This six-week lecture-based course covers the fundamentals of architectural acoustics. It investigates the relationship between sound and space and encourages the Architect to think more about how their buildings sound. The course explores the effects of materials and shape on sound absorption, reflection and transmission, and demonstrates how modeling, visualization and auralization can be used to understand acoustic and aid the design process. The course includes a lecture on the history and future of performance space design, a (virtual) visit to the Arup SoundLab and two assignments.
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