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Monash Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Exhibition 2025

This project presents an innovative sound barrier system integrating active and passive noise reduction technologies. Adaptable to various environments including highways, bridges, and railways, its structure combines an aluminum alloy shell with fungus-based composite materials, achieving lightweight and sustainable design. Built-in active noise reduction devices can cancel traffic noise in real time. The sound barriers are operable, opening during the day to maintain visibility and information flow, and closing at night to form a complete sound barrier. The system employs a modular structure for easy installation and maintenance.

Soundproofing panels

My work is an innovative sound insulation panel system that integrates active and passive noise reduction technologies. It is made of PLA and fungus-based composite material (Mycelium board), combined with an aluminum alloy shell and a recycled concrete base, achieving lightweight and sustainable design.

Soundproofing panel detail model

This large-scale model is made of PLA material, which clearly showcases the model's detailed features and motion mechanisms while maintaining structural strength and precision. The model's size is closer to the real structure, allowing for demonstrations of dynamic functions such as folding, rotating, and sliding through movable connectors or modular components. Furthermore, the model's soundproofing panels are made of wood to simulate the texture and structural characteristics of mycelial boards.

Soundproofing panel scene model

The small models are made of PLA material. This is because PLA is lightweight, has high molding precision, and can accurately reproduce the structural appearance. Furthermore, using small models allows for better proportionate integration with the overall scene, creating a more harmonious and unified spatial layout. Due to their small size, to maintain structural stability and aesthetics, the small models employ a fixed, non-deformable structure. Therefore, they cannot demonstrate the folding or deformation capabilities of real structures in practical applications, but they effectively showcase their morphological features and spatial relationships.

Soundproofing panels (ordinary panels)

The sound barriers can be opened and closed: open during the day so that drivers can observe the environment and signs on both sides of the road, and close at night to form a continuous sound barrier.

Soundproofing board (curved board)

Curved panel model design has strong scene adaptability and can be widely used in complex linear changes in traffic environments, such as curved roads and railways. Its arc structure can naturally conform to the curves of roads or tracks, maintaining the overall visual continuity and harmony, while also better controlling noise.

Soundproofing panels (parts display)

The work is composed of multiple modular parts, each of which undertakes a specific structure and function.

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