Orlando, Florida is a place built around the automobile. This model of development has been the dominant form of development for the bulk of the city's growth, but is there a better way?

Decibels aren't intuitive, but the actual sounds we hear are. Using sound recording and mapping methods, GIS analysis, and statistics, I developed a way to map and evaluate our world by sound that goes beyond engineering measurements of physical energy.

A waterfall and a noisy highway might have similar levels of sound, but will be perceived and valued very differently by listeners. Current methods of mapping don't allow for crucial distinctions like this to be made. However, there is a lot of power in being able to evaluate a soundscape in this way...

Sound and space are tightly linked together, with one affecting the other. This project develops an algorithm that starts with the relationship between performer and audience, and constructs a space around this architecture based on desired acoustic properties and audience size...