Ioana N. Pieleanu

“A client once told me that an architect should never leave home without their acoustician. I strive to be just that: an indispensable interpreter of sound perception for the built environment.”

Ioana is a multifaceted acoustician and accomplished musician with a rich background in piano and music theory studies. She brings a musician’s ear and an artist’s mindset to her architectural acoustics consulting practice. Ioana enjoys guiding clients through master planning and feasibility studies, as well as working with architects on full building designs. She acts as an effective interpreter between end-users and the design community. Her project experience includes performing arts centers and music schools, auditoriums, critical listening spaces, K-12 schools, university buildings, as well as civic and commercial facilities.

Ioana believes that an acoustically cohesive building results from a deep understanding of acoustics, of human perception through our combined senses, and from a strong empathy with the end users. She is adept at combining classical acoustics concepts and methods with the latest computer modeling technologies, leading to shared design experiences through 3DListening® simulations.

Ioana is Director of the Architectural Acoustics group at Acentech, serves as the Market Leader of Acentech’s Studio A/Performing Arts practice, and Co-Leader of the firm’s 3DListening® services, providing marketing strategy, client development, and industry thought leadership.

Intrepid Interpreter

Ioana earned her BA in Music from Berklee College of Music, and her MS in Architectural Acoustics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Romanian.

One of my favorite quotes is by physicist Alan Lightman: “To stand on the precipice between the known and the unknown, without fear, without anxiety, but instead with awe and wonder at this beautiful cosmos we find ourselves in.”