Improvisations in polyrhythmic spatiality

This paper outlines creative practice 'research through design' project work wherein musical improvisation on the digital drum kit forms the methodological basis for an examination of the "Y‐Condition" between music and architecture as applied to design process. Through the mass generation of drum data and the translation into the spatial domain using parametric digital design tools, spatialization of a corpus of polyrhythmic drumming in a solo context is enabled. This process enables novel models of musical analysis and representation, and also provides opportunities for a post‐Xenakian integrated 'musico‐spatial design' creative practice to emerge.