Children's Museum of South Dakota controls acoustics and enriches aesthetics with pinta acoustic SONEX(R) One
The Children's Museum of South Dakota, in Brookings, installed pinta acoustic's SONEX One panels and Linear Absorbers in their galleries to enhance the acoustics and aesthetics of the space.
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI (1888PressRelease) January 22, 2011 - A children's museum that promotes interactivity and play is bound to be a lively environment. Prudent members of the architectural and design team for the Children's Museum of South Dakota, in Brookings, involved an acoustical engineer in the project who suggested sound-absorptive products from pinta acoustic. The museum installed pinta's SONEX® One and Linear Absorber acoustic products in the facility, which opened in September 2010.
"The pinta acoustic products look great and do a great job at controlling noise in a very active space," says Andrew Eitreim, Architecture Incorporated. "The primary consideration when you're designing a project such as this is to find a product that adds visual impact or texture and blends seamlessly into the aesthetics without broadcasting its purpose--acoustical control, in this case."
The museum's Our Place on the Prairie gallery has pinta's SONEX One 3-inch (76.2 mm) thick panels applied to the walls and 2-inch (50.8 mm) thick panels, custom-cut into cloud shapes, mounted to a wood substrate with pinta's acouSTIC adhesive and suspended from the ceiling.
The miniExplorers room has 192 square feet (17.84 square meters) of SONEX One 2-inch (50.8 mm) thick panels, custom-cut into cloud shapes, and mounted to a wood substrate with pinta's acouSTIC adhesive.
The Splash exhibit includes 400 feet (121.92 meters) of pinta's willtec® Linear Absorbers, attached via a metal track mounted to the ceiling.
"Squeals of delight sound throughout our museum. The pinta acoustic products do a great job of containing those squeals at a pleasing level," explains Suzanne Hegg, executive director of the museum. "The successful application of superior acoustic products is just one of the features that make the Children's Museum of South Dakota a world-class venue."
SONEX One Panels feature a softly sculpted surface pattern and excellent sound absorption across all frequencies, helping to reduce noise, unwanted sound and reverberation in interior applications. These panels have an NRC rating of 0.85 to 1.10. SONEX One Panels are made from willtec open-cell foam to convert sound energy into quiet, kinetic energy.
SONEX ONE Panels are easy to clean with a damp cloth and easy to install on any wall or ceiling surface with pinta's acouSTIC water-based adhesive.
SONEX One Panels are Class 1 fire-rated according to ASTM E 84, for flame spread and smoke density. willtec natural foam meets the corner burn test UL 1715.
pinta acoustic's willtec Linear Absorbers are available in custom designs and can be attached to ceilings or walls with an aluminum C-channel.
The Children's Museum of South Dakota is an environmentally friendly facility and is seeking LEED Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. SONEX One Panels may qualify for LEED credits for new construction and school projects.
For information about pinta acoustic products, visit www.pinta-acoustic.com/cmsd or call 1-800-662-0032 or +1 612-355-4250.
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The Children's Museum of South Dakota is the first broad-based, cross-discipline children's museum in South Dakota. The nonprofit museum features 21,000 square feet (1,950.96 square meters) of interactive indoor exhibits and programming as well as a 1.5-acre (0.607 hectares) outdoor prairie exhibit space including Mama T. rex, the only full-size, permanent, animatronics T. rex on display in the United States. The museum was created on 4 acres (1.6187 hectares) of land in a 38,000-square foot (3,530.32 square meter) elementary school, originally built in 1936, on the edge of downtown Brookings and in the heart of the Brookings Historic District. The purpose of the Children's Museum of South Dakota is to promote learning for children of all ages and abilities through interactive, hands-on exhibits and demonstrations. The museum is a welcoming, lively and entertaining environment that sparks learning through imagination, creativity and discovery-- a place where children and adults learn through play. www.prairieplay.org
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