The summer progresses and hotels slowly approach the end of the tourist season. During the holidays, personnel is at its busiest and there is 100% occupancy. That is when hotel managers note down the renovations which are required from October onwards to get ready for the following year’s offer. These are the times when you discover that the ceilings in halls, lounges and rooms need to be renovated and a touch of wood provides that added elegance. Or the hotel dining room, coffee shop or reception may have excessive reverberation, making it difficult to understand people talking. This is the time to install accessible ceilings for hotels consisting of sound-absorbent acoustic panels. Yes, these are the two main reasons why, at the end of the summer, we start to receive telephone calls from hotels: because they need acoustic conditioning in a room or because they wish to improve the look of the inner linings in the hotel. So, after talking in a previous post about wood slats in the Cup Negret hotel, today we want to show you a new Spigogroup job in another hotel. It is the Ibiza Gran Hotel, a good example of accessible ceilings for hotels. In this case used acoustic panels model Libra 43 finished in beech melamine in 600x600, 12 mm thick plates with a hidden T-24 profile. This is the final result in the reception and coffee shop. . If you liked this post, you may also be interested in: - Accessible ceilings made of wood and 6 reasons why they are used so frequently - Accessible ceilings for the acoustic conditioning of romos - Wood accessible ceilings: 7 examples for reference - Watch out! All accessible ceilings are removable, but not all removable ceilings are accesible
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The versatility of wood accessible ceilings is undisputed (easy replacement of panels, fast access to facilities, acoustic absorption, variety of finishes,...) but what not everyone knows is that the fire and humidity performance of wood accessible ceilings is extraordinary. Normally one chooses wood for ceilings in search of the quality and elegant look that only wood can provide. That is why it can be found in the design ceilings of hotels, theatres, universities, auditoriums and other non-residential buildings. However, the treatments applied today to the wood used to manufacture wood ceilings provide fire and water resistance which is similar to, or even better than, that used in other materials - Resistance to humidity: There is no ceiling capable of withstanding a constant flow of water but we can guarantee that wood accessible ceilings presented an excellent performance to the swelling that may occur in humid environments, extending life and improving the safety of roofs. - Resistance to mildew and bacteria: Good performance against humidity delays the appearance of mildew and makes it harder for bacteria and other micro-organisms to make their appearance. This makes for easier cleaning and improves the hygiene of those accessible ceilings that include air conditioning, which is often the case. - Fire resistance: Spigotec Wood accessible ceilings are available with fire-retardant properties when a project requires it to comply with European regulations according to the UNE-EN-ISO13501-1. Of course it doesn't mean that they will not burn, but their fire performance is quite good and help contain fires, protecting the structure of the building to a certain extent. If you liked this post, you may also be interested in: - Wood accessible ceilings: 7 examples for reference - Accessible ceilings for the acoustic conditioning of romos - Watch out! All accessible ceilings are removable, but not all removable ceilings are accesible - Accessible ceilings made of wood and 6 reasons why they are used so frequently
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When we undertake acoustic conditioning in rooms, we sometimes find cases in which it is not necessary to fill a complete wall or ceiling with sound-absorbent acoustic panels. We are talking about spaces where it is true that there is reverberation which should be corrected, mainly because of the use that is going to be made of the room (i.e., as an auditorium, meeting room, classroom, and so on). So the room’s reverberation time is measured and the Optimum Reverberation Time is calculated, and the result indicates that optimum acoustic conditioning can be achieved by merely including some sound-absorbent wood acoustic panels. This is when hanging or suspended acoustic islands come into play, formations of acoustic panels mounted on suspension systems and usually located on room ceilings. This was the case of Monkton Combe School, a traditional English boarding school located on the outskirts of Bath, England. Monkton Combe School has a wide range of activities which include musical activities that take place in rooms that need to be acoustically conditioned. For this purpose several hanging acoustic islands were installed to correct excessive reverberation and provide the rooms with flawless acoustics for the enjoyment of the musical activities for which they were conceived. At the same time, the look of the rooms was respected, and carried out the work quickly, without the need for messy works. . . . If you liked this post, you may also be interested in: - Acoustic islands: What are? What are they for? - Peter Zumthor and the use of wood slats in architecture - The special wood panelling of the University Square Stratford - The acoustic conditioning of the Qatar Development Bank - QDB
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Many buildings and rooms only exist in the drawings or the mind of a creator architect while others have already been built without meeting the most basic requirements on Architectural Acoustics and some others, already turned into reality, were originally acoustically acceptable but later reforms and changes in materials have deteriorated the user’s acoustic experience. We have devoted many years to the acoustic conditioning of spaces and we know that many of the projects on which we work began with a suspicion: "there seems to be a problem with the acoustics here." When we designed our first optimum reverberation time online calculator we were thinking of precisely that problem: when you want to confirm your architectural acoustics issue and, at the same time, you need guidance on what acoustic solution is right for your job. A few months ago we launched the second version of our free online calculator, which offers a simulation of the acoustic location of your room and how to improve key acoustic indices with the incorporation of acoustic panels on the ceiling and/or different walls. In addition, the tool produces a downloadable report that can be sent by email. A few weeks ago the Optimum Reverberation Time online calculator was mentioned in the magazine Infoconstrucción, yet another of the numerous recognitions and recommendations in our industry since it was launched. . If you liked this post, you may also be interested in: - Using wood acoustic panels for acoustic conditioning in theatres, auditoriums and concert halls - Online calculator – Optimum Reverberation Time (ORT) Simulator - 3 consequences of not carrying out a proper acoustic conditioning in an office - Inner linings to improve acoustic conditioning of business premises and franchises
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