22nd Week of Sound, 2025 “The societal challenges of sound”
The Institute of Acoustics and Vibroacoustics of Peru
INPAVAC, within the framework of the 22nd UNESCO Week of Sound, in memory of the pioneers of Acoustics in Peru, will inaugurate the Acoustic Laboratory Architect Roberto S. Wakeham, with the opening of a reverberation chamber, material absorption testing room, Architect Luis ‘Cartucho’ Miró Quesada Garland
The Acoustic Laboratory will be the first of its kind in Peru, and in Posthumous tribute to the architects Luis Miró Quesada and Roberto Wakeham, pioneers of acoustics in Peru in the 60s, it will take their names.
On this occasion, a room will be opened for a reverberant chamber, and in the future also: a room for electroacoustic essays; a semi-anechoic chamber; a room for psychoacoustic studies; and a studio dedicated to recording Andean instruments and Archeoacoustics.
Reverberant chamber
In addition, the Acoustic Laboratory will become a hub for innovation and development of sound-absorbing materials (using recycled materials), a Transfer Center and academic and scientific research, which will be an axis for congresses, symposiums and meetings of Regional and Acoustics international community.
The holding of an academic day will be confirmed, with the participation of national and international personalities linked to acoustics.
The inauguration of the Laboratory and the academic day will be broadcast live on the Internet.
Mg. Acoustic, Arch. Elena I. Gushiken Uesu
INPAVAC – INPACTA President
INPAVAC adhere to The Charter of La Semaine du Son
The 22nd UNESCO Sound Week, 2025
«The social challenges of sound»
Organized by the Institute of Acoustics and Vibroacoustics of Peru – INPAVAC and the professional Board of Architects of Peru – CAP
Tentative program of activities Monday, January 20, 2025
10:00 d to 13:00 h. At the Okinawan Association of Peru, Ate-Vitarte district.
- Opening of the facilities of the First Acoustics Laboratory of Peru, which will house different rooms for testing construction acoustic materials, on this occasion there will be the opening a Reverberation Chamber.
- Speeches by the National Dean of the CAP, the Saint Gobain company, the President of INPAVAC, and other personalities who confirm their attendance.
- Speech (virtual) by Antonio Pedrero González, President of the Spanish Society of Acoustics, member of the Board of Directors of the International Commission for Acoustics.
- Visit the facilities.
Live broadcast on social networks and those of the CAP.
17.30 h a 22:00 h – Event open to the public at CAP auditorium.
Opening ceremony of the 22nd UNESCO Sound Week 2025. The importance of sound in life will be disseminated, explored from different perspectives from Acoustics.
Live broadcast on social networks and those of the CAP.
18.00 h a 18:30 h Welcome speeches and opening of the event.
National Dean of the CAP. President of INPAVAC.
18.30 h a 19:30 h Virtual conferences.
Dr. Marine biologist Gisela Giardino from Argentina How do cetaceans communicate? Sounds and investigations in the southern cone.
Zachery L’Italien from the USA, specialist in architectural acoustics and audio technology, Architectural acoustics: Building comfort.
Dr. Elizabeth González Fernández from Uruguay (to be confirmed).
Mg. Architect Laura Lancón Rivera and Acoustics Design group at the UAM-Azcapotzalco, Mexico City (topics to be confirmed).
19.30 h a 20:15 h Roundtable discussion for reflection on the importance of sound in the quality of life. International greetings (videos) from the directory of the International Commission for Acoustics. National Dean of the CAP; President of INPAVAC; Innovation and sustainability manager of Saint Gobain; other organisms.
20.15 h a 20.30 h Arch. Leopoldo Lituma Agüero, posthumous tribute to Architect Luis ‘Cartucho’ Miró Quesada Garland (1914-1994), who presided over the Peruvian Society of Architects between 1950-1951. As a professor he spread the importance of Acoustics in architecture and, representing Peru, he joined the Group of Acoustics of Latin America between 1968 and 1982.
20.30 h a 21:30 h In-person and virtual conferences from the Ibero-American Region.
Dr. Miriam A. Kolar from the USA, specialist in Archeoacoustics, Principles of using IR in archaeoacoustics, with examples from archaeological sites.
Dr. Architect Henry D. Lazarte Reátegui from Peru, Intelligibility and architectural conditions in learning, research (ongoing) of undergraduate Architecture students.
Dr. Walter A. Montano from Argentina, historian and acoustics specialist, The soundscape in the post-pandemic Era, changes in attitude towards noise.
ECOPHON-Saint Gobain, technical talk.
21:30 h a 22:00 h Closing ceremony of the event. Speeches by the National Dean of the CAP; President of INPAVAC; other organizations to confirm.