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There’s more to sound absorption than just the acoustics

Douglas MacCutcheon

Deciding which sound absorbing product to choose for a building used to be a fairly simple business. Assessing trade-offs between acoustic performance, design and budget were the primary considerations. But now we know that every product in a building has an additional cost for the indoor and outdoor environment. So it has become imperative that…

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Additional acoustic treatment in a bank hall – a case study.

Iveta Kralova

Excessive noise levels can be a signicant distraction while trying to talk to a client, and it can make it dicult to hear and understand what the other person is saying. It can also be frustrating and stressful for both the client and the bank employee. In addition to being a distraction, excessive noise level…

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Teacher Survey: Sound in Schools and its Impact on Learning and Teachers’

Wellbeing

Colin Campbell

The Future Classroom Lab, collaborating with Ecophon, have launched a teacher wellbeing survey around the topic of sound in schools. The particular focus is on the impact of classroom acoustics on educators’ work, physical and mental health. If we want schools to provide children with the best possible preparation for life, we need to ensure…

Digital design and acoustics at the School of Architecture

Maria Quinn

The iterative process of professionals providing expertise to the design students, using a le-tofactory approach and continual feedback, proved an effective way of learning and producing fast and high-quality prototypes at the School of Architecture, Sweden. Collaboration between architects and acousticians, and between designers and other specialists In line with our continued effort to raise…

Case study: Psychological and pedagogical counselling centre no. 19 in Warsaw

Monika Sadlowska

Psychological and pedagogical counselling centre no. 19 (PPP19) is a place that assists children and their parents living in the district Ursynów in Warsaw, including children from nearby schools and kindergartens. The centre helps in reaching the right diagnosis about e.g. language, memory and intellectual abilities and supports children’s mental development. The number of patients…

Acoustical eects of face masks on Speech Perception

Maria Quinn

The recent pandemic gave rise to the use of face masks, however, most people found it dicult to wear a mask. As per recent research in 2020 and 2021: However, the global rise in cases proved that masks helped to reduce the cases and prevent fatalities. It also gave mental satisfaction to professionals returning to…

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interview with Maria Nelson, interior architect and school teacher: Using acoustics and furniture to create inclusive learning environments

Douglas MacCutcheon

Maria Nelson has many years’ experience working with public tenders for school interiors as an interior architect through her company WHY Inredningsarkitekt. This was her main reason for qualifying as a school teacher in 2022, so that she could combine the elds of interior architecture and education and truly understand how optimal learning environments should…

Case study: acoustic renovation at a sports hall in Velka Bystrice, Czech Republic

Iveta Kralova

Velka Bystrice is a small town in the Czech Republic with only 3,500 inhabitants. The sports hall is the only facility of its kind in the town. It is an integral part of the life of those living here and is used daily, including weekends. Description of the case The area of the hall is…

issue of invisible sound, commentary by acoustician Major acoustic upgrade at Seth MR Jaipuriya school in 2022-12-23 2022-12-20 2022-11-21 2022-11-20

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Daniele Ponteggia

Acoustics means beauty…but why is so much ugliness still around? Today there is a high possibility that you walk into a fancy restaurant, gym, swimming pool, museum, or sports hall and experience all kinds of acoustical defects. I often think about how architects, designers, and even landlords do not consider acoustics. Sometimes things are planned…

Lucknow, India

Harshal Kolwankar

Seth MR Jaipuriya school in Lucknow, India, recently underwent a major upgrade with Team 3 Architects in New Delhi, bringing the school condently into the 21st Century. Luckily, the acoustics were not forgotten and were, in fact, a main concern for the Principal, Promini Chopra, who speaks in the video below. “After 25-26 years,…