The design proposal creates new music recording studios in a warehouse space in San Francisco. With a total of four studios, the design intention is to create sound rooms capable of achieving varying degrees of live and dampened sound reverberation, depending on the style of music and instrument being played. In order to achieve this, a system of easily interchangeable wall panels is developed, allowing the architecture to be actively tuned and adjusted for sound quality. Unlike typical sound studios, these spaces now have the possibility for real-time adjustment relative to sound quality feedback from both the musicians and sound engineers. It is common to require one wall or corner of a room to be sound reflective, while simultaneously another area to be absorptive.

The devised system uses wood panels over a uniformly dampened sound wall. With fasteners that allow for easy reconfiguration, panels with varying amounts of porosity can be arranged as needed. Smooth and solid panels offer the most live sound quality, while those with the largest openings provide the maximum dampening.