Meyer Sound Constellation enhances learning at Aarhus School of Architecture

On the new campus of the Aarhus School of Architecture a solution has been installed Meyer Sound Constellation, composed of 13 D-Mitri network platform modules along with 71 full range speakers and 14 compactos subwoofers.

Inaugurated at the end of last year, the Aarhus School of Architecture Denmark has a new campus that has been equipped to educate future architects in all the elements, both auditory and visual. Meyer Sound Constellation has been a key platform in the building's AV infrastructure.

This is one of the most prestigious institutions of its kind in Europe and its history dates back to 1965. Before the construction of the new campus, The facilities were spread throughout the city in nine separate locations.

The new main campus building consists of four floors and brings together all nine directorates under one roof, leveraging advanced AV technologies to provide optimal classroom communication and remote learning solutions.

A Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system has also been included in the main auditorium, allowing students to directly experience the acoustics..

The consulting and integration company Stouenborg has been in charge of the design, engineering and installation of all school AV systems, con Anders Jorgensen as project manager.

According to Jørgensen, One of the main objectives was to ensure that cutting-edge technology was applied to improve communication and not impose annoying obstacles. A good example is the acoustic flexibility that Constellation offers, an active acoustics system comprising 13 network platform modules D-Mitri along with 71 small full range speakers and 14 subwoofers compactos.

“Here we have a large auditorium that often functions as a conference room”, commented Jørgensen, “and with Constellation we can create a teaching environment optimized for effortless two-way communication. With Voice Lift and Q function&With Constellation you have clear two-way communication, as if I were in a small classroom”.

Although it was not part of the original task, A common understanding was quickly reached that Constellation's acoustic flexibility could be used as a tool to strengthen the didactic foundation for teaching architecture students and give them a sense of what acoustics means in a teaching environment..

"Traditionally, “The teaching of acoustics in architecture schools is conceptually and visually descriptive.”, says Jørgensen. “A teacher can explain how to change the size, The shape or materials of a room affect the acoustics, but students can't hear the differences. Con Constellation, Various room layouts can be acoustically modeled and demonstrated how different architectural options will affect room acoustics..

“didaktek” learning

A smaller learning environment, called didacts (from the Greek roots of “teach” y “technology”) Provides an optimally different immersive learning experience with projection screens on all four walls.

Each screen is paired with a speaker Ultra X40 by Meyer Sound that locates the sound source on the active screen. The sound can be panned from one screen to another or even moved spatially to any part of the room, using the spatial sound design and mixing tool Spacemap Go de Meyer Sound, iPad based.

Dos subwoofers USW-210P expand bandwidth as needed to achieve low frequency impact.

A movable partition between the auditorium and didacts can be removed to form an open space with seating for up to 400 personas.

The Constellation system has special configurations that allow the two rooms to also be combined as a single coherent acoustic response.

Seven smaller rooms have each been equipped with two Meyer Sound speakers UP-4slim.

“These rooms are often used to stream presentations or interactive seminars on Zoom or other platforms”, adds Jørgensen. “Since remote voice microphone pickup may vary, high intelligibility in the room was vital. With UP-4slims we have an STI rating (speech transmission index) between 0,83 y 0,92”.