Location: Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Room 008, Building E5, Rozbrat 7, 50-334 Wrocław, Poland

The Architecture and Sound Laboratory (LAiD) was established at the initiative of the K02 Department staff to address the challenges posed by the concept of Construction 5.0, one of the key pillars of which is human-centricity. The laboratory comprises an inter-faculty research team composed of representatives from four faculties: the Faculty of Architecture (FA), the Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems (W12), in particular the Department of Acoustics, Multimedia and Signal Processing, the Faculty of Civil Engineering (W2), specialising in contemporary building materials, and the Faculty of Medicine (W14). The project involves collaboration with students, PhD students, companies, and international specialists, including those from the #Unite! Network. The goal of this collaboration is to develop integrated design and technological solutions that prioritise user needs and well-being—both in terms of environmental and acoustic comfort and the broader physical and mental health of individuals, particularly neurodiverse individuals. The team's research endeavours include finding applicable solutions in architecture, urban planning, construction, acoustics, psychology, hearing, and technology that address contemporary challenges related to:

• the need to increase user-centred solutions in construction,

including anthropological, neurodiversity, psychological, sociological, and user needs aspects, user experience research, and culture – plans are underway to involve experts from other universities, including the Unite! Network more closely;

• dynamic environmental changes (including increasing and disruptive noise and the associated climate challenges) and the need to increase the circularity of materials in construction (expanding existing collaborations with TUDresden, Leiden University, and the University of Sheffield with specialists in reducing embodied carbon dioxide and the carbon footprint in the built environment, as well as the circular economy);
• the need to educate the public about the built environment and the use of recycled materials in the creation of new products;

Members: from W1: dr hab. inż. arch. Joanna Jabłońska – kierowniczka, prof. uczelni, dr hab. inż. arch. Łukasz Wojciechowski, prof. uczelni, dr inż. arch. Agnieszka Dobrzyńska-Jarosz, dr inż. Michał Pelczarski, dr inż. arch. Joanna Gronostajska-Kadecka, mgr. inż. arch. Olga Sztyrak doktorantka, mgr. inż. arch. Jagoda Sabaj, mgr. inż. arch. Ahmad Abbara, from W2: dr inż. Sławomir Czarnecki, from W9: dr hab. Paweł Regucki, prof. uczelni, from W12: dr inż. Aleksandra Klimek, dr inż. Maurycy Kin, W12, from W14: prof. dr hab. n. med. Małgorzata Wierzbicka, otolaryngologist specialist.

The following companies collaborate with the laboratory: Nyquista and flizBee.

Equipment:

• SVAN 979 – Class 1 sound and vibration meter; acoustic calibrator;
• Svantek C++ data processing software; laptop [Windows 11 Home];
• AMD Ryzen™ 9 8945HS 8-core 4 GHz processor; 43.9 cm (17.3") QHD (2560 x 1440) 16:10 IPS 165 Hz, 32 GB DDR5 SDRAM, 1 TB SSD, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060 with 8 GB of dedicated memory;
• Wacom Cintiq 22 graphics tablet

[Equipment base under construction]