INTRODUCTION

Sound is a spatial event, an auditory experience that unfolds over time. Even though sound does not have a physical form, it can be described using vectors of distance, direction and location. Every space can modify, position, refl ect or reverberate the sounds that can occur there. The refl ection of sound is present in the space and can begin to defi ne space. Sound can be understood as an architectura l process that works in the fi eld of acoustics but also transcends it in order to go deep into perceptual, narrative, emotional and aesthetic dimensions. If architects begin to use sound to create space, it will create relationships between resonances, echoes and physical properties of material, space and form. Sonic architecture dives into the world of storytelling, emotional illusionism, metaphoric design and poetic forms, giving content not just acoustic aspects but also designing architecture with sound to tell a story of the space.

Understanding the perception of space through sound can begin to create a new design process that infl uences the way space is designed or laid out. The placement of a wall, a door, or a window changes the way a space is perceived. Looking closely at domestic life we can begin to change the way one lives through adjusting sounds in the space. By allowing the person to decide where to place an architectural element based on sound can begin to change the way in which architecture is perceived.