acoustics5 · Construction Documentation

A world-class production facility in 34 square metres

Three acoustically isolated rooms plus a buffer spine. Engineered from DXF coordinates. Every dimension verified, every treatment calculated, every system specified — ready to build.

Owner: Obai Sukar Architect: Sara Kalash, Threefold Studio Location: TechTown B3, Damascus
01 — The Challenge

How do you build three studios in a basement corner?

The northwest corner of TechTown's B3 basement: 34.42 m² of raw concrete. Irregular geometry. Two structural columns that cannot move. One shared HVAC system. The brief: turn it into a voiceover booth, a control room, and a video/podcast studio — each acoustically isolated from the others and from the building above.

Irregular geometry

A trapezoid, not a rectangle. South wall 737 cm, north wall 860 cm, NW diagonal 448 cm. Every room layout must compensate for the angle.

NC-12 in 4.24 m²

The VO booth targets NC-12 — quieter than most recording studios on the planet. In a room smaller than a parking space, with HVAC running.

Shared infrastructure

Three indoor units, 5 silencer runs (B2 re-rated for Control), one buffer spine. Sound from the Control Room must not reach the Video/Podcast studio through shared ductwork.

Structural constraints

Two concrete columns (COL_W and COL_E) sit inside the zone. Walls must maintain 10mm air gaps. No cutting, no moving, no exceptions.

02 — Methodology

From architect drawings to acoustic truth

Every number in this study traces back to the architect's DXF drawings — cross-verified against eight PDF sheets and locked into a single source of truth that drives every page on this site.

Architectural Source

Every coordinate extracted from the architect's DXF drawings (B301–B308). Walls, doors, columns, and dimensions verified against eight PDF sheets.

Single Source of Truth

All room data — areas, volumes, wall types, door positions — locked into one canonical dataset. One truth, zero duplication.

Acoustic Verification

Sabine RT60, Schroeder frequency, room modes, NC curves — all calculated and cross-verified with acoustic simulation. All three rooms pass.

Construction Documentation

88 pages of build-ready documentation derived from verified source data. Wall elevations, door details, treatment layouts, BOMs — all traceable.

03 — The Rooms

Three rooms, three purposes, one acoustic standard

Each production room is a box-in-box construction on a floating floor with a 10mm perimeter isolation gap. Walls rated STC 45-65. Every surface treated to hit its RT60 target.

04 — The Engineering

Every number verified, every surface calculated

Acoustic performance isn't subjective. RT60 is measured. NC curves are compared against ASHRAE standards. STC ratings follow ASTM E413. The simulation confirms what the math predicts.

RT60 — Reverberation Time
RoomTargetAchieved
VO Live0.20s0.217sPASS
Control0.30s0.307sPASS
Video/Podcast0.30s0.284sPASS
Noise Criteria
RoomTargetHVAC
VO LiveNC-12IDU-04 (dedicated)
ControlNC-18IDU-03 (dedicated)
Video/PodcastNC-18IDU-05 (dedicated)
Acoustic Treatment
ElementCountOrder
Absorption panels1416
Bass traps (corner/superchunk/soffit + deep perimeter bass soffit)1414
125Hz membrane traps1010
QRD diffusers22 + 1 spare
Ceiling clouds33
Curtain backdrop (video, NE L-wrap)11
Curtain (manual)11
05 — Explore

88 pages of construction documentation

Every wall section, every door detail, every silencer run. Browse by section below.

The Vision

Syria's first innovation centre deserves a world-class production engine

TechTown is building Syria's first technology incubator — a place where startups, creators, and educators come to build the future. MediaVerse is the production wing: the voice booth, the control room, the video stage. Every acoustic decision in this study serves one goal — making this small space a powerhouse that earns its keep and funds the mission.

This isn't just an acoustic study. It's a business plan disguised as engineering documentation.