ACOUSTICAL PERFORMANCE OF MOSQUES: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN MALAYSIA

摘要

This paper discusses the relationship between the mosques architectural design and their acoustical performances in Malaysia. The architecture styles - both modern and vernacular mosque, are catalogued and complied from the year 1400s and 2015 along with the physical characteristics which reflects their acoustical performances. This compilation includes consistencies and discrepancies of measurement and simulation results from various studies conducted by Malaysian researchers. The study highlights acoustical parameters such as reverberation time, background noise level, noise criteria and speech intelligibility in the mosque. In addition, the details study of building characteristics in the mosque e.g. architectural styles, volume and roof types, are discussed. The summary of acoustical performance compilation gives basic data for outlining acoustic criteria or guidelines in Malaysia. Clearly, that there is a need to collect more refine data for reliable acoustical performance guideline for mosque in Malaysia.