Public buildings such as schools, ministries, community centres, hospitals or conference centres have special requirements: they are places of encounter, work and exchange. Here, diverse personalities and different needs come together, and the atmosphere plays a crucial role in success.
Hear what counts:The Art of Room Acoustics
The high visitor frequency in public facilities leads to significant noise pollution caused by conversations, movements, technical devices and and other noise sources. To create a pleasant room acoustics that also meets the needs of sensitive groups of people – such as in hospitals, care or nursing homes – as well as in large buildings like entrance halls, assembly halls or multipurpose halls, where long reverberation times can occur, a well-thought-out acoustics planning from the outset is indispensable.
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Flexibility promotes functionality
Functionality, design, and comfort must complement each other in a harmonious interplay to create spaces that inspire, calm, or enhance performance.
Sound Control and Architectural Highlights
High rooms in auditoriums, foyers and entrance areas are architecturally impressive, but come with challenges. Large volumes and hard surfaces often create a disruptive echo, impairing understandability. Additionally, the Lombard effect amplifies the noise level, as people unconsciously speak louder to remain comprehensible despite poor acoustics.
An effective solution is provided by hanging or overlapping sound-absorbing elements in multiple layers. These individually configurable freeform panels not only enable optimal sound absorption but also create design accents.
Hanging, large-format lights between the acoustic panels provide direct and indirect light distribution and also serve as eye-catchers, enhancing the room's appearance.
Clear sound and atmospheric lighting
In event rooms acoustics and lighting play a central role in the experience of the audience and speakers, ensuring a pleasant atmosphere and visual accents.
Our specifically placed sound-absorbing ceiling panels optimise sound distribution, improve the clarity of speech and music, and can be used as architectural style elements.
Also perfectly designed for large spaces are our acoustic elements with lighting. Spotlights and accent lighting draw attention to speakers or artists, while a uniform, glare-free area light in the audience area provides visual comfort. Our planning staff is happy to help you find the right installations for your purposes.
dimming and control systems additionally enable flexible adjustments for different event scenarios.
Silence as an important factor for recovery
Noise and unsuitable lighting conditions affect well-being and recovery in hospitals and care facilities. Targeted optimisation of these factors promotes healing and improves quality of life.
Also, proper lighting plays a central role. Dynamic lighting solutions with high-efficiency luminaires, integrated into acoustic ceiling panels, enable adaptation to the daily rhythm. Through individual dimming, natural light is supported and the biorhythm is promoted. Additionally, our luminaires impress with their extreme energy efficiency and sustainable performance.
Optimise learning environments sustainably
A well-thought-out room design in nurseries and schools promotes concentration, communication, and well-being. Especially the combination of acoustics and lighting often presents a challenge, particularly when educational institutions are located in existing buildings.
During renovations, acoustic and lighting measures must be flexibly integrated into the existing architecture. Our intelligent acoustic and lighting solutions enable sustainable optimisation of noisier rooms – without complex construction work. In this way, modern learning environments are created that support children and teachers as effectively as possible.
Your Vision, Our Expertise: Realising Together
With our personalised on-site consultation we find the optimal solution for your requirements.
Our Acoustic Folder offers you an inspiring selection of colours and projects to make your rooms not only functional but also perfectly designed.
Let us realise your vision together – efficiently, creatively and tailored to your needs.
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A study by the Institute of Occupational Medicine at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg shows: In groups rooms of kindergartens, the noise level ranges between 65 and 91 dB — a level that has been proven to lead to stress and an increased risk of burnout among educators. A Viennese study also confirms this burden, with measured values between 70 and 80 dB.
In educational spaces, good speech comprehension and a pleasant acoustic environment are essential — for both children and teachers. In kindergartens and classrooms, sound-absorbing ceiling panels reduce reverberation and ensure a quiet learning atmosphere. Additionally, textile elements such as curtains or carpets help dampen distracting noises.
In conference rooms for teachers and educators, effective sound absorbers are crucial to minimize noise pollution caused by voices and reflections. Ceiling sails can be used purposefully to ensure clear speech transmission and to avoid fatigue from persistent noise levels.
Our experts will be happy to advise you on which standards need to be adhered to in your area to create a productive learning environment.
Our individually configurable ceiling sails and acoustic panels can be perfectly adapted in shape and colour to the architecture. Whether geometric or organic forms – a lot is possible. We are happy to advise you on which designs can be optimally integrated into your project.
For additional sound absorption, the elements can be mounted overlapping or stacked to further reduce echo and create a pleasantly quiet environment.
Cost-effective solutions can be realized with material-optimized shapes such as rectangles, triangles, or diamonds, which can be cut multiple times from a panel size. This combines efficiency and creative freedom.
Additionally, our Creative Colours are available to integrate the ceiling sails harmoniously into your interior design.
When renovating historic buildings, non-invasive acoustic solutions are crucial to preserve the existing structure.
An effective solution is acoustic luminaire, which combines noise reduction and lighting in one product. They not only improve room acoustics but also ensure optimal lighting – perfect for sensitive, historic interiors.
The acoustic design should ideally be integrated from the beginning into the construction process. Already in the design phase, room geometry, material choice, and structural elements can be optimised to ensure pleasant acoustics.
Early planning allows for efficient integration of sound absorbers, ceiling clouds, or acoustic luminaires, without later modifications. Especially in open-plan spaces, educational and event rooms, or listed buildings, early coordination with architects and specialists is essential to minimise reverberation times and achieve optimal speech intelligibility.
Our acoustic elements are designed so that they can also be integrated efficiently afterwards — ideal when acoustic optimisations are only needed after the completion of construction planning.
Contact our experts today; we are here to assist you from the beginning.
Yes, for dynamic space concepts we offer flexible acoustic solutions that can be adapted to changed requirements.
A medium level of flexibility is offered by our ceiling panels in fixed size units. These can be handled by qualified personnel to optimize the acoustic effect depending on room layout or usage. This way, acoustic design remains adaptable without sacrificing effective sound absorption.
Combined acoustic and lighting solutions offer an efficient and space-saving way to combine sound reduction and lighting in one element. Since only one component is installed, the installation time is significantly reduced.
Additionally, these solutions save space, as no separate acoustic and lighting components are required.
The lighting effects can be flexibly adapted depending on room usage and requirements, ensuring both optimal acoustics and targeted lighting.
Since we plan everything from a single source, the benefits of combined acoustic and lighting solutions can be used to their full potential. While different trades often work separately, we view the entire ceiling as a unit — for a harmonious, functional, and aesthetic solution.
Planning and Realisation by Ben Elmecker
A well-considered room acoustics improve speech intelligibility and reduce disturbing noises – a crucial factor for barrier-free and inclusive spaces. Especially people with hearing impairments, cognitive limitations or increased noise sensitivity benefit from short reverberation times and a quiet sound atmosphere, which facilitates communication and orientation.
By targeted use of sound-absorbing ceiling solutions, acoustic room dividers and optimized sound guidance, spaces are created that are accessible to all. Vulnerable people can also visit areas that were previously unbearable for them – whether due to noise exposure or poor speech intelligibility.
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MORITZ JUNGWIRTH
Business Development
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jungwirth@moltoluce.com