Studio design in Norway

Hello, We are currently trying to figure out the design for the liveroom and looking for thoughts and inspiration for you guys. The room itself is 30kvm, with 4,30m to celing. Because of noise from the outside world, we are building a room in the room. So we are pretty flexible. We have thought of having 2 iso rooms, one that we can have a desktop "chillout room" and be used when needed. The iso booth`s are thought to have lower celing and get acoustical advantage and storage from above the booth`s. Not sure we need to seperate the iso booth`s, but we are thinking that is a better way for separation? Any thoughts? Is this a good way to get separation? We are also wondering if we need 2 walls for the booths what are you guys recommend?

I might add that we are looking for a rubber floating floor, booth`s is also thought to be floated. We are checking out Auralx uboat stud stand. http://www.auralex.com/sound_isolation_uboat/sound_isolation_uboat.asp Anyone have experiens with these? These will be laying on concrete floor

Maby just one booth with space for drums? Any thoughts on room form? And cut the 90 degre with a bass trap

3d sketch of liveroom with booth

Hi "Lydfella", and Welcome! :)

The room itself is 30kvm, with 4,30m to celing.

I'm not sure what you mean by "30 kvm". Please could you explain that. Your first diagram seems to show that the iso booths will have triple-leaf construction, which is not good for low frequency isolation. If I understand the diagram correctly, you have the outer wall of the building in grey, then the wall of the live room in orange, then walls of the iso booths, also in orange. That is three leaves. You should fix that so that each room has only two leaves. In other words, each of the three rooms is built as a separate structure within the existing outer walls.

I might add that we are looking for a rubber floating floor, booth`s is also thought to be floated.

You do not need to float your floor. That is a myth. This might help to understand why: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8173

These will be laying on concrete floor

Perfect! If you have a concrete floor, then you have the best possible acoustic floor already. No need to do anything to that.

The iso booth`s are thought to have lower celing and get acoustical advantage

Actually a HIGHER ceiling is better for acoustics. Rooms with high ceilings and more volume generally sound better than rooms with low ceilings and reduced volume.

Not sure we need to seperate the iso booth`s, but we are thinking that is a better way for separation?

If you want good isolation between them, then yes, they must be separate. But not with three leaves.

Any thoughts? Is this a good way to get separation? We are also wondering if we need 2 walls for the booths what are you guys recommend?

The best way to do this is to build a separate, isolated, stand-alone, self-suporting stud frame for each of your three rooms. So you build a 2x4 stud frame that stands up on the floor, and also has ceiling joists of 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, or whatever size you need. You then put 16mm drywall on only ONE side of those studs. That's the basic concept. - Stuart -

Thanks for reply and welcome :yahoo: I can see the confusion, 30m2 floor size. So its not that big of a room, but i think we`l make it work allright. About the flooring, we have an issue with the rom next door sharing the same concrete floor as our live rom, and we think thats gonna be a problem. But we can for sure try without floating floor first. Ok so the best solution is to have 2 layer of drywall on both walls? is that the idea? what about rubber under the wall construction? does that have an effect?

Ok so the best solution is to have 2 layer of drywall on both walls? is that the idea?

Correct.

what about rubber under the wall construction? does that have an effect?

It can help to get a better air-tight seal, but does not help much to isolate the wall, since you still have to bolt or nail the wall down to the floor, and that "short circuits" the rubber. - Stuart -