Acoustics of the Blue Whale Auditorium in Buenos Aires
The “Blue Whale” Auditorium in Buenos Aires opened in 2015. Designed to be the headquarters of the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina, its goal was to become the city’s main space for symphonic music. The architectural program posed several challenges from an acoustic point of view, as 2000 pe...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1351010x20959261 2024-09-15T18:00:02+00:00 Acoustics of the Blue Whale Auditorium in Buenos Aires Basso, Gustavo 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1351010x20959261 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1351010X20959261 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1351010X20959261 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Building Acoustics volume 28, issue 3, page 209-230 ISSN 1351-010X 2059-8025 journal-article 2020 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1351010x20959261 2024-08-05T04:41:02Z The “Blue Whale” Auditorium in Buenos Aires opened in 2015. Designed to be the headquarters of the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina, its goal was to become the city’s main space for symphonic music. The architectural program posed several challenges from an acoustic point of view, as 2000 people had to be accommodated in a square space into which none of the usual architectural typologies fit properly. It was decided, therefore, to place in this space an “ad-hoc” hall. The design centered around three main premises: to achieve an enveloping acoustic field, to establish an adequate reverberation decay, and to combine reflective and diffusing surfaces to attain a similar acoustic field through the entire audience area. This work details the design process of the Auditorium, during which the final shape was deduced from the established acoustic premises, and some acoustical measurements made in the finished hall. Article in Journal/Newspaper Blue whale SAGE Publications Building Acoustics 1351010X2095926 |
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The “Blue Whale” Auditorium in Buenos Aires opened in 2015. Designed to be the headquarters of the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina, its goal was to become the city’s main space for symphonic music. The architectural program posed several challenges from an acoustic point of view, as 2000 people had to be accommodated in a square space into which none of the usual architectural typologies fit properly. It was decided, therefore, to place in this space an “ad-hoc” hall. The design centered around three main premises: to achieve an enveloping acoustic field, to establish an adequate reverberation decay, and to combine reflective and diffusing surfaces to attain a similar acoustic field through the entire audience area. This work details the design process of the Auditorium, during which the final shape was deduced from the established acoustic premises, and some acoustical measurements made in the finished hall. |
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