Margaret Schedel, Nick Wang, and Chase Pierson from Lyra introduced their startup focused on revolutionizing sound modeling in space by treating acoustics as a primary design element, using AI to simulate and visualize sound in architectural and engineering models. V Owen Bush and the Lyra team discussed the importance of audio in design, Lyra's unique acoustic scanning and modeling approach utilizing AI and impulse responses, and their plans for data acquisition and integration. The participants also explored the challenges of the language of sound, the relationship between materiality and acoustic properties, the future AI-driven pipeline, and the visualization of their acoustic models in Unity, highlighting the potential for broader adoption and various applications, including within XR.

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What if acoustics weren’t an afterthought—but a starting condition?” Today, we’re in conversation with Margaret Schedel—composer, computational artist, and co-founder of Lyrai, a platform that’s redefining how we model sound in space. Margaret’s work lives at the intersection of machine learning, LiDAR scanning, and digital acoustics. But what sets Lyrai apart isn’t just its tech stack—it’s the idea that sound is a design material. That acoustics can be simulated, tweaked, and visualized just like daylight, airflow, or structural force. With a background that spans electroacoustic opera, biomedical sonification, and academic leadership in computational arts, Margaret brings a rare fluency across disciplines. She’s not building tools—she’s reprogramming how designers perceive space. What happens when you fold acoustic simulation into early-stage modeling? When AI helps anticipate reverberation before a wall gets drawn? This isn’t about plugging in another plugin. It’s about challenging where and how decisions about sound actually begin—and what that means for practice, process, and perception in architecture and engineering.

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