Treble launches ‘visual’ sound simulation platform

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Treble Technologies has launched a sound simulation platform that allows architects and engineers to visualise the acoustics of building designs and simultaneously hear exactly how the environment will sound in real life.

The cloud platform uses a proprietary wave-based simulation technology, which according to the Icelandic startup, offers a level of accuracy and reliability that was previously unobtainable in the architectural and engineering fields. It can accept geometry from SketchUp Pro, Rhino and Revit via a plug-in.

Architectural firms such as BIG Architects, Henning Larsen, engineering consultancies like COWI and material manufacturers like Saint-Gobain have been using the platform to improve their design processes.

Henning Larsen worked with Treble on Uppsala Town & City Hall in Sweden to help ensure the renovated and expanded building was fit for purpose from a sound