The Architecture and Sound Laboratory

Head of Laboratory: Joanna Jabłońska, DSc, PhD, Eng, Arch, 

Contact address: joanna.jablonska@pwr.edu.pl

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

Deputy Head: Maurycy Ki, PhD, Eng

The laboratory is currently under construction. The creation of the laboratory is financed by the Support for Research Teams program of the Rector of Wrocław University of Science and Technology: read more.

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, in which one of the key pillars is human-centricity. The laboratory comprises an inter-faculty research team that is composed of representatives from four faculties: the Faculty of Architecture (FA), the Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems (W12), in particularly 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 addresses 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: dr hab. inż. arch. Joanna Jabłońska, dr hab. inż. arch. Łukasz Wojciechowski, dr inż. arch. Agnieszka Dobrzyńska-Jarosz, dr inż. Michał Pelczarski, dr inż. arch. Joanna Gronostajska-Kadecka, mgr inż. arch. Magdalena Grzegorzewska-Gryglewicz, mgr. inż. arch. Olga Sztyrak, mgr. inż. arch. Jagoda Sabaj, mgr. inż. arch. Ahmad Abbara, dr inż. Sławomir Czarnecki, dr hab. Paweł Regucki, dr inż. Aleksandra Klimek, dr inż. Maurycy Kin, dr inż. Piotr Kozłowski, 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