#acoustics

#acoustics

We obsess over desk ergonomics, monitor arms, and acoustic panels, chasing the elusive ideal of perfect productivity. Yet we routinely install the same hollow-core slab found on a bedroom closet. This is a profound miscalculation. An office door is not a passive barrier; it's a dynamic manager of focus, a guardian of confidentiality, and a silent contributor to your professional presence. Selecting the right one requires moving beyond residential thinking into the realm of intentional, performance-driven design.

Kelso Harper: [Laughs.] Rachel Feltman: [Laughs.] Yeah. Cluett: Pretty loud. Feltman: Yeah, pretty loud [laughs]. Cluett: But in this room there's none of that. So you're gonna hear it as a very sharp sound that just disappears completely. [Pops a balloon inside an anechoic chamber, making a sharp noise that dissipates immediately.] Feltman: Ooh! Cluett: Welcome to the anechoic chamber. Watch your step.

Sound, when emitted by a source - whether a person or a piece of equipment - propagates in all directions through space, being reflected, absorbed, transmitted, or diffracted as it encounters surfaces and objects. As a result, every environment has its own acoustic quality, often difficult to perceive without a trained ear or eyes. But sound shapes architecture in subtle yet profound ways, directly influencing how

"Our mission was aimed at extending the usefulness of the hall without changing it too much. We tried to do as little as we could by fixing as little as we could."

The spaces are an integral part of us," said festival managing director Marsilius von Ingelheim of the setting. "We bring unique concert experiences to historical and modern locations in the region.