THE ATHENS RESEARCH CENTRE FOR MUSIC ACOUSTICS AND ARCHITECTURE; INTEGRATED ACOUSTICAL DESIGN OF THE MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM

This is part of an educational project which is going to be implemented in central Athens. The development involves, amongst other spaces, a multipurpose auditorium of high acoustic flexibility which seats a maximum of 350 persons. Acoustic flexibility is achieved thanks to variable-acoustics modules which are built in the room boundaries including the ceiling. Example room configurations are employed and predictions of acoustic parameters are made to demonstrate the efficiency of the room's variability. The high flexibility of the auditorium is considered to be a firm basis for music-acoustics-architectural experimentation, which is the target of the present study.