Logos Tetrahedron
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The Logos Tetrahedron is a concert hall in Ghent, Belgium adjacent to the Logos Foundation
recording studio and offices. It has seating for 150 people and is equipped with sound and light infrastructure. Since the concert hall is in the shape of a tetrahedron
, it has no straight angles and, as a result, no standing waves can occur. Acoustic waves can never amplify one another in phase and are reflected by the walls under ever changing angles.
The hall is exclusively used for contemporary and experimental music, such as electronic music
and computer music
and holds approximately 65 concerts a year, mostly organized by the Logos Foundation.
The concert hall was built in 1990 by Godfried-Willem Raes
and the Logos workgroup using steel, concrete and plate-metal. Construction took one year. The hall was opened in 1991 with a three day festival.
Logos Foundation
The Logos Foundation is a professional organisation for the promotion of new musics and audio related arts by means of new music production, concerts, performances, composition, technological research projects and other contemporary music related activities....
recording studio and offices. It has seating for 150 people and is equipped with sound and light infrastructure. Since the concert hall is in the shape of a tetrahedron
Tetrahedron
In geometry, a tetrahedron is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, three of which meet at each vertex. A regular tetrahedron is one in which the four triangles are regular, or "equilateral", and is one of the Platonic solids...
, it has no straight angles and, as a result, no standing waves can occur. Acoustic waves can never amplify one another in phase and are reflected by the walls under ever changing angles.
The hall is exclusively used for contemporary and experimental music, such as electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
and computer music
Computer music
Computer music is a term that was originally used within academia to describe a field of study relating to the applications of computing technology in music composition; particularly that stemming from the Western art music tradition...
and holds approximately 65 concerts a year, mostly organized by the Logos Foundation.
The concert hall was built in 1990 by Godfried-Willem Raes
Godfried-Willem Raes
Godfried-Willem Raes is a Belgian composer, performer and instrument maker. He is the founder of the Logos Foundation of which he is still the president. He holds a PhD from Ghent University and is professor of experimental music composition at the Ghent Royal Conservatory.Godfried-Willem Raes was...
and the Logos workgroup using steel, concrete and plate-metal. Construction took one year. The hall was opened in 1991 with a three day festival.