Sound spreading from the road and the street beside the site. An illustration of the lens, not a simulation result.
Most urban noise comes from movement: a busy road on one side of a site, a rail line on another. How much of it reaches people depends on the plan. A facade that faces the source takes the full exposure. A courtyard behind a continuous block can be quiet a few metres away.
The same volumes that create capacity can also work as a screen. Where the homes go, where the offices go, which side the open space sits on and how the blocks close toward the source all change what residents hear. These are massing decisions, and they are cheapest to get right at the start.
Canvas assesses noise exposure from roads and rail across the site, on the same model as shadow, wind and mobility. A change to the massing or the layout can be checked against all of them at once, so a quieter plan does not quietly become a darker or windier one.
The other lenses
ShadowOvershadowing of streets, parks and neighbours through the year.
WindComfort at ground level around the new volumes.
ResourcesEnergy and water demand of the plan as drawn.
MobilityAccess, parking and micromobility capacity.
EconomicsAssessed investment and yield per land use.
PermitCompliance against the local code, exported as a report.