Lowe 216

Location: Lowe 216, 2:09pm 4/2/18

Farthest: Wind blowing outside, people walking down the hall, the door opening

Medium: My friends talking about paint, Pei-Chi advising another student, ripping paper

Closest: People putting supplies away, a girl behind me ripping tape

Level: Medium-Loud

Description: Creative

Important sounds: Talking about paint, ripping paper and tape, Pei-Chi advising a student, people putting supplies away

Can My Neighbor Please Shut Off His Alarm

Location: Room 707 in Vander Poel, 8:45 am 3/13/18

Farthest: Snow being removed outside, wind blowing

Medium: Elevator dinging, the shower in the men’s bathroom running

Closest: My roommate snoring and my neighbor’s god awful and super loud alarm that woke me up and that did NOT need to be so intense on a snow day of all days
Level: Medium
Description: Annoying
Important sounds: The alarm, snow being removed, elevator dinging

The Copper Onion

The Cooper Union Green Room, 3/3/18, 4:08 pm
Farthest: My friend talking to the security guard about getting the key to the lighting room
Medium: Water running in a pipe above me, air vent
Closest: My boots squeaking, piano, chair creaking
Level: Quiet-Medium
Description: Relaxing
Important sounds: Piano, water running, chair creaking, talking to the security guard

Journal Entry

 

1- February 1st, 2018, 10:05 Bill Of Rights Elevator
2-  chatter from the different floors, the elevator mechanism working, hum of the air conditioner,wind
3- the elevator beep every time we stop on a floor, the ring of the second elevator
4- the clicking of my laptop keys, the washer machines on the first floor,my car keys jingling
5- The noise level is barely existent/low
6- Peaceful
7- the hum of the air conditioner, the chatter of people from different floors, and the soft elevator beep

  1. 4/14/17-1:48AM-Hofusa
  2. Farthest-Clanging of dishes or pots, a door closing, refridgerator hum, people talking
  3. Medium-Cart rolling, TVs on a low volume, a person putting things in a bag, chairs moving one at a time
  4. Closest-me typing on the keyboard, a newsman talking on TV, broom sweeping, a sigh from the cleaning lady
  5. General Sound level and Activity are low.
  6. “Renewal”
  7. Woman sighing, the newsman talking on TV, broom sweeping

Journal Entry

  1. 4/6/17, 8pm, 13th Floor of Vander Poel Hall
  2. Farthest-Car horn honking, rumbling of thunder, a screeching siren.
  3. Medium-Howling wind, a toilet flushing, some people chatting in the next room over, people playing Foosball.
  4. Closest-Music from my headphones on the table, raindrops hitting the window in bursts, someone shifting through puzzle pieces behind me.
  5. Moderate amount of activity and and medium-low sound level
  6. Unsettled
  7. Rumbling thunder, howling wind, raindrops on window.

Hilton Hotel

Date/Location: 4-1-17, 2:30pm, Hilton Hotel

far sounds: someone talking in the hallway

medium sounds: heat blowing out of the heating system, stepsister typing on her laptop, stepsister moving her feet around

close sounds: stepsister asking me an excel question, stepsister place her phone on the table

overall level: low

descriptive word: quiet

3 words: stepsister, heat, asking questions

Estabrook 6th floor lounge

Date/Location: 3/30, 12:20am, Estabrook 6th floor lounge

far sounds: people talking, someone moving around in room above me

medium sounds: hum from the light above me, 2 other people in lounge typing on laptops, beep from elevator, elevator moving

close sounds: 2 other people in lounge talking to each other, someone’s door open and close on floor, someone walking in flipflops in the bathroom, shower

sound level: medium

descriptive word: relaxing

3 important words: elevator sounds, laptop typing, 2 people talking to each other

Spiegel Theatre Waiting for Class to Start

Date/Location: 3-16-17, 3:45pm, Spiegel Theatre

Far sounds: someone walking towards the Spiegel, Spiegel door open/close, someone walking in back of Spiegel

Medium sounds: heating vent, clicking of Tia’s laptop, Jack R. moving in his seat, squeaking chairs, Drew humming

Close sounds: Tia arguing about the annexation of Hawaii, Jack and Drew replying to Tia, Jack reading something out loud from Twitter

Level: medium

Descriptive word: debates

3 important noises: Tia, Jack, and Drew talking, heating vent, squeaking chairs

Library

Date/Location: 3-5, 7:20pm, bottom floor of Library

far sounds: someone flipping through pages of a text book, someone cough

medium sounds: people talking, someone sniffle, clicking of a pen, placing a key or something on a table, someone typing on their laptop

close sounds: hum of my laptop, footsteps, people talking, someone laugh, a cough

sound level: medium

descriptive word: studious

3 important sounds: laptop hum, laptop keys tapping, textbook pages fliping