, Arnhem, Netherlands
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Sharon Stewart
Meeting point & time: Willemsplein at the bus stop at 11:30 AM
Contact details: mixesfromthefield@gmail.com

September, 14th 2019, Bristol, UK
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Sarah Jones-Morris & Paul Driscoll
Meeting point & Time: Bristol Open Doors Festival

September, 15th 2019, Bristol, UK
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Sarah Jones-Morris & Paul Driscoll
Meeting point & Time: Bristol Open Doors Festival

September, 15th 2019, Chicago, USA
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Eric Leonardson
Meeting point & time: PO Box Collective, 6900 N. Glenwood Ave. at 10 AM
Contact details: info@mwsae.org & event page

September, 17th 2019, Vancouver, Canada
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Milena Droumeva, with Stacey Copeland, Joey Zaurrini
Meeting point & time: Tinseltown by Starbucks (outside) at 12 PM
Contact details: mvdroume@sfu.ca

September, 17th 2019, Paranapiacaba, Brasil
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Ana Villas Boas, with Elaine Moraes de Albuquerque
Meeting point & Time: at the Church’s yard “Senhor Bom Jesus” at 10 AM
Contact details: acsvillasboas@gmail.com

September, 18th 2019, Berlin, Germany
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Antonella Radicchi, with Emanuele Porcinai
Meeting point & Time: Ruheplatzstrasse/Antonstrasse (at the tree) at 5:30 PM
Contact details: antonella.radicchi@tu-berlin.de & event page

September, 20th 2019, Milan, Italy
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Eugenio Morello & Antonella Radicchi
Meeting point & time: viale Tibaldi 41, in front of the Municipio 5 at 10:30 AM
Contact details: eugenio.morello@polimi.it

September, 23rd 2019, Granada, Spain
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Jerònimo Vida Manzano
Meeting point & time: Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Granada, puerta principal en calle Málaga at 11 AM
Contact details: jvida@ugr.es

September, 23rd 2019, Bath, UK
Reference Persons & Soundwalk Leaders: Sarah Jones-Morris & Paul Driscoll
Meeting point & Time: Bath Therapeutic City Festival

September, 24th 2019, Firenze, Italy
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Chiara Bartalucci & Antonella Radicchi
Meeting point & time: at the train station of Rovezzano, Firenze, at 12 PM

September, 26th 2019, Bath, UK
Reference Persons & Soundwalk Leaders: Sarah Jones-Morris & Paul Driscoll
Meeting point & Time: Bath Therapeutic City Festival

September, 27th 2019, Barcelona, Spain
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Rosa Maria Alsina Pagès & Antonella Radicchi
Meeting point & time: Jardins d’Ada Byron, Carrer de Tànger, 137X at 3 PM

September, 28th 2019, São Paulo, Brasil
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Marcos Holtz, ProAcustica Association
Meeting point & time: Instituto Moreira Salles IMS – Av. Paulista, nº 2.424 at 9:30 AM
Contact details: gerenciatecnica@proacustica.org.br

September, 28th 2019, Melbourne, Australia
Reference Person & Soundwalk Leader: Jordan Lacey & Sophie Gleeson
Meeting point & time: Corner of Flinders Street and Elizabeth Street – in front of the 7-11 at 11 AM
Contact details: sophie.gleeson@rmit.edu.au

YEAR

2019

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Global Program of Hush City Soundwalks is part of the Hush City Mobile Lab project, which has received funding from the HEAD-Genuit Foundation.
The first version of the Hush City app received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement no. 600209 (TU Berlin – IPODI).
The second version of the Hush City app received funding from theHEAD-Genuit Foundation.

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NYC INAD 2019

DESCRIPTION

For the celebration of the International Noise Awareness Day (INAD) 2019, public Hush City soundwalks and a day-long workshop take place in New York throughout April and May 2019.
Save the Dates!

April 8th 2019
A soundwalk is guided by Antonella, with NYU Professor Tae Hong Park, Dr. Arline Bronzaft and NYU students in the Washington Square Park area to visit, evaluate and map quiet areas, using the Hush City app.
Data collected by the participants are accessible on the Hush City Map here.
More info on the event can be found here.
This soundwalk is supported by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA): read more here.
April 24th 2019
A day-long workshop “Noise, Quietness, and the Healthy City” is hosted at New York University (NYU) with talks, discussions, and a soundwalk in the Washington Square Park area. This workshop is aimed at addressing this gap by engaging the NYC community with expert talks and soundwalks that will provide answers to important questions about city noise, including: What exactly is noise pollution? How does noise affect urban environments, population health, and local economies? What reduction measures and strategies is NYC implementing? What are quiet urban areas and what state-of-the-art measures exist for their identification and protection? What is the “soundscape approach” to noise pollution? Why does it represent a citizen-driven paradigm shift? What are the tools and resources available to take action and contribute to protection of quiet areas in cities?
Invited speakers include (in alphabetical order):
– Adrian Benepe, Senior Vice-President and Director of National Programs, The Trust for Public Land
– Arline Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board member, GrowNYC
– Nancy Nadler, MED, MA, Deputy Executive Director, Center for Hearing and Communication
– Tae Hong Park, Ph.D., Professor at New York University and Chief Architect of Citygram and CTO of NOISY
– Antonella Radicchi, Ph.D., TU Berlin Soundscape Researcher, HEAD-Genuit Foundation Fellow and inventor of the Hush City app
– Charles Shamoon, Esq., New York City Department of the Environmental Protection (DEP)
Organizers and collaborators
The “Noise, Quietness, and the Healthy City” workshop is organized by Antonella Radicchi, Tae Hong Park, and Arline Bronzaft and it has been made possible with the support of (in alphabetical order): Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Center for Hearing and Communication (CHC), Dayton Audio by Parts Express, GrowNYC, HEAD-Genuit Foundation, New York City Department of the Environmental Protection (DEP), New York University (NYU), NoiseGate, Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin), The Quiet Coalition, The Trust for Public Land.
Read more here.
May 16th 2019
A soundwalk is guided by Antonella in the Little Italy area with the Elisabeth Street Garden community. The aim of the soundwalk is to raise awareness on the importance of accessing oases of calmness in the noisy and dense Manhattan. During the soundwalk, the group visit, evaluate and map quiet spots in the Little Italy area, using the Hush City app.
Data collected by the participants are accessible on the Hush City Map here.
More info on the event can be found here.

YEAR

2019

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Workshop and the three soundwalks were organised within the context of the Hush City Mobile Lab project, which has received funding from the HEAD-Genuit Foundation.
The first version of the Hush City app received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement no. 600209 (TU Berlin – IPODI).
The second version of the Hush City app received funding from theHEAD-Genuit Foundation.

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HUSH CITY MOBILE LAB

DESCRIPTION

The Hush City Mobile Lab’s mission is to make our cities quieter and healthier places to live in.

But, what is quietness? And how can it be defined and addressed?
In the same way that health cannot be defined as “merely the absence of disease” (WHO, 1948), the mere absence of noise is not sufficient to define quietness and ensure a good sonic environment for our physical and mental health, and social well-being.

At Hush City Mobile Lab we believe that people, like you, need to be (re)placed at the core of urban planning processes and engaged to identify, evaluate and plan everyday quiet areas in cities.
To reach this goal we apply the “open source soundscapes” methodology, combining methods and tools drawn from soundscape research and citizen science, like soundwalks and a new mobile app – the Hush City app!

The “open source soundscapes” approach was initiated in the framework of the project: “Beyond the Noise: Open Source Soundscapes” (2016-2018), and we will continue to apply and deepen the methodology through new pilots and comparative studies, like the one in progress in Granada.

The Lab’s first two-year agenda revolves around 4 key-actions:

Participation. We boost and retain citizen participation by implementing new features on the Hush City app and structuring a citizen science communication campaign.
Analyses. We apply the soundscape approach and psychoacoustic analyses to further explore the “everyday quiet areas” identified by people in Berlin using the Hush City app and, eventually, to define a descriptor.
Policy & best practices. Dedeveloping a comparative Berlin-New York case study so as to build a framework on EU and USA policies & best practices on noise abetment and soundscape planning.
Planning. Designing the “Berlin Everyday Quiet Areas Master Plan” and developing city-scale planning guidelines and regulations in Berlin.

Given the interdisciplinary nature of the Lab, methods and tools include: literature review, planning and policy document analyses, narrative interviews, soundwalks, the Hush City app, psychoacoustic analyses, and the urban acupuncture method.

We are proud to collaborate with academics, artists, practitioners, city makers, and community groups in its communication that noise has to be considered a health issue and the sonic urban environment needs to be a curated common in our society.

In the end, we expect to positivly impact different fields: science, policy, environment, economy and society at large.

YEAR

2018-on

CREDITS

Project manager: Prof. Dr. Lech Suwala (Technical University of Berlin)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Arch. Antonella Radicchi (Technical University of Berlin)
Research Assistant (May 2018 – August 2019): B.Sc. Charlotte Weber (Technical University of Berlin)
Project Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dietrich Henckel (Technical University of Berlin), M.A. Jörg Kaptain (Berlin Senate, Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection).

Advisory Board (in alphabetical order):

Dr. Arline Bronzaft, Professor Emerita, City University of New York
Prof. Dr. Elena Cogato Lanza, École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne
Prof. Dr. Marian Dörk, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Milena Droumeva, Simon Fraser University
M. Ing. Michael Jäcker-Cüppers, ALD, Technical University of Berlin
Prof. Dr. Muki Haklay, University College London
Prof. Dr. Dirk Heinrichs, Technical University of Berlin
Mo. Albert Mayr, Time Design Bureau
Dr. Martin Memmel, QUERTEX
Prof. Rosario Pavia, University of Pescara
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp, Technical University of Berlin

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The project received funding from the HEAD-Genuit Foundation [P-17/08-W].
The project received the no-profit institutional support of the Berlin Senate and it will be developed in accordance with the Berlin Senate, Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection.

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BEYOND THE NOISE

DESCRIPTION

“The soundscape is a huge musical composition, unfolding around us ceaselessly [where] we are simultaneously its audience, its performers and its composers.” (Schafer, 1977)

Every year 125 million Europeans are affected by noise pollution from traffic, which affects our health, quality of life and well-being. Noise pollution, indeed, represents a hazard to our physical and psychological health, it results in huge costs to our society and it has dramatic impact on biodiversity. To take action against noise pollution is therefore imperative.
In 2002 the Environmental Noise Directive was released to tackle this challenge; furthermore the directive identifies the protection of quiet areas as a valid measure to reduce noise pollution. However, how to properly identify quiet areas is still an open question at the European policy level, as indicated by the European Environment Agency in 2014, who invited scholars to pursue in-depth research in this field by experimenting with mixed approaches.
Through the development of the Beyond the Noise: Open Source Soundscapes project, a novel, participatory methodology to identify, evaluate and plan “everyday quiet areas” in cities was successfully validated. This methodology combines the soundscape approach, citizen science and the implementation of a novel mobile app: the Hush City app.
In the pilot study, conducted in Berlin, methods like semi-structured interviews, group soundwalks and the use of the Hush City app were applied to allow the participants to identify and evaluate “everyday quiet areas” on the neighborhood scale. The results were collected to compile the Reuterkiez Everyday Quiet Areas Map, which was used as a basis to define planning guidelines for the protection of these areas.
Beyond the Berlin pilot study, the Hush City app has been applied in other cities worldwide, confirming the interest of the general public, academic circles and stakeholders on the issue of urban quiet areas and the replicability of the methodology. Positive impact is expected on different fields such as science, politcs, environment, economy and public health.

YEAR

2016-2018

CREDITS

Principal Investigator: Dr. Arch. Antonella Radicchi (Technical University of Berlin).
Project Supervisors: Professor Dr. Dietrich Henckel (Technical University of Berlin), M.A. Jörg Kaptain (Berlin Senate, Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection).
Acoustic Advisors: Dipl. Ing. Michael Jäcker-Cüppers (ALD, Technical University of Berlin), Dipl. Ing. Manuel Frost (Berlin Senate, Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection), Dipl. Ing. Mattia Cobianchi (Bowers & Wilkins, UK).
The pilot study was conducted in collaboration with Rabea and Dominik from the Stadtteilbüro Reuterkiez!
The project received the no-profit istitutional support of the Berlin Senate and it was developed in accordance with the Berlin Senate, Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under REA grant agreement no. 600209 (TU Berlin – IPODI).
The project received the no-profit institutional support of the Berlin Senate and it will be developed in accordance with the Berlin Senate, Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection.

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