Tuning Spaces: How parametric design, computer simulation, and digital fabrication will impact the acoustic performance of architecture

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Sound is an integral aspect of architectural experience and of building performance. However, despite sound's importance and the existence of applicable design methods in acoustic engineering, sound is rarely considered in the architectural design process. In the past decades, the architect's design tools have substantially changed: the architectural drawing has gone from paper to digital, from 2-D to 3-D, parametric and computational methods now enable the realisation of buildings with complex geometry, and computer simulation can now evaluate aspects of design that were previously not possible. Designers and engineers are now beginning to design for sound using parametric design, computer simulation, and digital fabrication.