Acoustic design

Acoustics as an environmental variable significantly impacts the human impression of an interior environment.

 Productivity, speech intelligibility, privacy, safety, positive user attitude and response, and environmental “comfort” all depend on proper acoustic design. The interior designer is concerned with reducing unwanted noise and preserving desirable sound in a space. 

Enhancing the quality of communication through the use of reflective surfaces, and reducing undesirable noise through the use of absorptive surfaces is achieved by the specification of finishes, furnishings, equipment, and specially designed assemblies. Sound can be controlled in three ways.

• Eliminate the source.
• Isolate the source—provide a barrier between the user and the source.
• Mask the offending sound—if not possible to isolate the sound, minimize its impact on the user.

• Noise
• Acoustical comfort
  • Acoustic privacy
  • Productivity and acoustics
  • Acoustic design
  • Acoustic in special buildings
• Basic information on acoustics
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