BUILDING SERVICES IV- GAME CENTRE DESIGN

MATERIAL
CASE
STUDY SHARVANI MS - PES1201801602
SANJANA - PES1201800787
RAJASHRI SHENOY - PES1201801849
SIDDHANT RAO - PES1201801594
KOMAL C - PES1201801810
 MATERIALS USED
set of materials used in different locations to keep the acoustics in check

Acoustic Metal wall panels Rock wool Medium Hardwood

fiberglass insulated pile timber with
ceiling panels
3vs3 competition rooms walls carpet Marmoleum
Streaming room Everywhere Flooring
Single gaming station (rooms)
vinyl sheet
-Viewers gallery
Multiplayer gaming
Flooring (Corridor)
station
 ACOUSTIC
• Brand: Bharat
Marketing

FIBERGLASS • Thickness: 12mm

• Dimensions: 2 x 2

PANELS feet

• Shape: Square
Location of use: Ceiling

• Fiberglass panels are effective sound absorbers.

• It eliminates unwanted boundary reflections and
controls excessive room reverberation.
• By absorbing, sound waves can reduce
resonance within the gaming center.
 • Brand: Armstrong

METAL WALL Ceilings

PANELS
• Dimensions: 6 in x
96 in x 1 in

• Shape: Planks
Location of use: Walls
• Features: Fire
resistant & fine
• Durable, acoustical metal planks provide a monolithic
metal finishes
look for wall applications and can be installed in
vertical and horizontal orientations for design
flexibility.
• Combines the durability of a perforated metal shell
and the superior noise control, properties of the
nonflammable acoustical material, and wood-like
finishes.
• .Smooth, monolithic visual with durable metal planks
– perfect for high traffic spaces
• High acoustical performance with M2
microperforated linear planks – 0.70 NRC
 • Brand: Aural

ROCKWOOL- Exchange

DRYWALL
• Dimensions: 20m x
1.2m x 50mm

Location of use: Everywhere • Shape Type: Roll

• Features: Non-sticky,
• The drywall of the theatre is shaped in a pattern to fire safe, easy to
increase sound reflection from the desktops to the install, flexible and
players for the ultimate gaming experience.
non-combustible
• Complemented by acoustic metal panels, the walls also
prevent flutter echoes as it eliminates the parallelity of
walls on flanking sides.
• The Rockwool foam layer inside the drywall acts as a
sound absorber by inducing resonance with the sound
waves.
• The sound waves lose energy because the non-
directional fibers trap airborne sound more effectively
compared to general insulation products which contain
straight laid glass wool with an air gap.
MEDIUM PILE • Thickness: 7mm (with

CARPET 36mm underlay)

Location of use: All room flooring • Features: Absorbs

the noise created by
shoes
• Medium pile carpets are covered over the concrete flooring in
house as concrete is a sound reflector that reflects and interferes
with incident sound waves in the room.
• To prevent this, the medium-pile carpet is used to absorb the
impact of noise created by footsteps and dropped objects from
the walkers.
• The carpets are porous which enables sound waves to penetrate
into the pile carpet instead of being reflected back into the room.
• Pile carpets are effective sound absorbers also because the
individual fibers, pile tufts, and underlays have different resonant
frequencies at which they absorb sound waves.
• The wide range of resonant frequencies enables it to absorb a
wide range of sound waves.
 HARDWOOD • Thickness: 20mm

TIMBER WITH • Features: The thick 3

layers give it enough

MARMOLEUM stability as well as

very acoustical to

VINYL SHEET
Location of use: Corridor Flooring
remove the
unwanted noise from
foot traffic
• The original flooring system is reinforced concrete. A reinforced
concrete floor is a reflective material that does not insulate or
absorb sound waves. However, its high mass can increase sound
transmission loss of structure-borne sound.
• To overcome the reflective properties of concrete, a 20mm thick
polished timber parquet is laid over most of the surface area of
the stage to improve sound absorption.
• Due to heavy foot traffic that would occur during a
tournament/game, the timber parquet is not sufficient in
absorbing unwanted sound. A Marmoleum vinyl sheet is later
covered above the timber surface. Marmoleum vinyl sheets
increase the impact time, which promotes sound reduction. With
the combination of 3 layers of flooring, unwanted noise from
foot traffic is reduced.
 ADDITIONAL
MATERIALS

Door seals Bass traps - streaming room

Made of aluminium, these door seals come
with flexible nylon brushes, which do not
break or shrink
Conserves electricity by trapping the air and
by not creating noise by slamming the door
Reduces echo and reverberation
Reduces room modes and low frequency
standing waves
 EXTERIOR
MATERIAL
FIBRE-REINFORCED CONCRETE
• Shade: light blue (to get along with the concept of the game Final
Fantasy IX)

Reasons why Fibre- Reinforced Concrete is good:

• Less cracking due to early-age shrinkage.
• Better cohesion in the fresh concrete.
• Higher flexural and shear strengths.
• Improved load capacity and ductility.
• Increased abrasion resistance.
• Increased fire resistance.
• Potential to reduce CO2.