WHAT IS ACOUSTICS?

• ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTIC EMBRACES ACOUSTICAL ANALYSIS, DESIGN

AND CONTROL IN NEW AND EXISTING BUILDING.
• ACOUSTICAL SERVICES THAT ARCHITECTS MAY BE INVOLVED WITH CAN
BE CATEGORIZED INTO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS:
I. PRODUCT AND MATERIAL TESTING, MEASUREMENT, AND REPORTING.
II. CONTROL OF NOISE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
III. CONTROL OF NOISE FROM BUILDING SYSTEM.
IV. ENVIRONMENT NOISE CONTROL WITHIN AND NEAR BUILDINGS.
V. VIBRATION AND SEISMIC CONTROL.
VI. ELECTRONIC REINFORCEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF SOUND
(ELECTROACOUSTICS).
 STUDIO 1:
VIDEO SHOOTING ROOM
• ENTRANCE ADDED TO A BUFFER
LOBBY.
• TRESHOLD AND ACOUSTICALSILL
PROVIDED
• RECTANGULAR PLANNING.
• TWO WAY ENTRY DESIGNED.
• STRUCTURAL-BOND SOUND.
• SERVICE LINES TAKEN
THROUGHCEILING.
ACOUSTIC PANEL
• THICKNESS: 50MM
• STANDARD SIDE:
1200X600X50MM,
600X600X50MM
• BIGGEST SIZE: 6000X2400X50MM
• ACOUSTIC PANEL USED
IN BUFFERING AREA
OF THE ENTRANCE
ACOUSTIC PANEL
MATERIAL DETAIL:
1. WIDE SOUND ABSORPTION SPECTRUM
2. HIGH ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT
3. DUST-FREE
4. ASTM E-84 CLASS A
STRUCTURE:
FILLED WITH NON-COMBUSTIBLE AND MICRO-PERFORATED TREATED SPECIALSOUND ABSORBING COTTON INSIDE
THE ALUMINUM FRAME, AND COVEREDWITH THE FIREPROOF FABRIC OUTSIDE.
FEATURE:
1.WIDE FREQUENCY SOUND ABSORPTION, GOOD SOUND ABSORPTION EFFECTFOR LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH
FREQUENCY SOUND, THE ACOUSTIC PROPERTIESARE TESTED BY THE DOMESTIC AUTHORITIES, SHOWN AS BELOW
2. FIREPROOF, DUST FREE, NO FORMALDEHYDE POLLUTION
3. STRONGLY DECORATIVE, MULTIPLE COLORS AND PATTERNS DECORATIVEFABRIC FOR CHOOSE
APPLICATION:
USED IN THE PLACES NEEDING ACOUSTIC DESIGN: HOTEL, OFFICE, CINEMA,THEATER, CONCERT HALL, GYMNASIUM,
RECORDING ROOM, STUDIOCONFERENCE HALL, EXCHANGE, BUSINESS HALL, KARAOKE HALL, BALL ROOM.HOSPITAL,
LIBRARY. STATION WAITING ROOM, RESTAURANT, AUDITION ROOM,HOME THEATER, ETC.
ACOUSTIC PANELS / DOUBLE SHUTTER DOOR:
BOARDS: • SMALLER DOOR USED AS SERVICE
• TO INCREASE THE SECOND ENTRY DOOR STUDIO AT WORK.
ABSORPTION OF THE STUDIO. • GLASS FOR VISUAL CONNECTIVITY
FROM OUTSIDE.
CEILINGS:
• PERFORATED TILES WERE USED AS THE • THE CAMERAS AND LIGHTS
ACOUSTICAL BUFFER AND ITS WHICH ARE NEEDED FOR VIDEO
DISTANCE FROM THE ACTUAL SLAB
LEVEL WAS 1FT AND USED TO REDUCE
SHOOTING WERE CONNECTED
REVERBERANT NOISE LEVELS. TO THE MILD STEEL BOX
• IT PROVIDES STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY SECTIONS WHICH RAN ACROSS
AND MECHANICAL PROTECTION FOR THE ROOM IN GRID PATTERN.
NOISE CONTROL TREATMENT.
• PERFORATED TILES ARE USED AS THE
EXPOSED TO THE NOISE FACIA.
• THIS ROOM HAS CENTRALISED AIR
CONDITIONING SYSTEM
FLOORING:
• THE FLOORING WAS MADE SOUND PROOF SO THAT THE NOISE OF
FOOT STEPS DURING DANCES AND OTHER PERFORMANCES WHILE
SHOOTING VIDEOS DO NOT DISTURB THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
• IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS VACUUM DEWATERED CONCRETE FLOORING.
• IT IS A MATERIAL WHICH PROVIDES BETTER WEARING AND TEARING
PROPERTIES.
• GENERALLY THE MIX OF CONCRETE USED FOR TREMIX IS 1 : 1.5:3
WHERE 1 IS CEMENT, 1.5 IS SAND AND 3 IS STONE AGGREGATES.
WALLS:
• THE WALLS WERE MADE UP OF 2 FEET
BY 4 FEET SIZE ACOUSTICAL PANELS.
• THE PANELS WERE MADE UP OFFOAM
BOARD COVERED WITH JUTE AND THEN
COVERED AGAIN WITH VISUALLY
APPEALING CLOTH.
• THESE PANELS HELP IN DAMPING OF
SOUND.
• THE EXPOSED COLUMNS AND BEAMS IN
THE ROOM ARE ALSOCOVERED WITH
THE SAME ACOUSTICAL MATERIAL.
DOORS:
• THE DOOR OPENING WAS 2 METER WIDE. • THE THICKNESS OF THE DOOR
THIS DOOR WAS OCASIONALLY USED FOR WAS DOUBLE THANTHE USUAL
TRANSPORTING THE PROPS, MACHINERIES THICKNESS OFTHE DOOR SO
ETC NEEDED FOR THE SHOOTS.
THAT ITHELPS IN REDUCING
• IT HAD A SMALL DOOR OF 0.75 METER
WIDE IN CORPORATED IN IT SO AS TO THESOUND TRANSMISSION IN
MINIMISE THESOUND LOSS DURING THE AGREATER PROPORTION.
VIDEOS SHOOTS WHEN A WIDE OPENING
IS NOT NECESSARY FOR CIRCULATION.
• THE DOOR ALSO HAD A 1 FOOT BY 1 FOOT
FIXED WINDOW WHICH VISUALLY
CONNECTED THE OUTDOOR PASSAGE TO
THE ROOM.
FIXED WINDOWS:
• ALL THE WINDOWS USED IN • BOTH THE GLASSES WERE
THE ROOM, THAT IS IN THE TILTED AT AN ANGLE IN
DOOR AND THE WINDOWS OPPOSITE DIRECTION TOWARDS
BETWEEN THE CONTROL ROOMS THE GROUND SO AS TO REFLECT
AND THE VIDEO SHOOTING THE SOUND TOWARDS THE
ROOMS WERE ACOUSTICALLY GROUND AND DAMP IT.
TREATED.
• THE WINDOWS WERE DOUBLE
GLAZED.
STUDIO 2 :
MINI THEATRE
AUDIO VISUAL ROOM (MINI THEATRE)
PLANNING:
• ONE HAS TO ENTRE THE ROOM
THROUGH A CORRIDOR SO AS TO
CREATE AN INTERMEDIATE SPACE
BETWEEN THE AV ROOM AND THE
OUTDOOR PUBLIC PASSAGE.
• THE CORRIDOR WAS ACOUSTICALLY
TRATED USING CARPETS ON THE
FLOORING.
WINDOWS:
• THE WINDOWS WERE DOUBLE GLAZED.
• BOTH THE GLASSES WERE TILTED AT AN ANGLE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION
TOWARDS THE GROUND SO AS TO REFLECT THE SOUND TOWARDS THE GROUND
AND DAMP IT.
• THE WINDOW WOODEN PANEL IS ALSO COVERED WITH ACOUSTIC CLOTH FOR
BETTER SOUND INSULATION.
DOORS :
• THE THICKNESS OF THE DOOR WAS DOUBLE THAN THE USUAL THICKNESS OF THE
DOOR SO THAT IT HELPS IN REDUCING THE SOUND TRANSMISSION IN A GREATER
PROPORTION.
• THE DOOR IS ALSO COVERED WITH ACOUSTIC CLOTH FOR BETTER ACOUSTIC
TREATMENT.
CEILING:
• THE CEILING WAS MADE UP OF 1.2 • PERFORATIONS IN THESE TILES
FT BY 1.2 FTSIZED PERFORATED CAPTURE THE SOUND WAVES
TILES. AND REDUCE THE INTENSITY BY
• THE TILES WERE MADEUP OF
MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS IN THE
GLASS WOOL COVERED WITH JUTE PORES OF THE MATERIALS AND
AND FURTHER COVERED WITH HENCE INSULATE THE SOUND.
PLASTER OF PARIS.
• THE GAP BETWEEN THE ACTUAL
SLAB AND ACOUSTICALLY TREATED
CEILING WAS ABOUT 1 FOOT.
FLOORING:
• THE FLOORING WAS COVERED WITH CARPET.
• THE CARPET IS ANEXCEPTIONAL SOUND ABSORBER.
• CARPET CAN REDUCE THE SOUND OF WALKING BY 25 TO 30 DECIBELS
WHERE AS LAMINATE FLOORING REDUCES SURFACE SOUND BY ONLY 1
TO 6 DECIBELS.
WALLS:
• THE WALLS WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO • THE UPPER PART WERE ON A
PARTS SO AS TO SEGREGATE THE HIGH SOUND ABSORBING TREATED
AND LOW FREQUENCIES.
WITH PANELS. THESE PANELS
• THE LOWER PART WAS ABOUT 1.2 M HAD A LAYER OF CLOTH OVER
FROM THE FLOOR WHICH HAD
WOODEN PANELS FIXED ON A SOUND
JUTE OVER FOAM BOARD.
ABSORBING CLOTH. • THE WOODEN TREATMENT WAS
• THESE PANELS WERE SPACED EVENLY FOR HIGHER FREQUENCY
AT AN BOARD. INTERVAL OF 1 INCH. SOUNDS AND THE PANELLED
• THE PANELS WERE TILTED AT REGULAR WAS FOR LOWER FREQUENCY
INTERVALS TO CREATE A STEPPED SOUNDS
PATTERN.
RECORD ROOM
CIRCULATORY PASSAGES:
• THE PASSAGES WERE EQUIPED WITH • DRY POWDER FIRE EXTINGUISHERS:
TWO KINDS OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. • THESE CAN BE USED ONCLASSES AB
• CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) FIRE FIRES. HOWEVER, WHEN USED INDOORS,
EXTINGUISHERS: POWDER CAN OBSCURE VISION OR
DAMAGE GOODS AND MACHINERY.
• THESE ARE FILLED WITH HIGHLY
PRESSURIZED CO2,WHICH IS A NON- • IN THE PASSAGES, THE REARE SAND
FLAMMABLE GAS. THESE CAN BE USED BUCKET SPLACED FOR FIRE EMERGENCIE.
ON BC FIRES, BUT USUALLY • STYPICALLY, FIRE BUCKETS ARE PAINTED
INEFFECTIVE ON CLASS A FIRE. BRIGHT REDAND HAVE THE WORD 'FIRE'
STENCILLED ON THEM IN WHITE
• IN EMERGENCY SAND CAN BE USED TO
LETTERING.
HELP SMOTHER MOST SMALL FIRES BY
STARVING OF OXYGEN.
• THEY ARE PLACED INPROMINENT • A FIRE SAND BUCKET OR FIRE
POSITIONS IN ROOMS OR BUCKET IS A STEEL BUCKET
CORRIDORS. FILLED WITH SAND WHICH IS
• THE FIRE BUCKETS AREUSUALLY USED TO PUT OUT FIRES.
MADE ROUND BOTTOM SO THAT
THEY CANNOT BE USED FOROTHER
PURPOSES. FIRE BUCKETS ARE HUNG
ON FIRE BUCKET STANDS OR
BRACKETS MOUNTED ON WALL.
• IN SOME PLACES THEYARE PUT EVEN
ON GROUND IN A PROMINENT AREA.
BROADCASTING
ROOM
CEILING:
• THE CEILING WAS MADE UP OF PLASTER OF PARIS PANELS,
• IT WAS GIVEN A SLIGHT CURVE. THE CURVED SURFACE
• THE LIGHT FIXTURES USED WERE ALSO CURVED.
FLOORING:

• THE FLOORING WAS COVERED WITH

CARPET.
• THE CARPET IS AN EXCEPTIONAL SOUND
ABSORBER, CARPET CAN REDUCE THE
SOUND OF WALKING BY 25TO 30 DECIBELS
WHERE AS LAMINATE FLOORING REDUCES
SURFACE SOUND BY ONLY 1 TO 6 DECIBELS.
WALLS:
• THE WALL ARE TREATED WITH PERFORATED
TILES.
• THE ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF PANELS ARE
ACHIEVED BY A REGULAR GRID OF 6 MM FULL
DEPTH HOLES TO APPROXIMATELY 10 % OF THE
PANEL AREA. THIS, COMBINED WITH SUITABLE
INSULATION PROVIDES A MEDIUM LEVEL OF
SOUND ABSORPTION TO REDUCE ECHOES AND
REVERBERATION.
• THE EDGES OF THE PANELS ARE CUT SQUARE TO
SUIT EXPOSED GRID WALL SYSTEM.