An adaptive sound environment that responds live to every step inside KUKA’s immersive space.
Our Role Sound Concept, Music Composition & Production, Sound Design, Interactive Audio Player, Mix & Master, On-site Implementation // Client KUKA AG, Augsburg // Concet, Design, Lead Agency tisch13 // Technical Planning, Installation, Software, Programming, Design MESO // Construction Expotec // Light & Sound Setup FLM // Year 2016
Awards // International Sound Award - Ambient Sound
For KUKA’s showroom, we designed a real-time sonic system in which composition, sound design, and tracking technology respond directly to visitor movement. Spread across more than 400 square meters, seven interactive installations are tied together by three ambient worlds derived from KUKA’s sonic identity.
These ambients, combined with the sound design of the exhibits, immerse visitors in a harmonious sound environment. Our sound engine deploys the tracking system of the showroom, allowing each visitor to experience the dramaturgy at their own pace. The engine activates audio content based on the visitor’s position. Since all musical ambiences and sound events are rhythmically and harmonically synchronized, a seamless spatial experience is evoked for the visitor.
The exhibition’s highlight is a large installation featuring robots. Each of the robot bears an L-shaped configuration composed of identical cubes. Through a choreography of rotations, pans, lifts, and unions, they dynamically assemble a Tetris-inspired array of geometric shapes, constantly transforming their surface for projection.
