Acoustic park design should let natural sounds speak for themselves.

Evidence

There is but one principle to guide us in this purpose: always to let nature speak for itself. Water, wind, birds, wood and stone, these are the natural materials which like the trees and shrubs must be organically molded and shaped to bring forth their most characteristic harmonies. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 832

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the design principle for the soniferous garden: organic shaping of natural materials rather than imposition.
• SEED: An essay angle: what ‘letting nature speak for itself’ would concretely mean for recording and cataloging natural soundscapes.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 832
• XREF: connects to: Acoustic ecology must be studied on location, not in the laboratory — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 668; Soundscapes can be deliberately orchestrated like musical compositions — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 794; The entire soundscape can be treated as one ongoing musical composition — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 669 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Soundscapes can be deliberately orchestrated like musical compositions #contradicts (0.85) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 794
• The entire soundscape can be treated as one ongoing musical composition #contradicts (0.85) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 669