Acoustical Heritage in Hagia Irene

Saint Irene, Byzantine church was modelled as part of the CAHRISMA project (Conservation of the Acoustical Heritage by the Revival and Identification of the Sinan’s Mosques Acoustics). Hagia Irene has an approximate volume of 39000 m3 and reverberation time of 4.3 sec (1000 Hz).

Measurements were simulated in 33 source-receiver pairs – here we are having a look around the room.

Wireframe of the Hagia Irene church, displaying source and receiver positions (for the simulated parameters).

Source 1 active. Examples of simulated room acoustic parameters compared to the real measured values.

Source 2 active. Examples of simulated room acoustic parameters compared to the real measured values.

Source 3 active. Examples of simulated room acoustic parameters compared to the real measured values.

Source and receiver positions (for the auralizations).

Anechoic recording
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Byzantine hymn
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Demo sounds
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Demo sound
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Receiver position 1
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Receiver position 2
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R2
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Receiver position 3
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R3
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Receiver position 4
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Below you may download an ODEON Zip Archive of this example, which is a packaged ODEON model (for ODEON Auditorium or Combined, 15.15 or newer) containing all the necessary files to run it: room geometry, assigned materials, source and receiver placements, anechoic recordings, etc. The extracted anechoic recordings can then be used for auralizations on any other room model. 

To unzip an ODEON Zip Archive:

  1. Launch ODEON
  2. Go to File > Zip > Unzip archive
  3. Select your downloaded ODEON Zip Archive
  4. Select a folder to extract the files 
 

ODEON will then automatically load the room.

ODEON Zip Archive download

Room: Hagia Irene.

We have more ODEON Zip Archives available for download, which include different room models and anechoic recordings.