Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / November 1, 2026

La Source Vive, a Copper Concert Hall Above Lake Geneva, Was Tuned With a Digital Twin

Kate Wagner examines La Source Vive, a 500-seat chamber music hall at Évian-les-Bains in the hills above Lake Geneva, designed by PCA-STREAM under Philippe Chiambaretta with interiors by Patrick Bouchain. Its oval, conical concrete shell was poured over timber formwork, finished in plaster and wrapped in a copper-clad timber outer structure. The late acoustician Albert Xu set most of the acoustic decisions, and a digital twin built with the META laboratory tested seats and baffles before construction, aiming for a reverberation time of 1.8 seconds.

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La Source Vive, a Copper Concert Hall Above Lake Geneva, Was Tuned With a Digital Twin
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