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Yes, so it would seem! I contacted him and he got right back to me. He's super busy right now but says he'll check out this thread ... curious to see what his ideas are, but in general he seems to have the same reservations with weird shapes as most of the folks on here :rolleyes:

Thanks :) The second shape I posted (pentagon) is similar to the control room of this one in that it has bi-lateral symmetry. I understand the need for symmetry in any room that will be used for mixing, and at this point I'm not sure if I have the space to build a separate control room or if...

There really isn't the space to build more of it outside of the hill. But what, specifically, do you find wrong with that pentagon shape? Why couldn't it work well for a studio? What would the problems be?

I'm absolutely committed to doing whatever steps it takes to do it right. The initial focus on the "weird shaped space" was born of my understanding that avoiding parallel walls was the thing to do. I figured a weird shape would actually be perfect and I'd be starting out one step ahead, since...

Totally ... :)

The key phrase was inspired by a Hobbit House, which is mostly about the fact that it will be dug into a hillside and have a living roof. But it's also true that most of the houses you see like that (real and LOTR) tend to have a roundish/organic look ... not a lot of sharp angles, so that's...

OK, so here is a pentagon(ish) idea, with one axis of symmetry. It's a bit less "wacky" than my original vision, but it's occurred to me that nothing is preventing me from constructing an outer skin that doesn't follow the exact same dimensions/angles of the inner walls ... in fact, it would be...

As the angle of the corner gets wider, how does that effect the need for a bass trap? I imagine at a certain point it becomes moot, yes?

Oh yeah, like a parabolic dish. I remember a pair of those at a science museum that faced each other, and you could whisper at one and the person 50 feet away at other could hear you with no problem. :rolleyes:

Interesting. Could you elaborate on how/why this works? And what about the walls connecting the half-circle wall to the straight wall? Also: I thought round was bad, as it creates an echo chamber. (and please, pardon my ignorance on all this :o) I don't suppose you could post a rough...

Very true. But a couple of things have me leaning towards the weird shape. First off, if it's truly going to be inspired by a Hobbit House it just seems wrong to NOT have an unusual shape, ya know? :rolleyes: Another thing is the contours of the hillside itself: If I don't have to dig into...

That being the case, what do you think of pentagon vs heptagon? And in both instances all the inner angles and wall lengths would be different. Here's a seven-sided one I've been playing with.

Oh yeah, I have that book ... it's a great resource :) I've just got such a unique opportunity here, I'm curious if anyone has some thoughts on cool/weird acoustically friendly ideas for the shape of the Hobbit House studio.

:thumbs up: That's the plan. I've got an area roughly 22 ft in diameter to work with, and about 23rds of it will be dug into a hillside and ultimately covered up with a living roof. Think "Hobbit House" without the round door. Probably around 3500 cf of volume (depending on the height/angle...