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AcouSonic Partners with Gensler on Adaptive Reuse Project Featuring Custom 3D-Textured Polyester Panels
Collaboration delivers bespoke, digitally fabricated polyest er fiber absorbers for acoustically complex mixed-use tower in Chicago.
Jun 6th,2026
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In a landmark adaptive reuse project, AcouSonic co-engineered parametrically designed polyester fiber panels with Gensler’s acoustics team.
Using robotic milling and CNC thermoforming, the panels integrate variable density cores and micro-perforated facades to target 125–4000 Hz speech intelligibility bands.
The solution reduced retrofit noise transmission by 32 dB while preserving historic façade integrity—setting a new benchmark for heritage-acoustic integration.
