The second
floor of the Gatewood Studio Arts Building is, overall designed with poor
acoustic quality for an educational space.
Most of the space is open with hard materials which do not absorb the
sound reverberation, making the space loud and causing noise to echo throughout
the entire space. The second floor is
open to the first floor lobby space allowing for noise from the busy lobby area
to echo throughout the second floor. The
two spaces that are most acoustically sound are the lounge space and classroom
204. This is due to the use of softer
materials throughout the space that provide high sound absorption. There are also acoustical panels hidden in
the coffered ceiling however, the panels do not continue throughout all the coffered ceilings so they reduce very minimal sound throughout the space.
Today,
acoustical panels are made of a variety of materials, textures, and
colors. For example, the fabric acoustical
panels located as the pin-up board on the 3rd floor of Gatewood and
also located in classroom 204 on the 2nd floor. For the second floor of Gatewood building
more pin-up fabric panels throughout the entire space would help reduce sound reverberation. Also, acoustical panels continuing throughout
all the ceiling coffers would absorb noise echoing through the open lobby
space. Maybe even some textured
acoustical panels would be beneficial throughout the space while at the same
time providing nice aesthetics because, we all are design students in this
building and love nice aesthetics. Below
I have provided some links to some acoustical panels provided by some
well-known manufacturers.
http://www.armstrong.com/commceilingsna/article64305.html
http://www.acousticalsurfaces.com/fabric_panel/fabric-wrapped-wall-panels.html
http://www.acousticsfirst.com/diffuser-art-diffusor.htm
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