Acoustic treatment for hotels works room by room. Lobbies, restaurants, banquet halls and meeting rooms each carry their own demands, and on most Indian projects the ceiling does the heavy lifting because the walls are given over to glass, stone and art. Polished marble, ceramic tile and glass reflect sound...
Acoustic Treatment for Hospitals: What the Specification Needs to Cover
Acoustic treatment for hospitals is consistently under-specified. WHO guidelines set a ceiling of 35 dBA for patient-occupied areas during the day, 30 dBA at night. Most hospital wards run at 50–60 dBA under normal operation, with ICUs running higher still, because equipment noise alone pushes well past the threshold before...
Acoustic Treatment for Multipurpose Halls: One Room, Multiple Demands
Most institutional buildings have at least one of these spaces: the seminar hall, the multipurpose auditorium, the event space, or the town hall room. The idea is the same: a single room that needs to work for a board presentation on Tuesday, a cultural performance on Friday, a graduation ceremony...