THE VALUE OF SOUND - HOW DO WE GET BETTER ACOUSTICS IN ARCHITECTURE

Our indoor climate has a significant impact on our health and cognitive functions. Study after study shows that our wellbeing and performance improves dramatically with higher rates of ventilation, optimal humidity, lightning, noise control and well-designed spaces. So, what does it take to turn that knowledge into action?

Join our next debate in our series on Healthy Buildings, where we take a look into sound and acoustics in public buildings and office environments and pose the following questions:

Can acoustics be aesthetically designed?

Why are we still building schools and hospitals with no thought of acoustics?

MODERATOR: Morten Roar Berg, Ecophon

PANEL:

Anne Mette Boye, Chief City Architect, Arkitekt MAA, Ph.d. City of Aarhus

Marie Koldkjær Højlund, Sound artist and composer, Assistant Professor in Sound Studies at Aarhus University (PhD Audio Design) 

Pierre Marie, Acoustics specialist at VELFAC, former acoustic consultant for TRUST projects at Sweco

Jesper Bo Andersen, Chief Consultant in Acoustics and Noise, Rambøll

Gitte Andersen, Global Head of Workplace Management & Design at SIGNAL Group, Head of SIGNAL UK CASES

Andrew Parkin, Partner, Global Head of Acoustics, Cundall 

Maria Snerftrup, Primary school teacher   

Partners: PROPTECH Denmark, BUILD, LYS Technologies, Sound Cluster Denmark, VELUX, CLIMAID and BLOXHUB