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

声音是建筑体验和建筑性能的一个组成部分。然而，尽管声音在声学工程中的重要性和适用的设计方法的存在，在建筑设计过程中很少考虑声音。在过去的几十年里，建筑师的设计工具发生了巨大的变化：建筑图纸已经从纸到数字，从2-D到3-D，参数化和计算方法现在可以实现复杂几何形状的建筑，计算机模拟现在可以评估以前不可能实现的设计方面。设计师和工程师现在开始使用参数化设计、计算机模拟和数字制造来设计声音。

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.