Back to the drawing board

Recently found a space to rent that was a conference room built inside of a small manufacturing facility. The conference room was built to keep the road noise and shop noise out (Double walls) Initially the landlord did not want to change any of the current layout, but after meeting with him today, he has agreed to let me remove walls, and has even extended the offer to rent square footage out of the old shop :yahoo: I've attached a drawing of the layout and am looking for design suggestions, Would like to have a control room, live room and a vocal booth or isolation room for guitar amps etc..... Any thoughts or ideas are welcomed, Steve

one challenge is the location of the bathroom. perhaps if you had the CR to the left, then the live room and new space could all be combined in some way with the bathroom accessible via some form of air lock which allowed the CR, live room, and isolation rooms access.

Hey Glenn, Thanks for the suggestion, the only problem that I may encounter with combining the new space would be the fact that the current wall is a supporting wall. Which also creates a visual problem. The owner has agreed to let me put a window or possibly a sliding glass door in between the two. Here is what I've come up with so far. On my next visit I'm planning to investigate the construction of the conference room , I'm concerned that it may be prone to the triple leaf effect.

hmmmmm....

Glenn, Thats a nice layout. Looks like thats going to be the best option. After further investigation I discovered that the current room is in fact a double leaf design. Stucco and wood exterior, 4" of space followed by insulated wood frame then at least 5/8 drywall. One exterior wall is also covered in some sort of soundproofing material. I'm going to shoot some photos today. Will post soon.

So here are some photos of the space as it sits today. The construction of the ceiling is my main concern. Above the wood paneling are the rafters and another 5' of space to the ceilings peak. Going to take a look above tomorrow. Was hoping I could put 8 1/2" insulation between the drop ceiling and wood paneling, how well would that work? May also be able to add some more insulation on top of the wood. Would I be better off removing the drop ceiling and rebuilding? I'm planning on building this studio in two phases with a budget of 3 - 5K for each phase of the building.

you might need to support your isolation ceiling on the new inner isolation walls unless you can assess the ability of the second set of rafter to hold some (all?) of the weight. if the upper ceiling is wood or otherwise dense you may have some 3rd leaf concerns. for the live room going up another 4' would be pretty nice though...

Finally got Rods book. Your right Glenn, building a new isolation ceiling supported by the new wall looks like the best option for the existing space. I've posted some photos of above the wood ceiling, looks like it is just the wood paneling nailed up to ceiling joists. Also posted a photo of the area where the Live room would be built. Would I be able to utilize the vaulted ceiling for the live room? Also, the raised floor in the future control room has become a concern after reading Rods book.