Need to let the owner know what to do!

After months prepping a design for the building I was supposed to be moving in to, and after all the helpful replies and tips I got from you all, I've been offered a deal to god to be true at another location. The building is near completion, but they want to know how 'I' would like the control room finished. Pic 3 is the existing layout with the window facing into the live room. They wish to put a diagonal wall in the bottom right hand corner to create symmetry. Their initial idea was to start the diagonal from the centre of the window, however I didn't think this was the best solution as it creates an off centred CR. My first suggestion was that if they wished to do this then the area from the front wall door to the left wall should be deadened entirely. However would it be better to use the space in its entirety i.e. offsetting the diagonal to the true centre of the room (pic 2), or to keep their initial scheme and build a soild wall at 90 degrees with the front wall where my initial 'dead' area would have been (pic 1) Additionally would it be a good idea for these to be false walls (RW3). Last question is if I want to put a false ceiling in, with hangers above, is there a preferred angle of slope and would a wood floor be better? As always your help and input is greatly appreciated! The room measurements are 7.15m x 5.04m. The height decreases to 2.81m on the left hand side. Any alterations to the right hand side wall are not possible as the owner has collected a number of autographs on the wall.

How about this layout? cheers john

:lol: :lol: Cheers John! I knew you'd come up with completely different. I like the fact that the 12 degree splay is there, and hopefully the owners won't be too upset buy having a 'smaller' control room. This makes a lot more sense, and that excess area could even be a vocal booth! If the choice were limited to either original what would be the best way? I'm gonna push your design though - it looks great. Thank you for your input!

It would be good if you could treat the rear wall with heavy insulation to give a dead rear wall. Tell him it's your way of protecting and preserving his autographs :):) Yeah - I drew that room as an extra vocal booth which is why the glass door :) cheers john

The walls should be stud then I assume - rather than false? I was just wondering about the bottom right quarter. If that was built with just the internal leaf would I be right in thinking it would act well as a large panel trap. I'm also looking to soffit mount loud speakers in the room, which with the original outlay, didn't look feasible. This is great - I can see it all now!

Great news - I showed the owner the design and he's given it the go ahead. He was a little reluctant at first, seeing as it turns his original idea up on its head. but he trusts my judgement and more importantly I trust what you say. My only concerns are the distance from front wall to back, the 15 degree splay and the angle of the false ceiling, so - Q1 when dealing with such a 5 sided room, and referring to preferred room mode ratios, should the measurements be the 'widest' part of the width and the 'longest' part of the length or should averages be worked out respectively. Q2 Though the rooms degree of splay is 15 and notthe preferred 12 is there any serious ramifications from using this slightly wider splay. Q3 After rereading the SAE material I was surprised to find that the false ceiling should slope from front down to the back of the room - I'd always thought it was the other way round. So could someone please advise on this, its a simple thing I guess and I don't want to make a stupid mistake. This site is truly superb and thanks again for all your help! (I'm starting work on acoustic treatment layouts today)

This is how it works out if the drawing you gave is correct with the lower wall at 17 degrees. cheers john

Wow - this was a long time ago! This studio ran and ran for 5 profitable years right up until various parts of Tottenham Court Road in the centre of London were demolished for the 2012 olympics. I have some great pics that I will post - now working on a new one - time to remember and re learn all those things I found out here first time round!