ASSIGNMENT 7

Q1. Explain with sketches planning and design considerations of auditorium

acoustics of an auditorium of capacity 1500 people. Explain with
appropriate diagrams?

- In auditorium Sound quality is as important as visibility Although theater

performances are a visual medium, poor sound quality will ruin even the better
plays. The sound is an area often overlooked but, just as you need good
sightlines, you also need good sound-lines.
Apart from the obvious comfort and size considerations, it is imperative that
the auditoria are designed with the following in mind:
• An auditorium is a room built to enable audience to hear and watch
performances at venues such as theater.
• An auditorium is a large space that is move of a multipurpose facility having
condition in auditorium are considerably affected by purely architecture
consideration like,
- Shape
- layout and boundary
- Dimensions
- Seating arrangement
- Volume
- Audience capacity
• An enclosure covered or open where people can assemble for watching a
performance given an the stage.

The requirement for good having condition is an auditorium are

• There should be adequate loudness in every part of the Auditorium,
particularly at those seats which are furthest away from the sound source.
• There should be a uniform distribution of sound energy in every part of the
room, i.e. the sound should be equally loud at all seats whether they be near or
remote.
• The Auditorium should have optimum reverberation characteristics that will
allow high intelligibility of the spoken word or full enjoyment of music.
Angled side walls spread the sound & contribute to even dispersion

Size
The floor area & volume room should be kept at minimum thereby shortening
the distance the quick and
reflected sound has to travel .
The size should be fixed in relation to the number of audience required to be
seated.
The floor area of the hall including, gangways ( excluding the stage) should be
calculated on the basis of 0.6 to 0.9 sqm per person.

Shape
The rectangular shape box type hall with the stage across the narrow end may
be excellent for a music where an audience
can be seated further away
 greater ratio of reverberant sound is disable .
But this type of slope is suitable only for a small speech hall .
A side-wall splay may range from 30° to 60°maximum, provides the
directionality of speech.

Balconies
Balconies break up troubles one rear wall& displace rear row & close to sound
source .
Shapes overhangs may create a sound shadow they are called too dup when
angle of view is greater than 45 degree.

Importance of room shape and volume for the proper supply of sound
energy.

• Adequate loudness in every part of the audience area.

• Reduce the energy losses of the traveling sound waves.
• The sound absorption due to acoustical finishes and room contents.
• the audience can be located as close as possible to the sound source
• Reducing the distance the sound has to travel
• Tapering (fan shaped) plan as against a rectangular plan
• The introduction of a gallery (or galleries) brings more seats closer to the
sound source
• Raised sound source be must be used in order to secure a free flow of the
direct sound waves
• the sound source should be closely and abundantly surrounded with efficient
(flat or slightly convex) sound reflective surfaces.

Q2. Explain the design features of a recording studio?

RECORDING STUDIO :
- A recording studio is an assemblage of equipment, spaces and persons such
that a performance in sound may be created and recorded onto a medium for
later reproduction.
- The recording studio was 100% sound insulated. the silver panel used at the
back was to reflect the sound acting as a reflector.
- Acoustical treatment such as wooden planks and sound insulating cushions
where applied on the wall and columns.
- Glass is used as a partition record room and singers room.

• Acoustical Treatments in the Auditorium :

- Walls lined with gypsum board acting as a sound insulator.
- The desired acoustic properties of a recording studio are in many ways the
opposite of those of an auditorium.
- To resonate sound column was made porous .
- To reflect sound inclined reflective ceiling is used.

• Recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the
recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to
achieve optimum acoustic properties.
• A recording studio is an assemblage of equipment, spaces and persons such
that a performance in sound may be created and recorded onto a medium for
later reproduction.

• Design features-

 Floor
-Timber flooring used in the rest of the office where sound absorbption is not
a criteria.
-Carpeting used in the main recording room and the lobby. Recording room
requires a sound absorptive material so that the noise is avoided and the lobby
requires it so that the noise from the noisy zone is absorbed as far as possible.

 Walls
- The most effective soundproofing must be designed into a house when it is
first built.
- A typical residential wall is made of a frame of 2x4 wood studs covered with
5/8" thick gypsum board. Doubling the thickness of gypsum gives another 3 to
6 dB of overall isolation, but its most important effect is lowering the resonant
frequency, hopefully below the audio range.
- There are two common strategies for reducing coupling between the two
sides of the wall. One is to make the gypsum to stud connection springy, either
by using metal studs or by hanging the gypsum board on resilient metal bars.
- The most effective trick is to use separate studs for each face of the wall so
there is no direct connection.
- This eats up a lot of space, but can give a transmission loss of over 60 dB.
This is actually better performance than simple cinder block or poured concrete
construction.

 Insulation
- Showing cellulose in the walls and fiberglass in the floor.
- ALL the joints where studs meet the outside wall.
- This makes the wall airtight, and increases the sound proofing.
- Key idea to consider: fill the walls with cellulose insulation .
- The result is much more sound blocking.

RAJ MAHESHWARI
VII SEMESTER
SECTION - C