Arkoustic is the creation of Kito de Sousa Coutinho, and the result of the accumulation of various years of consulting experience in Europe and South East Asia. He has worked on iconic projects including the Taipei Performing Arts Centre in Taiwan, or the Cirque du Soleil “X: The Land of Fantasy” with 1,400 seats, the operator’s first purpose-built show theatre in China.

Up to 2015 Kito managed a small multidisciplinary engineering office in Hong Kong where he directly reported to the CEO, and from 2015 to early 2022 started and led an Acoustics consultancy service for the Asia Pacific region within Atkins, a global consulting engineering company.

There he led the service by providing expertise, managing collaborators, securing a solid pipeline of work, engaging with clients and cross-selling Atkins’ wider services.

While Kito has come back to his roots in Porto, Portugal, he continues to work on projects in South East Asia. The global pandemic has reshaped the building consultancy industry, leading to the ease of remote work with all its advantages and opportunities.

The global experience of both east and west is unique, paving the way toward a flexible, yet targeted approach to acoustics consultancy.