These types of ceiling are usually hard to design. We need (proper) randomness, we need to control the dimensions of the individual elements, their angles and depths. All this based on the expected reflections path, delays, strength and coverage. Quickly this becomes a multidimensional exercise that is difficult to describe to an architect. So I took a shortcut through parametric.
In the past, many acousticians have resolved to giving their architect a 2D cross section, and a photo, living her to decipher what this means in 3D, at scale for humans. Then comes the wait for a new design, hoping the acoustic requirements were well understood and followed. And it goes back and forth for a while until one says “close enough”.
At least now I can quickly generate an example, send a screenshot, get feedback (and if needed move on to the next idea) promptly. The bonus part is that I have already setup the acoustic requirements, so I know it works.
A beautiful advantage, is that these elements can be catalogued, quantities detailed, possibly costed and optimised, bringing the design closer to a builtable reality.
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