Quiz+3

a classroom acoustics I think that as an architect I have to consider all possible situations and variables that may occur in a classroom. Also I can not forget the different tastes of people to receive class. The first thing that I have to consider is that in a clasroom you need to block all the noise from the outside of the room in order to focuses all the attention to the teacher but at the same time the space have to present good acoustic inside in order to project the teacher´s voice. In this way, every student until who sit behind in the room can listen carefully the class and learn from it. To created a great acoustic inside the room I would put some panels on the walls and the ceiling to absorb the majority of the sound waves. Also other noise absorbers is the fabrics like carpet which in some cases is used for lining walls of a room. This help the noise of the back of the room does not become disturb in the front. In order to help the sound waves travel with liberty, I consider to put in the ceiling a speech reflecting zone to help the teacher voice can be heard by every student in the room. Also there are windows that conserve the sound inside of the room that I can use.

In the first picture we can see how this building has various types of rhythm such as repetition of shapes, its windows has the same design; repetition of dimensions, this type is reflected in the distance in between of every window because distance seems to be the same, as weel as the distance in between of each column. Also there are rhythm of lines in all of the facade of the building. For this reason I think that this building looks a little bit of boring and monotone but if I am not mistaken, this building in its context in the city of New York, adapts and fits well with the rhythm of the other buildings.