Music Room Design, LHC

This paper describes our experience with lecture halls with regard to the room acoustics and sound reinforcement. The optimum reverberation time and geometrical conditions are well known. Of course, good acoustics are also important in lecture halls. The background noise must be minimized and the room form and materials must be designed so as to support the acoustics in order to provide high intelligibility. Since the number of seats in a lecture hall is generally higher than in a small classroom, the achievement of good speech acoustics is more complex.

Areas

Materials

Surface Area (sq. meter) 31.23+11.13 +84.45

Absorption Coefficient @ 1kHz 0.02

S*a

Floor

Concrete or tile (main flooring)

2.5362

Seating Materials

Empty metal/wood seats (93 empty seats)

0.45*93

0.39

16.3215

Areas

Materials

Surface Area (sq. meter)

124.02

Absorption Coefficient @ 1kHz

0.07

S*a

Wall

Concrete block (painted) Doors (solid wood panels) Glass (1/4 plate, large pane) Wood: 3/8 plywood panel (for the blackboard)

8.6814

3.84*2

0.04

0.3072

2.26+9.84+ 7.68 30.8

0.03

0.5934

0.09

2.772

Areas

Materials

Surface Area(sq. meter) 149.52

Absorption Coefficient @ 1KHz 0.02 Total:

S*a

Ceiling

Concrete or tile

2.9904 34.2021

Miscellaneo us

Students (93) + teacher (1)

94

0.46

43.24

New total:

77.4421

7.46*9.94*3.60
(10.41+7.34)/2*4.39* 2.40 7.37*1.75*2.40 Total:

266.94864
93.7704 30.954 391.67304

Volume

Reverberation time: (no students) Reverberation time: (with 93 students and a teacher)

(0.161*391.67304)/34. 2021

1.8437

(0.161*391.67304)/77. 4421

0.8143

Areas Floor

Materials Concrete or tile (Main Flooring) Empty metal/wood seats (93 empty seats)

Surface Area(sq. meter)

Absorption Coefficient @ 1KHz

S*a 2.5362

31.23+11.13 0.02 +84.45 0.45*93 0.39

Seating Materials

16.3215

Areas

Materials

Surface Area(sq. meter)

Absorption Coefficient @ 1KHz

S*a

Concrete block (painted)

Doors (solid wood panels) Glass (1/4 plate, large pane)

124.02

0.07

8.6814

3.84*2

0.04

0.3072

2.26+9.84+ 7.68

0.03

0.5934

Wall

Wood: 3/8 plywood panel (for the blackboard) Curtain: 10oz/sq yd fabric molleton

30.8

0.09

2.772

37.69

0.17

6.4073

Areas

Materials

Surface Area(sq. meter) 14.1*2

Absorption Coefficient @ 1KHz 0.6

S*a

Ceiling

Foam: polyur. 1/2'' (for the diffusers in the ceiling) Concrete or tile

16.92

149.52

0.02 Total:

2.9904 57.5294 43.24

Students Miscellaneo (93) + us teacher (1)

94

0.46

New total:

100.1094

7.46*9.94*3.60
Volume (10.41+7.34)/2*4.39* 2.40 7.37*1.75*2.40 Total:

266.94864
93.7704 30.954 391.67304

Reverberation time: (no students)

(0.161*391.673 04)/57.5294

1.09612

(lecture conference room)

Reverberation time:
(with 93 students and a teacher) Reverberation time: (w/ 40 students and a teacher)

(0.161*391.673 04)/100.1094

0.77548

(0.161*391.673 04)/76.3894

0.9012

Reverberation time=1.9-0.52 =1.38

It has enabled to take renovations and acknowledgements on improving well the setting and the actual sound distribution within the assigned area.