A case of classroom acoustic treatment in Tsinghua University

Abstract

Room 114 is an 100 audience classroom located in the Architecture Department Hall of Tsinghua University with unsatisfactory acoustic effects. This paper briefly introduces the whole process of acoustic design for this classroom which included document survey, acoustic test, acoustic simulation analysis, scale model test, auralization simulation, etc. After weighing both the acoustic and visual effects of three designs, the executives determined the final one to put into effect. This case suggests that technology has been able to well solve the problem of the sound quality of the classroom in universities, but how to persuade managers adopt these technologies, maybe more difficult in classroom acoustics which need further studies.