Category: Education
London University Acoustic Plaster System
The Project
Pacy and Wheatley Acoustics have completed an
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Pacy & Wheatley have recently completed the installation of a specialist acoustic plaster system for Queen’s School at Eton College in Windsor, Berkshire. As part of a larger development, Queens School has received an inventive and fantastic roof space which provides a multi-purpose, all year round, project based classroom with a double storey greenhouse and large electronic teaching panels with fully digital displays. The area also comes with astrology viewing areas, all of which required treatment to ensure the space was peaceful and have no unwanted reverberation. Pacy & Wheatley Acoustics were invited to tender for the exciting transformation of the old Northgate House building into the new Cheng Yu Tung building, which is part of Jesus College in Oxford. The project is the largest transformation of Jesus College since the 17th century. Located in the heart of Oxford, the building is undergoing major refurbishment, and the architect approached us about providing our Class A Rockfon Mono Acoustic to numerous areas of the building. The project includes new educational and recreational spaces for its students along with student accommodation. Pacy and Wheatley Acoustics installed an Ambient Acoustic Plaster system in coordination of a refurbishment, and new extension to the Jesus College, one of the leading colleges in the University of Cambridge. The college was established between 1496 and 1516 on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery of St Mary and St Radegund, which included a large church and was maintained at the center and houses the university. The refurbishment and new extension of the grade II listed Webb building provides social spaces, comprising of a basement bar, new Café, pavilion offices and accommodation. The café and bar areas required acoustic absorption, to ensure a great ambience. This meant removing a large amount of reverberation for social and quiet time within the college life. Pacy & Wheatley have recently completed the installation of a specialist acoustic plaster system for Homerton College based in Cambridge as part of the construction of a new main dining hall; the building was a state of the art design utilising timber architecture. A feature, inverted roof was installed with glulam trusses and oak panelling making up the perimeter. The hall was designed by architects Fielden Fowles who created a great space and understood that they may have issues on an acoustical front which would require absorption being installed within the area. Pacy & Wheatley were contacted by the principal contractor Barnes Construction to assist and following a number of differing products being offered settled with the Fade 25mm system offering a class B absorption over the sloping soffit. We installed 440m2 of the system which has a smooth, pure white finish to complement the room’s features. The installation itself was quite awkward due to its height but the main contractor installed a great scaffold for our team to work from which helped the quality of the installation. The absorption in the space has worked wonders and the diners can enjoy the atmosphere in the space much better with controlled reverberation. Pacy & Wheatley have recently completed the installation of a specialist acoustic spray system for Castleford Park Junior Academy in Castleford. The academy was built in 1903 and has seen various refurbishments over the years including an extension. There is an old school building attached with a dining hall at the centre and classrooms surrounding it. The dining hall has a high ceiling with feature beams and ties across it, supporting the visible purlins. Painted surfaces are located in between on various pitches at a height of 8.4 metres high and a footprint of around 180m2 creating a very open space to enjoy for lunchtimes and after school clubs. The high ceiling and sports hall floor result in poor acoustics throughout the hall. A test confirmed that the hall has a very high reverberation time of around 4.5 seconds, making it unhealthy and unpleasant for the pupils and teachers who are dining. Pacy and Wheatley Acoustics have completed a specialist Acoustic Plaster project in Queens Square, London. A refurbishment of one of the buildings owned and utilised by the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience who study mental processes in the human brain in health and disease. The building being refurbished required a surface finish to control reverberation and echo within a new lecture room and ensure the clarity of the lecturers speech was fully received by the audience. The project was 2 small areas that required an acoustic solution that ensured the speech and the comfort of the room; the difficulty was that the room is L shaped. The chosen product Rockfon Mono acoustic was offered and subsequently installed as direct fixed islands with edge details, this was due to low ceiling height and services which restricted the height of installation. The area now benefits from superior sound and reverberation control and first class finish ensuring the lecture room is aesthetically pleasing with its new seamless acoustic system. The project was completed on time and on budget. Ashville College is a co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils aged between 4-18 in Harrogate. Major refurbishment of the old Soothill Hall at Ashville College was being undertaken by DLG Architects and the works carried out by main contractor William Birch & Sons Ltd. Pacy and Wheatley Acoustics were commissioned to supply and install our Rockfon Mono TE Acoustic plaster system to various ceiling balcony and wall areas within Soothill Hall auditorium, to control the reverberation within the space to ensure both performers can perform without harsh reverberation and listeners can enjoy pure sound clarity of the performances for years to come. We were delighted to be chosen for the supply and installation of our Rockfon Mono TE acoustic plaster system which was to be integrated into the refurbishment works at College’s performance venue. The hall will now benefit from the fantastic reverberation control of a Class A seamless absorption system which this product offers. The design of the castellated ceiling section was very involved with many intricate corners and angles. Access was a particular problem from the outset on this project but our team worked closely with William Birch & Sons Ltd to overcome any issues. “Pacy and Wheatley Acoustics where commissioned by William Birch & Sons to carry out the acoustic installation at Ashville college.The P&W operatives liaised well with ourselves and conducted themselves with a professional and can do attitude and provided a first class finish. The installation was by no means easy due to the amount of detail required however this was dealt with between both parties and a working relationship formed”. Specialist Acoustic Plaster System, Berkshire
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Specialist Acoustic Spray System, Castleford
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Acoustic Plaster System – Keble College, Oxford
The Project
Pacy and Wheatley Acoustics have completed an instalment of a Acoustic Plaster system at Keble College. The college in central Oxford was having extensive modernisation, with a new HB Allen centre that would have 230 new rooms for research facilities and graduates residences surrounding a central quad area. There are lecture facilities, small event rooms and small meeting areas including a 2nd floor space, with full glass surround overlooking the beautiful surrounding buildings in central Oxford.
The Solution
Pacy and Wheatley, through relationship between ourselves and MICA architects, were engaged by AT jones, who had also worked on previous projects, to assist and carry out the installation of the specialist acoustic plaster system. The spaces that were required and the product fitted in well to all the spaces requiring absorption from private office to seminar rooms.
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Specialist Acoustic Plaster in Queens Square, London
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Acoustic Plaster Solution | Ashville College
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