Vanserg Hall at Harvard University

The renovation of the Vanserg hall language center on Harvard’s Campus included the addition of a central meeting space. This space was framed by a series of custom patterned acoustic panels that wrap existing columns within the space. The primary focus of my efforts on the project was the design development of the panel patterning, followed by working towards the fabrication and on site delivery of each panel. The patterns are derived from a figural representation of speech or speech bursts. We were limited to four possible perforation sizes, and needed to parametrically generate patterns that could satisfy this and other fabrication limitations. 

(All work completed while employed at KVA MATx. Pattern design completed in collaboration with Patrick Weber, fabrication completed in collaboration with Robert White, Patrick Weber, Charlotte D’Acierno, and Hannah Liechty.)