Pyramid of the Louvre

Paris, France

Studio Jouan, supported by the LAM team at the Institut d’Alembert, Sorbonne Université/CNRS, carried out a preliminary acoustic study of the Hall Napoléon beneath I. M. Pei’s Pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

The study assessed the existing acoustic conditions of the museum’s principal reception hall and developed a series of potential acoustic improvement strategies. The work combined on-site acoustic measurements with detailed acoustic modelling of the space.

To help the client experience and compare the proposed options, Studio Jouan and LAM also created an immersive auralisation and visualisation demonstration at the CNRS, using binaural 3D audio and a virtual-reality headset to recreate the acoustic conditions of the Hall Napoléon for each design scenario.

Client: Le Louvre

Acoustic Design: Studio Jouan in collaboration with LAM, Institut d’Alembert, Sorbonne Université/CNRS

Year: 2023