ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores essential experimentations and contributions regarding urban sound environment. It investigates and clarifies the state-of-the-art of this topic, starting from the author's double identity of architect and musician and dealing with a double PhD program in Urban Planning and History of Art. Far from claiming to be exhaustive, the attempt is to explain cases that correspond to focal turning points in the evolution of artistic research. This may be interesting for experts in acoustical issues that believe in the idea of including the arts, and especially music, in urban planning. They may have developed a strong background in scientific and technical aspects of noise control and may want to know more in terms of artistic experiences.
