“ All of nature begins to whisper its secrets to us through its sound. Sounds that were previously incomprehensible to our soul now become the meaningful language of nature. ” 

Dear Architect ,

Sound Matters

In architecture, the aesthetics of shape and form most often discussed in experiences. Architect often focus on how it looks and more on physical needs, such as lighting, temperatures, materials and so on.

Nevertheless, when it become the topic of Sounds and Noises. We seem to abhor and sweep it into the nonessential ornament of our spaces. We block it out from our perception and takes it as a pollution to our building,

... but are there? Are noises and sounds from within and from without are all evil?


There are some condition that we must consider in term of sonic health awareness. Despite that, sound do effect human not just in physical way but also in neurological and psychological way. To cut all the outside world noises and sound, it actually make us alienate and isolated. Some might says it is good to be isolated but when the time goes by, we learn more and more that human actually need the interaction with the other side of the wall. The more we lock ourself in, the more depress and unhealthy our minds are.

In this thesis, the focus is on how noises and sounds could play part in dwelling architecture. Since it actually effect physical and psychological on human mind. Nevertheless, we have not fully accept it as one of the practical tools in architecture and wellbeing. Is it possible to tune architecture into an inhabitable instrument?

In order to understand the relationships between architectural space and sound. I started by doing a small research in my living space. Every day, I keep tracks and created a sonic journal of the sounds that occur in my living space. It is a small studio type room size of 300 square feet. The building is an old brick building and that was built in 1929.

After recording the Sonic Journey, I mapped the sonic event into Sonic Axon Diagram to visualize sound in three dimensional. These steps help me understand more about the relationship between sound and spaces.

Next, I create the Sound x Space Diagram to investigate more about the sonic experience that could affect spatial and each program in the living space. From the investigation, I am able to develop the ideal living program and that helps me have a better image of the correspondence of sound and spaces.


In conclusion, the Sound and Space Diagram show the promising of having a positive sound effect in the spaces. We clearly see that the better the living program we have, the more spatial space of sound could possibly be.

Design Experiment

REAL - TIME SOUND CRAFTING

Create an experiment by crafting architecture shape and form while listening to the change of sound in realtime.

Equipment :
1. Crafting Cray
2. Stereo Microphone
3. Sound Recorder
4. Small Speakers
5. Headphones
6. Records of Japan Soundscape

PERSPECTIVE

Softwares : Rhino , Grasshopper , Photoshop , Adobe Illustrator