Architecture Inspired By Music

An Atmosphere For Acoustics Custom baffl es add striking color and acoustic control for a downtown showroom.

Atmosphere Commercial Interiors is committed to fostering long-term business relationships. The company serves organizations of every size around the globe, from startup to Fortune 500, in corporate, healthcare, education, and hospitality.

In 2017, the company began a full renovation of two floors in the historic Young Quinlan building, their Minneapolis headquarters. The renovation included a 30,000-sq.-ft. WORKLAB and office-furniture showroom that highlights the newest products, finishes, and work environment. Incorporating residential and commercial features, the WORKLAB offers a balance between collaborative and individual spaces.

To mirror the color of the flooring carpet runner on the ceiling, the design team initially considered fabric-wrapped baffles. Sonex linear custom baffles from pinta acoustic inc., Minneapolis (pinta-acoustic.com), added striking color because it could be custom coated to match Atmosphere’s corporate aquamarine color.

“It’s vital for us to maintain an updated look. The architect’s design exposed the original terrazzo floor and opened up the front entrance with glass,” said Susan Jakusz, operations manager at Atmosphere. “The design is ideal for the WORKLAB, which is also a beta workspace partnership between Steelcase and Microsoft. It combines technology and a unique, creative work environment where many employees do not have designated desks and choose where they work.”

The office is equipped with sensors to provide valuable insight into how the space is being used. Large monitors display available work areas.

In addition to offering a streamlined appearance, the baffles absorb unwanted sound reflecting off glass, gypsum, the floors, and other hard surfaces. Made from pinta acoustic’s Class 1 fire-rated willtec foam, the baffles are available in lengths to 96 in. with depths from 6 to 24 in. CA

Above, inset. Sonex linear custom baffl es from pinta acoustic inc. added striking color to Atmosphere Commercial Interiors’ redesigned headquarters. The baffl es were custom coated to match the corporate aquamarine color.

Below. Baffl es are available in lengths to 96 in. in varying depths.

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Architecture Inspired By Music A Pacifi c Northwest artist retreat is a destination for musicians, artists, and students.

Above. Canyon Wren Recital Hall, the primary gathering space for performances, focuses the view on the Sleeping Lady ridgeline through a unique wall of glass.

PROJECT CREDITS

CLIENT Icicle Creek Center for the Arts

LOCATION Leavenworth, WA

PROJECT DESIGN LEAD Signal Architecture & Research, Seattle

ARCHITECT OF RECORD Jones and Jones, Seattle I cicle Creek Center for the Arts (icicle.org) offers musicians, performers, and artists an opportunity to escape the hustle of urban life and become immersed in the

Pacifi c Northwest’s natural beauty. The Center hosts 100 performances and more than 15,000 visitors each year, including residency programs, chamber-music performances, festivals, symphony camps, and classes in Washington’s

Cascade Mountains.

The mountain sanctuary in Leavenworth, WA, was originally founded in 1995 by local entrepreneur and art enthusiast, Harriet Bullitt, as part of the Sleeping Lady Resort.

Bullitt wanted to create a place that celebrates the synergy between the arts and the environment. In 2011, Bullitt received funding for a redevelopment project to broaden Icicle Creek’s range of education and performance offerings. Seattle architecture firm, Jones and

Jones (jonesandjones.com), who designed Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat, were awarded the design contract. Mark Johnson (now at his own firm, Signal Architecture + Research, Seattle, signalarch.com) served as the project architect and project manager. Using his trained ear for music and a holistic design approach, Johnson collaborated with Johnpaul Jones, FAIA, to design the music center as a unique place for music education in nature. Johnson is also a musician, which made him well suited for the music-driven project. His thesis project at Savannah College of Art and Design in 1996 theorized a music academy with residency programs for high school through master’s level students in experimental music, recording, and performance—a very similar concept to Icicle Creek.

The redevelopment plan included a series of 19 buildings, including a master recital hall, group rehearsal facility, group lodges, individual rehearsal studios, and administrative offices. A combination of careful site planning and stra

Icicle Creek Center for the Arts hosts residency programs, chamber-music performances, festivals, symphony camps, and classes in Washington’s Cascade Mountains.

tegic building orientation resulted in a collection of buildings inspired by regional rock formations and historic agrarian farmhouses. The buildings are nestled into the hillside facing the Cascades so views to the landscape connect musicians and visitors to the natural world.

Canyon Wren Recital Hall, the primary gathering space for performances, focuses the view on the Sleeping Lady ridgeline through a unique wall of glass, indicating that there is a story embedded in the space. The design team drew parallels from Pythagoras’ theories of music, including music keys and the “Music of the Spheres,” which described a music emitted by the planets of our solar system. By embedding numerology, color, and light into the design approach, the Master Recital Hall became a narrator of music structure and theory.

Stained glass, salvaged by Harriet Bullitt from a Depression-era CCC camp on the site, was installed in prominent positions throughout the building, indicating relationships between the major (even number/ masculine) key, and minor (odd number/feminine)

key, with colors representing Pythagoras’ “Seven Spheres of Babylon.”

The colors of the glass represent each planet—yellow is Saturn, blue is Earth, red is Mars, and so on—which reflect a stunning array of light into the Recital Hall and make the walls come to life at different times of the day.

With framed views of stone outcroppings and ridgelines, sunsets, and tall Ponderosa pines, the buildings create an aperture to the landscape that provides an inspiring experience for visitors and resident artists. CA

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