Sound and architecture have an ambiguous interaction in their
relationship to an one another. Sound used to be one of the main
criteria for constructions of buildings, such as churches and
cathedrals. Complex construction where sound was a key element
in the consideration of the structures design and indeed the
sonic organization of a space would inspired the composition of
that space. Today sound is the poor parent of the architectures
dominated by visually based dictate of contemporary
construction, as an added extra sound is often overlooked and
thus a virtually non-existent feature of modern architecture.
Artists, architects and theoreticians are increasingly beginning
to address this deficit and have started to think about the
relationship between Sound and Architecture as warranting a
possible field of exploration in itself – as a medium such as
sound perception or production – architectural deconstruction or
understanding driven by its sonic and social interactions within
a space. As an extension of th