Air pollution
According to current plans office buildings, residential buildings as well as a market hall with service areas and gastronomic facilities are to be created on the site of the former railway yard in Duisburg-Ruhrort. As part of the air pollution investigation an immission prognosis of relevant air pollutants had to be made for the planned building area. To this end research was conducted on a micro scale by means of the MISKAM simulation program.
Archeological museum Herne
Room acoustics/electro acoustics
Adapted to urban characteristics and in the spirit of archeology the archeological museum in Herne is predominantly located 'in the earth'. Several rooms within the museum are in the immediate proximity to a subway tunnel. Despite separate user areas the building is architectually very open fashion. Satisfactory acoustic separation of the different user areas had to be achieved through proper acoustic measures.
Amphitheatre of Lyon
Room acoustics
This conference and multipurpose facility seats 3000 is part of the International City of Lyon project, located between the "Parc de la Tête d'Or" and the river Le Rhône. Peutz was involved in the acoustics of the various buildings of this city, featuring hotels, offices, congress centre, dwellings, cinemas and museum of contemporary art. While it looks like a roman amphitheatre, it is actually built on the site of the former roman amphitheatre.
Berlin railway
Wind technology
In the restoration of the Berlin railway ring the Berlin Ost-Kreuz railway station plays an important part. The intersection between different lines shapes the railway station Ostkreuz, which was erected on two levels. This railway crossing has to be upgraded respecting different demands and, monumental interests. Mainly due to the planned large glass platform, technical research into the airflow over the roof and the effect this roof has on the railway station's environment was required. Tests had to show in which way the comfort and quality of stay at the railway station's forecourt were affected by the construction.
Burg Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf
Architectural acoustics/room acoustics/electro acoustics
In the south of Düsseldorf a multi-purpose hall for sports events, musical concerts, school sports and conferences has been created. The hall is located in the immediate vicinity to a main railway line and is surrounded by apartment complexes. This places high demands on the suppression of noise emitting from the hall as well as noise entering the hall from outside. The very diverse use of the hall requires adapted room acoustic and noise protective measures.
Maurice Ravel auditorium
Room acoustics
Initially built as a concert hall, the Maurice Ravel auditorium suffered from several major defects: as a concert hall the volume was too small. A major refurbishment was carried out. The aim was to reduce the echoes whilst increasing the reverberation time and improving the acoustics both on stage and for the audience. The reverberation time was increased to 1.9 s with natural acoustics and to 2.3 s using an electro-acoustic system, while side reflections were added to create a better sensation of spaciousness.
Circuit Park Zandvoort
Noise control
For the renovated Circuit Park Zandvoort Peutz was involved as consultant regarding the implementation of the reconstruction program optimisation of track lay out and noise protecting dams, performing noise checks, calculations of noise and air quality; supervision of new initiatives, i.e. a new grandstand and major international events like the A1GP and consultation with the local local authorities.
De Spiegel theatre
Room acoustics
De Spiegel is a concert hall, an opera and a theater. The variation in acoustics is achieved by volume variation: between 3500 m³ for intimate theater and 11000 m³ for symphonic music. With a moveable ceiling about 4000 m³ can be added in a gallery above the audience. For this project a computer model as well as a model scale 1:12 was used.
Essent Natural Gas Storage, Epe
In Epe (located North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) Essent Erdgasspeicher GmbH operates a subterranean natural gas storage facility. For this facility the noise emission was prognosed for several expansion steps based on both structure borne and air borne noise measurements. Furthermore noise reduction measures for future expansion of the site were designed and tested.
Heerema Marine Contractors
Noise control
By order of Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) several health and safety aspects were studied on its supply boats and crane vessels. The studies concerned noise levels on working stations, noise exposure, whole-body vibrations, hand-transmitted vibrations, air quality regarding microbiological and inorganic substances, ventilation, for instance at welding stations, daylight and artificial light, and physical loads.
Office building ‘Droogbak Amsterdam’
The office building ‘Droogbak Amsterdam’ has been refurbished for a law firm. Different demands regarding facade technology, practical use of rooms, HVAC and low energy consumption were approached in an integrated way. As a consultant Peutz was involved at the early design phase as well as the building phase regarding building physics and acoustics. Additionally Peutz was involved in comfort measurements regarding air infiltration at floor level and fire engineering aspects of the atrium.
Shell headquarters
Peutz provided the full draft audiovisual resources for the Learning Center and the Auditorium of the headquarters of Shell The Hague. Peutz was involved in procurement, implementation and delivery. The C23 and C30 buildings were converted into modern, energy efficient office buildings. In the courtyard of building C23 an accommodation building was realized. By this Shell can completelyfacilitate the hotel needs for students and visitors.
IRCAM
Room acoustics
IRCAM is a research and co-ordination centre for acoustics and music. The Espace de Projection can be regarded as the perfect example of a hall with variable acoustics. The walls and ceiling of this hall consist of rotating elements, with surfaces that either absorb, reflect or diffuse sound altered. The volume and the shape of the hall can both be altered by varying the height of the three separate ceiling sections.
Belval Plaza Tower
Vibrations
Belval Plaza Tower is a twelve story high office building located directly next to an eight-track railway line for both passenger and freight trains. The vibrations due to railway traffic are transferredinto the building through in a complex way, partly because of a road tunnel underneath the railway tracks. Based on measurements a vibration and air borne noise prognosis was made using the Finite-Element-Method (FEM). Taking into account the geological properties recommendations were given regarding the construction of the building using only elastomer sliding bearings.
The Olympia
Room acoustics
Since the end of the 19th century, the Olympia has been one of the famous music halls in France. The sound insulation to the environment of the new facility, the hall and its various annexes was improved. Furthermore the vibrations caused by the underground railway lines were reduced. The internal acoustics were not altered, as the specific character of the old Olympia had to be preserved. The hall and stage tower were built as a box in box in order to improve the internal sound insulation.
Cathedral Evry
Room acoustics
This cathedral, built in France in the 20th century, has extraordinary characteristics. It is completely made of bricks. The interior walls were designed, using measurements in our laboratory. The acoustics are reverberant but with specific electro-acoustic equipment a good intelligibility is realized.
Music school Haus Witten
Room acoustics/electro acoustics
Haus Witten had been a ruin for a long time. Parts were transformed into a functional and high quality musical school. For the chamber music section an innovative room-inside-a-room construction, made of glass, was designed. This enabled an unaltered view of the monumentally valuable parts of the building, as demanded by it's protected status as well as the required protection against noise and vibrations.
Ruhr-University in Bochum
Architectural acoustics/room acoustics/electro acoustics
The building of the Ruhr-University in Bochum, the oldest part of which was erected in the mid 1960s, needed a thorough renovation. To this end the structural, thermal efficiency and acoustic state of all buildings and properties of the Ruhr-University were surveyed and documented over the course of many visits and assessed on the possibilities of restoration within the frame of current legislation.
Royall Albert Hall
Room acoustics
Peutz were involved in the refurbishment of the Royal Albert Hall. The acoustics needed to be optimized for all of the principal activities in the auditorium, including speech, amplified and unamplified music, and stage performances. In order to gain planning permission for the rebuilding of the South Steps, the Royal Albert Hall needed an environmental impact assessment. For this Peutz conducted an environmental noise study, measuring the noise levels and providing the relevant statistical analysis, showing the distribution of noise over time.
Sugar refineries
Noise control
Sugar refineries are characterized by many external noise sources, causing relative high noise levels in the direct environment. Various noise reducing measures were designed for several plants. Peutz was also involved in occupational noise, as well as vibration and dust emission measurements.
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ
The Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ is the second concert hall of Amsterdam. It is intended for contemporary music, but also for small symphony orchestra. The acoustic was studied with a scale model 1:12. Specific attention was paid to the structure of the walls and sound insulation. The HVAC system was especially designed limit sound levels to no more then 10dB(A).
The Lille Opera
Room acoustics
The Lille Opera was built in the early 20th century as a horseshoe type. Compliance with modern safety standards made it necessary to refurbish the facility. Architect's Neyrinck and Carlier managed to introduce spaces for new activities within the building. The building accommodates various spaces such as rehearsal rooms and the 1136 seat opera hall with its 480 m&s² stage. The sound insulation between hall and environment was improved significantly. The reverberation time was also optimized.
TT-circuit
Noise control
With respect to the modernized Assen TT-circuit Peutz was involved in performing noise checks, calculations of noise and air quality, permit applications for new initiatives, i.e. major international events like the Champ Car and large music festivals and consultation with local authorities.
The Tonhalle
Room acoustics/electro acoustics
The Tonhalle is the most prominent concert hall in Düsseldorf. Its special design with a high dome had endowed the hall with difficult acoustics. New fire regulations demanded a complete renovation of the concert hall. Together with this renovation the acoustics of the hall was assessed and optimized significantly.
University of Twente
For the University of Twente in Enschede five buildings were completed, the mechanical engineering halls 2 North Horst, 3 East Horst and 4 West Horst were renovated, hall 5 South Horst was renovated and expanded, and new a hall, Hall 6 Meander was constructed. Peutz advised on building physics and acoustics, and were involved from the preliminary design stage through to implementation. Vibration and wind research was also conducted.
Victoria-house Dusseldorf
Architectural acoustics
Because of the high impact of noise levels caused by a six lane main road, and the requirement of windows that can be opened without compromising the user quality, a double façade was designed. The partitioning walls within the office part were mathematically calculated and tested by measurements after completion. For dedicated sections such as boardrooms, lounges and conference rooms special constructions were developed. For all office rooms and special rooms ceiling panels incorporating cooling systems were developed and tested in the Peutz lab.
VOLME-Gallery
Architectural acoustics
For the VOLME-Gallery specific demands regarding heat protection and insulation technology as well as noise protection had to be met. The filigree façade construction of the windows facing the city demanded a specific design for noise reduction between different user sections.
T1 tower
With a heigt of 200 meters and 36 floors the T1 tower, designed by the architects Valode and Pistre, is one of the highest office building in the business center of La Defense in Paris. The T1 tower (floor area of 70.000 m²) features restaurants, meeting rooms and underground parking. Peutz designed the acoustics of the open spaces, restaurants and meeting rooms to provide comfort at work: good sound insulation, speech privacy and low noise levels due to installations.
The Opera of Lyon
Room acoustics
The Opera of Lyon was rebuilt using the four preserved facades of the original early 19th century Grand Theatre. Now it is an eighteen story building with five floors located underground. The added glass roof has become a feature of the Lyon landscape. The horseshoe type hall has been insulated from the structure to avoid vibration-induced noise from the subway.
Zeniths
Room acoustics
Zeniths are well known locations for amplified music concerts. Peutz followed the evolution of the Zeniths from the first in Paris, up to the most recent ones in Dijon, Nantes, Saint Etienne and La Rëunion. The design of the internal acoustics of these large spaces and the sound impact on the environment were main subjects to study.
Web-based tool for the metal working industry
Noise control
Peutz has developed a web based noise toolbox. With this toolbox the daily noise dose of employees can be calculated. Furthermore, the dominant noise sources and activities are highlighted and the most effective noise reducing provisions are proposed. The toolbox is part of a program issued by the Dutch government and branch organizations.