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SASANI STUDIOS
Sasani Studios, a one-stop film television and multimedia postproduction company of international repute, appointed dhk Architects to design and build their production facilities in Cape Town. The soundproofing and structural requirements had to conform to the highest standards.
The dynamic, young firm of architects turned an existing warehouse at the Cape Town Waterfront into a highly successful Sasani Studios with three production stages - 1143 m, 840 m and 425 m - meeting all required international standards. The main structure consisted of two skins of sound-absorbent walling - an external wall and an internal wall. Party walls were also specially designed to be soundproof. With the experience and advice of the Concrete Manufacturers Association, modular, fluted, split-face 90 mm blocks were used in two back-to back leaves to form a 190mm party wall up to 12,4 metres high. The structure of these tall walls was designed by consulting engineers Henry Fagan & Partners. They chose 400 x 400mm pilaster blocks to form the reinforcing columns. The pilaster block is specially designed to intersect with the masonry infill panels and provide sufficient core cavity for reinforcement and concrete. The choice of absorbent and sound-reducing concrete masonry manufactured by Columbia DCM was based on previous experience with this product, which was researched and developed by the University of Cape Town Acoustic Department. Readily available material and simple masonry construction provided a quick solution within a tight timetable. The internal wall was constructed with modular 140mm fluted, splitface concrete blocks up to a height of 2,6 metres. Above this, extending to the ceiling, was a sound-absorbent panel - a dry-wall partition to which a sound-absorbent polyester blanket was fixed with chicken wire mesh.
Airborne sound reduction from 80dBA to below 30dBA Reverberation time: 1,5 seconds Dead space internally - NR25 - requiring cavity walling Limiting noise penetration and leakage areas particularly from the roof structure Appointed architects: dhk Achitects, Cape Town Tel: (021) 461 8151 An internal 2,6 metre base wall, and above it, a soundabsorbent polyester blanket fitted against the dry wall which extends to the ceiling.
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a filmset in one of the studios The cavity between the ceiling and the roof sheets was filled with a mineral wool layer with another layer on the underside. All penetration points in the roof sheeting and ceiling were carefully sealed airtight in order to prevent air-borne sound transmission from outside. These high roof-loading requirements were met by strengthening the members and connections of the existing trusses as well as supporting the trusses at mid-span on steel girders, spanning the length of the production stages and inserted between the apex and bottom truss chords.
While the stages were soundproofed, the existing steel roof structure had to be upgraded to support the increased load requirements, which were:
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45kg/m2 for soundproofing materials 80kg/m2 for the lighting requirements of the filmsets Dead loads of a new gantry walkway system as well as associated live loads. The walkways comprise a main or central walkway extending over the length of the production stages with secondary gantries branching off towards the sides. Dead load of a grid of steel scaffold pipes for supporting lights. Steel I-beams fixed to the lower truss chords acting as tracks for 1 tonne chain blocks.
The former consortium of Colyn & Meiring/Interplan, now Harris & Harris Architects, Cape Town, investigated concrete masonry single-leaf M140 split-face for all internal walls of the Cape Technikon. The University of Cape Town Acoustic Department, under Prof. AT Semmelink in co-operation with Columbia DCM, conducted intensive research to find optimum masonry performance in respect of airborne sound absorption and sound reverberation for classrooms. Many alternative mix designs and density tests were carried out to achieve desired standards of performance. The outcome was to provide excellent acoustic performances with unrendered facing blocks in standard classrooms and large and small lecture theatres for 140 and 250 students. The photographs illustrate some of the applications and workmanship.
Consulting engineers: Liebenberg & Stander Tel: (021) 421 2430 Contractors: WBHO Construction (Pty) Ltd Tel: (021) 794 1300
Typical home sound levels This chart shows the decibles of sound radiated by many of the typical noise sources in the modern world and how much reduction in decibels is necessary to bring about tolerable, quiet conditions suitable for a home environment.
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