音乐大厅声学设计及视线研究项目丨Helwan大学美术学院建筑系

Helwan University

Faculty of fine arts architecture department

level 03 Technical insulations

Under supervision of Dr Mohamed Elmersawy

TA Shahd Shams

MUSIC HALL ACOUSTICAL DESIGN

RAYTRACING STUDY

Manual raytracing study

plan

implementing 2nd generation reflectors

section

Experimenting treble : digital raytracing engine

SIGHTLINE STUDY

Manual sightline study

Applied 7 principles of sightline study

Height of the stage is 0.6m from the hall

aps (arrival point of sight) is 1.2m above stage height

stage is at a distance of 6m from the audience first row

eye level is 1.1m high

sightline head clearance is 0.15m above eye level

the horrizontal distance between two consecutive seats is 0.9m

stair height: was set as variable

after multiple trials with the 6 variants, a clear vision was achieved by:

a- front rows were accessed using a single 0.15m stair per row

b- back rows were accessed using two stairs each of 0.15m high

section

Audience eye level shots

Experimenting Grasshopper as digital sightline study engine

Grasshopper script

Rendered interior shots

Final banners

Listen to alive music concert!

applications used