When Rowayton Elementary School in Norwalk, Connecticut, asked interior design firm Antinozzi Associates to convert a former multipurpose room into a cafeteria, noise control was high on the list of priorities. The trick, here as in many projects nowadays, was making the elements blend into the overall design.
For that, the team chose EchoPanels from Kirei. Inspired by the nearby Connecticut shoreline, they developed an ocean motif for the room and designed panels to fit the theme. Large acoustical clouds on the ceiling are used to mimic the sky, and pieces of EchoPanel were cut to mimic ocean waves, but the real standout is a whale. At approximately 40 feet long and 11 feet tall, it consists of seven individual pieces of EchoPanel installed to appear as one on the upper half of the back wall. The solution is as effective as it is welcoming. The low-VOC panels are made from 60 percent recycled PET plastic bottles and achieve a Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC) of up to 0.75.
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