Popvenues in living areas
Regular paper
Peutz bv.
Monday 1 june, 2015, 18:00 - 18:20
Auditorium 2 (592)
Abstract:
In 2014 four pop venues have been opened that were consulted by Peutz. In
Venlo (NL), Zwolle (NL) and Nijmegen (NL) as well in Turkey (Black Box
Istanbul). All four are in close vicinity of living areas, in one case
dwellings have even been build on top of the venue (Nijmegen). In the last
case, not withstanding the proximity of the dwellings, very high sound
reductions have been achieved which meet the legal guidelines in the dwellings
during house-music at night. This is achieved using box-in-box principles for
the halls as well as a vibrating-isolated mounting for the dwellings, as well
as strict surveillance of these dilatations during the building process. For
all these pop venues the room acoustics have also been a major design issue.
In order to achieve a clear and perceivable bass rhythm in balance with the
mid and higher frequencies, sufficiently low sound absorptive wall and ceiling
materials have been designed and applied. They are reasonably thick and
consist of layers of mineral wool and foil. Everything possible is done to
hear the sound from the musicians as it is, radiated by the loudspeaker
system, without being distorted by delayed reflections from far away surfaces.
In the large venue in Istanbul (5.800 seats) even the construction of the
tribunes is made sufficiently absorptive for lower frequencies using slits as
a Helmholz principle. All four venues are succesfull since their opening, in
which their good acoustics and optimal sound insulation play a significant
role.