Jonah Sacks
Director, Architectural Acoustics Group
Studio A | Market Co-Leader
Principal
Auralization as an Architectural Design Tool
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Auralization provides a valuable tool that allows architects, building owners, and other decision-makers to directly experience the aural implications of design decisions and allows them to make more informed choices.
Consultants at Acentech have been using auralizations of full soundscapes including many independent sources as design and communication tools for a variety of projects including atria, lecture halls, theaters, and performance spaces. These auralizations have included natural speech and electro-acoustic reinforcement, crowd activity, inter-actions between PA systems and room acoustics, HVAC noise, wall and window transmission, and the subjective effects of sound masking.
About The Author
“Through music, and particularly music recording, I became interested in room acoustics and decided to go to graduate school for acoustics. As a musician, I care deeply about the intersection of music and acoustics. When I get the chance to connect with musicians and actors who enjoy and appreciate playing in rooms that sound really good, I get excited about the long and sometimes tangled paths that lead to really fine sounding rooms.”
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