Through its custom-modelled flow of information, the project challenges the way acoustics are generally designed and implemented in architecture. Conventionally, acoustic design is either engaged in the architecture of high-end music performance sites such as concert halls or in the sound regulation of open plan working and learning environments. Where the former is often highly designed and tested the latter is more often implemented as an afterthought. Typically, acoustic design seeks to optimise reverberation time as a single criteria, whereas Distortion 2.0 sought to explore the potential of multiple sonic parameters. New digital tools and techniques were developed to test design propositions digitally, and physical experiments were completed to evaluate the results.
Here, BIM strategies allow thinking about and designing, sound and architecture at the same time. Principal Investigators Martin Tamke, Brady Peters, Stig Anton Nielsen (CITA) and Niels Jakubiak Andersen, (Krydsrum) Dates The project has been exhibited at the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2011 and in March 2011 as part of the “1:1 - Research by Design� exhibition at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture. Sponsors Akkustikmiljo Sweden, Statens Kunstfond, JJW Arkitekter, School of Architecture Copenhagen, CarlBro and Sennheiser Nordic. 51