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AAR604 ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE II

MASJID
PUNCAK ALAM

ACOUSTICS
SEMINAR
PRESENTATION

PREPARED FOR :
DR. MARIAM FELANI BINTI SHAARI

AAR604 ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE II THE TEAM

Siti Suraya Natasha Nur Isfarahaini Nazatul Najwa Nur Aliyah


binti Mohd Roslan binti Abd Rahim binti Ahmad Asyik binti Alauddin
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Nur Elfira Nasution Nur Adzlyani Mohd Rasidie


binti Mohd Asri binti Mohd Radzali bin Romeo
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MASJID PRAYER EXISTING


PUNCAK ALAM HALL NOISE/SOUND

- Within Building
- Brief Information - Brief Information - Surrounding Building
- Affect to Prayer Hall
- Sound transmition

ACOUSTICAL NOISE REDUCTION REFERENCES


IMPROVEMENT MEASUREMENT

- Existing Acoustical ( Good and Bad )


- Sound Transmission
- To Building
- To Prayer Hall
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MASJID

PUNCAK ALAM
- Brief Information

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MASJID PUNCAK ALAM


BRIEF INFORMATION

In the apit of the two towers symbolizes the two


kalimah syahadah and low blue roof symbols of
humility towards Allah s.w.t. Six small dome
symbolizes the tenets of faith while the five
sides of the mihrab symbolize the pillars of
Islam. The Arabesque is a symbolic symbol of
Islamic architecture used to decorate the
complex of mosques.

Location Persiaran Puncak Alam 1


Year 2015
Architect ZDR Architect
Concept Modern Mediteranean
Area 6766 sqm
Type Religious
Award Abdullatif Al Fozan Award
Qapacity 5000 worshipper

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PRAYER

HALL
- Brief Information

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PRAYER HALL
BRIEF INFORMATION

Main prayer hall and open prayer hall can accommodate


aproximately 5,000 worshippers.

The prayer areas are elevated 900 mm from the ground


level.

The Gerbang acts as the focal point of the central


courtyard leading to the main prayer hall that is capped
Male prayer hall
by a bright blue quarter shaped dome.

Use of large windows and skylight serves to brighten


and inside the main prayer hall.

The chandelier is a multi-layered design that is capable


of changing colours to match the mood of the situation

2 Female prayer hall


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BRIEF INFORMATION
PRAYER HALL
MIHRAB

PRAYER HALL
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GOOD ACOUSTICAL

During Azan
prayer maximum
Mihrab become one of the natural reveberation of sound meter
and acoustical space within the prayer hall and can goes up to
gives unique feeling of majesty. 80db which is still
considered as
But due to the geometric safe scale sound
shape of the ceiling of and loud enough
the dome, it create an to call and
echo to the centre of the perform salaah or
PATH RAYS OF ACOUSTIC WITHIN THE PRAYER HALL prayer hall to support prayer.
4 sound.
AAR604 ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE II PRAYER HALL
3D MODEL

DOME

STANLESS STEEL NAVY BLUE BORDER MIHRAB CIRCULAR FULL GLASS


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RAILING WOOL MASJID CARPET COLUMN WINDOW
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EXISTING

NOISE/SOUND
- Within Building
- Surrounding Building
- Affect to Prayer Hall
- Sound transmition

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EXISTING NOISE/SOUND
WITHIN BUILDING

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EXISTING NOISE/SOUND
SPEAKER LOCATED

GROUND FLOOR PLAN FIRST FLOOR PLAN


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AFFECT TO PRAYER HALL
WITHIN BUILDING

EXISTING NOISE/SOUND NAME AFFECT RATE EXISTING NOISE/SOUND NAME AFFECT RATE

1 A noise can be
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heard on the Noise in the men's

Wall Fan men's prayer

Speaker prayer hall

section

2 5
A noise can be
The conversation
heard on the Human

Ceiling Fan

of people can be

women's prayer Activities


heard
section

3 Most noisy
6 The frequently
interferes with the used main door

Air Conditioninig prayers and

Main Door makes an

recitation of annoying noise


Quran

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EXISTING NOISE/SOUND
SURROUNDING BUILDING

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AFFECT TO PRAYER HALL
SURROUNDING BUILDING

EXISTING NOISE/SOUND NAME AFFECT RATE EXISTING NOISE/SOUND NAME AFFECT RATE

1 4
The sound of the
horn and the Noise in the men's

Heavy Traffic

Ducting

engine exhaust prayer hall


can be heard

2 5 The azan of the


Blower sounds
Other Masjid Puncak
from cleaning in a

Maintainance

Musollah (Surau Alam clash with

few hours
Al-Furqan) the azan of al-

Furqan musollah

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Screams of Qorban activity
Human

Residential children in the

involve many

Activities
playground people

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ACOUSTICAL

IMPROVEMENT
- Existing Acoustical ( Good and Bad )
- To Building
- To Prayer Hall

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EXISTING ACOUSTICAL
GOOD ACOUSTICAL

1) SOUND ABSORBING
DOOR CEILING

Swing Door at men's


Plaster ceiling with
prayer hall using :
texture of finishes of
small part in
Brush strip door
determining how
sound insulation to
reflective the surface.
avoid door shift.

Floor spring door


closer to make shut
the door slowly. Concave ceiling
dome are the most
acoustically
efficient ceiling
shape

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GOOD ACOUSTICAL

2) SOUND ABSORBING
FLOOR

- A solid concrete floor slab cover with synthetic fiber carpet at hall prayer area and finishing of marble tile
- This materials will help to reduce noise inside the closer praying hall
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EXISTING ACOUSTICAL
GOOD ACOUSTICAL

3) MATERIAL : SOUND BLOCKING


WINDOW

Slanted of Glass window to create reflection of sound

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GOOD ACOUSTICAL

4) MATERIAL : SOUND PROOFING


WALL

1000mm May reduce unwanted Three layer of brick wall


noise from outside and concrete install use of
entering the prayer hall air spaces as width to
reduction the noise

Thickness, strength, durability, and other special


characteristics, concrete is often assumed to have
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GOOD ACOUSTICAL

5) MATERIAL : SOUND PROOFING


WOOD ACOUSTIC PANEL TILES

Marble is among the most reflective


Along the wall 1000MM of thickness
materials on this list because of its
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ACOUSTICAL IMPROVEMENT
BAD ACOUSTICAL

1) SOUND ABSORBING
Main Door Prayer Hall
- Make noise during shut the door IMPROVEMENT
Drop thetreshold closer Install door sweep

A spring-loaded hydraulic The doors are typically opened a


device that closes a door lot throughout the day. This can
automatically at the main allow quite a bit to reduce a noise
door of prayer hall to avoid from the door while closing. It can
the noise from the door also help to keep that electricity
while is closing. bill down.
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BAD ACOUSTICAL

2) SOUND ABSORBING
Window
- Slanted window that only have one
IMPROVEMENT
glazing are less absorb of the sound.
The sound meets the
glass obstacle

Glass

Sounds emitted Sound


Gas area
transmitted

Space Bar
By improve the window material with double
Desiccant Sound reflected
glazed window, noise will be less diffused
Frame
into the windows due to the greater weight
of the glass.
The vibration produces a sound, the added Double Glazing window
amount of this vibration prevents it from
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3) SOUND ABSORBING
Ceiling Prayer Hall First Floor
- Ceiling at the first floor prayer hall did not have a IMPROVEMENT
good material for sound absorb.
Acoustic ceiling panel or tiles

Change the ceiling material This surface could direct


with the absorbing material the sound to reflect on
Acoustic ceiling panel or tiles will help the absorption,
so that the sound will not the carpet or the people
and this strategy could anticipate two things, first is
be reflected inside the below.
reducing the RT value and second is fixing the sound
ceiling.
distribution to the whole jamaah.
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ACOUSTICAL IMPROVEMENT
BAD ACOUSTICAL

4) SOUND ABSORBING
Curtain Fabric Window
The existing type of curtain material used not fully IMPROVEMENT
function as good acoustical item
Soundproof Curtain

Noise from outside is blocked


with a soundproof curtain, which
eliminates the problem while
maintaining the mosque's

comfort.

Its will restricted the sound from


easily projected or reflected
inside the closed praying hall and
Sound-absorbing curtains increase sound quality and
at the same time it will help to
lower vibration levels in any spaces where they are used.
lowering the echo.
To help reduce noise and offer sound insulation, the
acoustic curtain material utilised to produce these
curtains is extremely porous and thick.
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NOISE REDUCTION

MEASUREMENT
- Sound Transmission

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SOUND TRANSMISSION
MIHRAB
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The imam's voice will be amplified due to sound reflection when it


reaches the mihrab curved shaped wall and dome in this case,
congregations behind the imam will clearly hear the imam's speech
due to the mihrab curved wall effect.

Sound that coming


from imam's voice
will reflected from
the mihrab to the
dome and spreading

across prayer hall. focus point

center point

SECTION MIHRAB

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SOUND TRANSMISSION
MIMBAR
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Mimbar is elevated higher from the mosque floor , the workshippers are
being assumed to seated on the floor while listening to the speech as is
usually happened during friday prayer, its help the sound efficiently
spread since the source being placed higher than the receiver.

focus point

center point

SECTION MIMBAR

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