Education
A typical sound absorption goal in educational settings is to provide good acoustics to optimise performance for both teachers and students.
Selecting a Kvadrat Acoustics solution in educational spaces depends on the activities and purposes of the different spaces, and should be focused on optimising performance.
Classroom
Specification recommendations:
Classrooms often benefit from a Kvadrat Acoustics solution by installing Soft Cells panels on higher parts of side walls, back walls and edges of the ceiling of the room, and making the front/blackboard area somewhat reflective.
For optimal acoustic conditions keep reverberation at a consistent level over most frequencies.
Avoid damping of the sound all the way.
Typical sound absorption goals:
Classrooms require acoustic treatment that creates an optimal environment for intelligibility with good sound enhancement.
Auditorium
Specification recommendations:
As with classrooms, auditoriums are benefitted from a Kvadrat Acoustics solution with Soft Cells panels installed on higher parts of the walls, edges of the ceiling of the room, and making the front/presentation area reflective.
Similar to concert halls and music auditoriums, auditoriums in an educational context can be benefitted from a calculation of distribution patterns that go beyond placing absorbers across the space.
The shape of larger rooms can be game-changers when it comes to acoustic properties. Absorption should be focused on the edges of the ceiling, except if ceilings are very high.
If the ceiling is very high, Soft Cells panels should be considered to cover the whole ceiling. This is sometimes not sufficient and might require additional acoustic treatment.
Typical sound absorption goals:
Auditoriums in an educational setting require acoustic treatment that creates an optimal environment for intelligibility with good sound enhancement, preferably without having to use a microphone or speakers.
Early Learning and Primary School
Specification recommendations:
Kindergarten and first grades spaces are benefitted from a Kvadrat Acoustics solution that maximises absorption in all areas, including corridors and shared spaces.
Typical sound absorption goals:
Kindergarten and first grades spaces require acoustic treatment that creates an optimal environment for intelligibility with good sound enhancement, taking higher levels of activity with its consequently higher level of noise into account.
Open Study Areas
Specification recommendations:
Open space study areas typically benefit from a Kvadrat Acoustics solution installed on larger parts of the ceiling, with focused sound absorption in zones with chairs and sofas that would gather people and create a source of noise.
Typical sound absorption goals:
Open space study areas like libraries and open common areas require focused absorption to ensure quality-of-space via comfort, privacy and local intelligibility.