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    The Aalto Musiktheater in Essen, Germany is a performing arts venue designed by architect Alvar Aalto and opened in 1988. It has a fan-shaped hall with 1125 seats and a volume of 8800 cubic meters. The side walls point toward the stage and are clad with bent battens that have both acoustic and aesthetic functions, while the ceiling conceals an echo control system behind a permeable metal surface.

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    The Aalto Musiktheater in Essen, Germany is a performing arts venue designed by architect Alvar Aalto and opened in 1988. It has a fan-shaped hall with 1125 seats and a volume of 8800 cubic meters. The side walls point toward the stage and are clad with bent battens that have both acoustic and aesthetic functions, while the ceiling conceals an echo control system behind a permeable metal surface.

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    The Aalto Musiktheater in Essen, Germany is a performing arts venue designed by architect Alvar Aalto and opened in 1988. It has a fan-shaped hall with 1125 seats and a volume of 8800 cubic meters. The side walls point toward the stage and are clad with bent battens that have both acoustic and aesthetic functions, while the ceiling conceals an echo control system behind a permeable metal surface.

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    AALTO MUSIKTHEATER

    OUTSIDE VIEW

    INSIDE VIEW
    ATME01

    Aalto Musiktheater
    Essen, Germany, Europe

    YEAR OF COSTRUCTION: 1988


    ARCHITECTS: Alvar Aalto
    ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT:

    The Aalto Theatre, officially the Aalto Musiktheater Essen, is a


    performing arts venus in Essen, Germany. It was operned in 1988. The
    deisgn by the architect Alvar Aalto was the unanimous winner in a
    competition. The side walls, which point the stage, are clad with a
    system of bent battens, which have an acoustic and an aesthetic
    function. The ceiling is composed by a systenm of metal that is
    permeable by sound waves but hidden from sight. It conceals an echo

    HALL DETAILS:

    HALL TYPE: Theatre


    ACOUSTIC UTILIZATION: Multipurpose (O, B, C)
    SHAPE: Fan
    VOLUME: 8800
    SEATS: 1125

    MATERIALS:

    CEALING:
    WALLS:
    FLOOR:

    ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS:

    REVERBERATION TIME RTU s


    RTO 1,60 s
    EARLY DECAY TIME EDT 1,90 s
    CLARITY C80 1,30 dB
    STRENGTH G -0,40 dB
    DEFINITION D50 %
    BASS RATIO BR 1,31
    SPEECH TRANSMISSION INDEX STI
    LATERAL ENERGY FRACTION LF
    INITIAL TIME DECAY GAP ITDG 16

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