Rodriguez F.

Multiple forms were developed along the last decades by which the problem of sound in architectural space has been approached; however it is in some extent strange that most architects have today very few ideas about the meaning of sound in architecture, mostly because these developed forms were contributions of physics, electronics and other disciplines far away from architectural design and research. The sonic experience in architectural space is a theme that implies big subjectivity for most people, but it is without doubt one of the forms of perception of the architectural space. People assume this kind of perception generally in an unconscious way although they are part of the experience when being into an architectural space. Sound describes the space and helps to place it and to feel it, for this reason it is very important to move toward this way from the architectural point of view. Understanding the architectural space by means of sound helps architects to a better space and building design, applying an integral way of conceiving them. This paper shows the kind of research that the author is doing towards a closer relation between the disciplines of architecture and sound, it describes the natural relationship between them and the possibilities that design reaches when sound takes part on it. It contains also some examples that clarify the advantages of the integration of sound as an important element in architectural design.