Jannis Kriz
Acoustician
Associate
Jannis Kriz at the Monon Sound Studio in Berlin.
Strong scientific basis in multiple engineering disciplines, pursuing a truly integrated design thinking in acoustics by combining physics, perception, music and architecture.
3 years of experience.
Fluent in German, English.
Scientific Education
2023 M.Sc. Physical Engineering Science, Technical University Berlin, Germany.
2019 B.Sc. Engineering Science, Technical University Munich, Germany.
Musical Education
Electric bass and guitar (self-taught).
Sound synthesis and installations, spatial audio projects (self-taught).
Sound and audio projects website: with-towards.com
Professional Experience
From 2022, consultant and, since April 2024, partner acoustician at Kahle Acoustics, Belgium:
2033 Düsseldorf Oper der Zukunft, Germany • Advisor to the client.
2032 Hamburg Neue Oper, Germany • Advisor to the client.
2030 Zürich Opernhaus, Switzerland • Advisor to the client.
2028 Tromsø Cultural Quarter, Norway • Nordic Office of Architecture • ALA Architects.
2028 Ciurlionis Concert Hall, Kaunas, Lithuania • Paleko architekti studija.
2026 Shenzhen Opera House, China • Ateliers Jean Nouvel.
2026 Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland • Atelier March • Linea Architecture Design.
2026 University of Texas Concert Hall, Dallas, USA • Morphosis.
2026 Kardinal-Döpfner-Haus, Freising, Germany • Bruno Fioretti Marquez.
2026 BoaBoa Records Café, Brussels, Belgium • Carpino • Poletto.
2025 Kanal - Centre Pompidou, Brussels, Belgium • Sergison Bates Architects • EM2N • noAarchitecten.
2025 Festspielhaus Erl, Austria • Tuning and advisor to the client.
2025 Geneva Urban Art Modules, Switzerland • Em83 • Shigeru Ban.
2025 Ghent Floralienhal, Belgium • Feasibility study 51N4E.
2025 Düsseldorfer Symphoniker Rehearsal Room, Germany • IPM.
2025 Kloster Stans, Germany • Rothen Architektur.
2018, research assistant in Audio Communication, Technical University Berlin, Germany.
2019, Holoplot Berlin, Germany
2018, research assistant in Numerical Building Physics, Technical University Munich, Germany.
2017, research assistant in Robotics in the Building Sector, R&D Internship, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Publications
Researcher and author: Scientific articles publications in journals and conference proceedings.
Jannis Kriz Key Reference Projects
Jannis Kriz Biography
Education
Jannis Kriz born in Germany in 1996 has been from an early age fascinated by natural sciences and music. He graduated with a BSc in Engineering Science from the Technical University in Munich in 2019. In the interdisciplinary intensive study program based on the modern demands of mechanical engineering Jannis gained in-depth knowledge in maths, sciences, mechanics; software engineering and also numerical and experimental (vibro-)acoustics. He then studied Physical Engineering Science at the Technical University of Berlin at the chairs of Prof. Stefan Weinzierl and Prof. Ennes Sarradj, focussing on numerical acoustics, architectural acoustics, virtual acoustics and acoustic meta-materials. During his course, Jannis gained expertise in computational methods, 3D audio reproduction and auralisation and completed his MSc in Spring 2023 with an extensive research project on stage acoustics.
Musical Experience
Jannis Kriz learned as a teenager to play electric bass and electric guitar and currently works mostly with different techniques of sound synthesis, developing electronic compositions and sound designs. Jannis created a live generative sound installation at Spoiler Artspace in Berlin aiming towards activating and recontextualizing the sonic urban space. He has produced spatial audio projects at Monom, a studio for spatial sound situated in Berlin's Funkhaus. Working on his own compositions and assisting various artists in the 3D sound system, Jannis could expand his understanding of the interplay of sound and space. Some of his audio and visual works are available on www.with-towards.com. In extensive concert hall and opera house field studies in Europe and Japan, as well as through attending genre fluid concerts regularly in spaces ranging from volcanic caves to abandoned power plants, Jannis could deepen his practical understanding of the interaction of sound and space.
Acoustical Consulting Experience
While studying for his BSc. Jannis completed a research and development internship at Skyline Robotics in Tel Aviv, Israel, prototyping an autonomous robot for the building environment. He then worked at the TU Munich as an institute research assistant in the department of Building Physics with Prof. Müller where he contributed to the development of a wave-based structural-acoustic numerical simulation method. Subsequently, he completed another internship at Holoplot in Berlin carrying out acoustic simulations for wave-field synthesis applications in a self-written python framework as well as conducting anechoic loudspeaker measurements.
During his MSc Jannis was institute research assistant at the TU Berlin in the Audio Communication Group led by Prof. Weinzierl. A project about instrument directivities was followed by extensive research on musicians' perception on stage. He published papers at Forum Acusticum conference in Torino (2023) and in the Applied Acoustics journal (2025).
He joined Kahle Acoustics in October 2022 as an external consultant in room acoustics and became an associate in April 2024 and has been since then working on many international performing arts projects.
Kahle Acoustics Reference Projects
A wide interdisciplinary skillset around wave physics, excellent analytical listening skills and a deep interest in spatial design allow Jannis to conduct high-quality acoustic design work with state-of-the-art methods. His projects are ranging from the largest scale new built multi-venue developments (Shenzhen Opera House, China, Ateliers Jean Nouvel), to musical tunings in existing spaces; from the northernmost concert hall in Tromsø (Arctic Concert Hall, Norway, Nordic/ALA) to tackling strict landmark protection with an artistic collaboration for acoustic interventions in a historic monastery in Stans (Culinarium Alpinum, Switzerland, Rothen Architektur).
