Ioana N. Pieleanu
Creative Director | Principal
Studio A | Market Leader
3DListening Services | Co-Leader
Auralization 101: Show Me What I’m Hearing
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Picture yourself in a restaurant dining room: you watch your dining companion’s lips move, but you can’t hear what he or she is saying over the din of other patrons.
Maybe you’ve been to a library reading room where no one can focus because of all the distracting activity noises. Perhaps worst of all are the countless musical performances that sound small and lifeless, rather than present and enveloping, in an ill-suited performance room.
Experiences like these are what make acoustics a critical aspect of building design. But how can designers make the connection between their drawings of a future space and the aural experience of its future users? A powerful tool, called auralization, is available to help make this connection…
About The Author
“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.”
“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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