The science of acoustic design making auditorium architecture worth listening to | News | Architonic

In order to protect themselves from the excitable hubbub of a lively public foyer space, each of the building’s four huge auditoriums feature different, highly specified yet also adaptable, acoustic characteristics. The Dance Theatre, for example, presents dance, speech and operatic performances, and so features moveable wall panels in anthracite black to keep the varied audio nature of the performances clear. While the Concert Hall features hard concrete wall finishes which resound the instrumentals throughout its shoebox design, and sliding panels to regulate them.