Porto Arts Club
arts & culture·Porto, Portugal
Audio Consultancy London
Architectural sound design
We design sound systems, acoustic strategy and integrated audio environments for hospitality, residential and cultural spaces.
The commercial case
Sound belongs in the operating strategy, not the snagging list.
Sound left to chance
A room that is uncomfortable to talk in shortens visits, suppresses spend, discourages return and surfaces in the reviews that decide whether the next guest books at all.
Sound designed early
Designed early and well, sound lengthens stays, lifts spend, protects your reviews and makes the room unmistakably yours.
For hospitality operators & owners
Your room is already making a sound. The question is whether you chose it.
In hospitality, sound is rarely designed and always noticed. A room that is too loud shortens conversations, suppresses spend and surfaces in reviews. A room that is tuned does the opposite. Guests stay longer, return more often and remember how it felt.
Acoustic & sound design for hospitalityFor architects & interior designers
Audio is usually the last discipline in, and the first to compromise the room.
We work the way you work. Acoustic modelling at schematic stage, speaker positions coordinated to your reflected ceiling plan and absorption mapped to your finishes schedule. Audio enters the brief, not the snagging list.
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Methodology
Designing for the way people actually hear
Technical compliance is only one layer. We consider intelligibility, fatigue, atmosphere, coverage and spatial behaviour so sound supports the room rather than competing with it.
Our Cognitive Load Index framework helps us assess how sound affects comfort, attention and human response in designed environments.
Four domains, scored 0 to 100, measuring how a room's sound affects comfort, attention and fatigue. Answer four questions for an indicative reading of your space.
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What kind of space is it?
Test your room
30-Second Acoustic Health Check
Using your device microphone, we take a quick indicative acoustic reading to understand how your room may affect speech clarity, listening comfort and overall acoustic performance. Best performed in an empty, quiet room with headphones disconnected.
Before you begin
- Stand roughly in the centre of the room
- Remain quiet while we measure ambient noise
- When prompted, clap once firmly and allow the sound to decay naturally
- The assessment takes approximately 30 seconds
Your browser will ask permission to use the microphone. Tap Allow to run the test.
After completion, you'll receive an indicative acoustic score and recommendations for improvement.
Audio is processed locally on your device and is never uploaded.
As featured in Mondo-DR
Recent work / Press
Claude's
Company: Sonic Design Studios | Location: London, UK
Mondo-DR featured the Claude's at Chotto Matte installation as a case study in design led audio integration. A sculptural Pequod Acoustics system sits embedded within a controlled basement hospitality interior, where architecture, operation and audio are tuned as a single piece.
What we do
Three areas of practice
For architects & interior designers
Built for the Architectural Workflow
We work the way you work. Drawings exchanged in CAD and Revit, acoustic modelling delivered at schematic stage, speaker positions coordinated against your reflected ceiling plan, and material absorption mapped against your finishes schedule.
No hardware imposed onto a finished room. No retrofitted ceilings. No speakers that fight your visual language. We integrate audio early, so it complements the architecture rather than compromising it.
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Trusted across hospitality, residential and cultural projects.
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Ready to make audio a design feature?
Book a 30 minute audio integration review to identify early acoustic risks in your layout and explore the path to an effortless, high performance environment.
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