Tim Chandler- Architect

If there is anybody who knows what is key and important to designing perfectly engineered rooms for music performance and studio spaces it has to be Tim Chandler. Not only is Tim an architect with several years of art school under his belt, he is also a musician who has performed on several albums providing him with several strings to his bow. Tim works in London for DLG Architects; he has developed projects such as the willing house hotel, schools, churches, interior design and has even done some work for the Palace of Westminster.

Tim kicked off the lecture by talking about himself and the work he has done within the music industry which he swiftly tied into architecture and how his own experiences have helped him when it comes to working on spaces, buildings and rooms that are used for music performance and recording. This lead on to a bit of history about architecture which was linked into different building materials with pictures and examples of thickness and sound levels, Tim did an excellent job of linking everything he spoke about back to music and room acoustics.

Tim then spoke about the difficulty of designing a recording space and spoke about many problems that architects face with such projects, he also gave examples of how he has gotten around some of these issues with creative and well planned ideas. Tim gave a fantastic insight into the process from start to finish of any building project and provided brilliant examples of amazing studios and gospel churches he has worked on with explanations for all of his decisions.

He gave humorous examples of building work gone wrong and emphasised the importance of constantly keeping track of a projects process. Tim also discussed where what he believes to be the big ideas for the future of music and architecture from antinoise, voice activation and 3D sound his passion for the industry bellowed throughout the lecture hall.

Overall Tim had a relaxed, comical and to the point approach to the lecture which was perceived well by everyone as most of confetti’s music students are currently working on acoustic space projects themselves. Tim is an interesting and intriguing character with fantastic stories to tell and with plenty of projects with DLG architects and with his upcoming performance in Austria he is most certainly an inspiration to anybody with aspirations within his field of work.

By Abbey Plumb, Level 3 Music Technology student.