The Expression of Sound

Audio&visual, Designing Matter, Energy and sustainability, expanding design practices, No Density, PLANE—SITE, Technology and fabrication, Urban Paradigms

Acoustics, Active Building, Active Public Spaces, Aluminum skin, Architecture’s challenge, Architecture&art, Audiovisual, Cultural agitator, Culture, Design process, Empowering society, Flexibility, Fluid space, France, Glass, Glass panels, Humanism, Iceland, Inspiration, Medieval background, Multifunctional building, Multifunctional space, Music, Paris, Poland, Public buildings, Public Space, Reykjavík, Society, Space & Sound, Technology, Volcano, Wroclaw

The perfect acoustical space can only be created in collaboration. Even after an architect ‘hands over the keys’, so to speak, this process continues: how are world-class acoustics maintained when faced with the varied mixed-use programs of contemporary music venues? From the amphitheater to the shoe-box and the vineyard; performance space is defined not by the position of the stage, but of the audience. Technology, shape and materials are all key here; but how does it match up with the human ear?