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MALONE UNIVERSITY JOHNSON CENTER
           

Volume: 298,430 cubic feet 

IT IS EXPENSIVE AND IMPRACTICAL TO BUILD MULTIPLE VENUES FOR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS. MALONE UNIVERSITY UNDERSTOOD THE PRACTICAL NEED TO UTILIZE THEIR GYM AS NOT ONLY A GYMNASIUM BUT ALSO AS A ROOM TO HOST NCAA EVENTS AND SERVE AS A LECTURE, MUSIC, AND PRESENTATION SPACE. WITH THE DECISION TO CHANGE THE ACOUSTICAL SPACE, MALONE CHOSE DH KAISER TO DESIGN AND INSTALL AN ACOUSTICAL SOLUTION FOR THEIR SPACE. INITIAL CALCULATIONS SHOWED A REVERB TIME OF 5.62 SECONDS AT 500 HZ. AFTER INSTALLATION OF ECKEL II PANELS ON THE WALLS AND CEILINGS, THE GYM WAS ACOUSTICALLY TRANSFORMED WITH A FINAL REVERB TIME OF 1.63 SECONDS. THIS GYM CAN NOW SERVE MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS INCLUDING SPORTS, LIVE SPEAKERS, MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS, AND MUSIC.

AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL-MUSIC THERAPY ROOM

Volume: 665,164 cubic feet

 THIS FACILITY, BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH MUSIC AND ART THERAPY, COULD NOT FULLY  PERFORM ITS INTENDED PURPOSE. UPON INITIAL TESTING, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS A HIGH REVERB TIME THAT DISTORTED SPEECH AT MID FREQUENCIES.. THIS ROOM ALSO HAD AN UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF SOUND ABSORBING MATERIALS AND LACKED PROPER SOUND DIFFUSTION WHICH MADE CONVERSATION UNCLEAR AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE ROOM. BECAUSE THERE WERE TO BE MANY ACTIVITIES GOING ON AT ONE TIME, IT WAS NECESSARY TO INSTALL BAFFLES AND WALL SOUND ABSORBERS AT APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS TO BETTER CONTAIN THE SOUND FOR THAT PARTICULAR ACTIVITY.  AS A RESULT OF THE INSTALLATION, CONVERSATION AND MUSIC COULD BE HEARD CLEARLY WITH A FLAT REVERB TIME WITH A GENTLE RISE BELOW 500 HZ TO ADD FULLNESS AND WARMTH TO SOUNDS.