Optimal Distribution in All Dimensions
Optimal Acoustic Distribution Across Rows
I set out designing this surface, as I suspect most did, with the end goal of having optimal sound distribution to all rows of seats and positions across these rows. To do so, I created an alternating pattern of bounding lines with a lower frequency of modulation with a spine of higher frequency modulation. The surfaces were lofted together to create a surface whose edges are sometimes, and sometimes not, synchronous, resulting in sound waves being distributed, alternately, to the exterior and interior of the theater. Similarly, the sound waves from the source point arrive at the surface with different incident angles, allowing them to be distributed evenly through the rows of the theater. The sides of the theater, as well, were canted such that their top was wider than their bottom, allowing for the sound to reverberate outwards and then back inwards towards the audience. The acoustic surface is modular, being shown here repeated 3 times in series. The surface would be constructed out of black acoustic tile material to retain the anonymity of the ceiling during shows. The ceiling would be suspended downward from I-beams and a metal deck roof, again, to protect the anonymity of the enclosure from the sometimes forceful hand of an architect endeared with structural expression. Openings in the wall, scale-like, would allow light to be shown through downward towards the path of travel and egress in the theater. The tile, if printed, would be scaled down to a total length of 6 inches, the same repetition as above would be included to show how the modules can be aggregated.
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