Sculpting Acoustics With Mass Timber: Groton Hill Music Center

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Tour the Groton Hill Music Center, a mass timber arts and education venue completed in 2023. Highlights will include its sculptural, acoustic, and structural use of timber, which reflects the materials and spirit of its rural setting.

As you'll see, the building is carefully shaped for the ear to feel acoustic warmth and reverberance as well as for the eye to enjoy an accompanying visual lyricism.

Learning Objectives

1. Gain an understanding of the impact of mass timber on acoustics and structure in a performing arts venue.
2. Discover tools for building with mass timber that you can immediately apply to daily practice regardless of project typology.
3. Consider ways to combine a community space for education and professional-level artistic performances.
4. Explore methods for integrating natural daylight and views in a concert hall—a building typology typically limited to solid enclosures.

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