Sound and our sense of space

Towards the end of last week, I began to think about how our senses help us to estimate the size of spaces, primarily through sound and 'feeling'. If your eyes were closed and you were blindfolded and led into a large open space, the church for example, you would be able to sense that the area is a large relatively open space due to the temperature and the way things sound, such as echoes.
The same concept applies to a smaller, confined space, such as an elevator. We are able to sense if an area is large or small only through the use of sound and instinct alone.

Temperature also plays a role in this idea, typically a large area would have a lower temperature and a confined space would be slightly higher.

I began studying the factors that help us to estimate space, and if it would be possible to recreate these factors in spaces of varying sizes.

E.g. using sound recordings from confined spaces and temperature control to make a large open space seem confined and claustrophobic.

E.g. using sound recordings from large open spaces, such as wind and rain on a window, echoes and lowering the temperature in a small confined area to make is seem larger.