Acoustics

Homes designed after the 1970’s in Australia are mostly open planned, a style that is now an extremely popular configuration for residential interiors. Open concept describes the elimination of barriers such as walls and doors that traditionally separated distinct functional areas, in turn combining the kitchen, living room, and dining space into a single great room.

This popular concept living is generally coupled with the use of hard building materials, such as hardwood or tiled floors, and plasterboard or timber panelled walls. An open plan means no acoustic separation. You gain space and light from opening up the room. However, this also creates an inevitable acoustic challenge, an echo in your room, which makes it hard to hear with clarity. Echo Solutions will provide you with a solution to your acoustic problem that you can easily install yourself!

Imagine an open plan café, restaurant, office or boardroom where people are just trying to be heard. These spaces are areas that generally echo, and are not pleasant to be in.

Open plan spaces have made cubicles and enclosed offices redundant in favour for collaborative and creatively engaging workspaces. The advantages include collaborations, networking, larger spaces and a more relaxed atmosphere. However, the disadvantages far outweigh these, providing distractions and plenty of noise, generally making it difficult to hear conversations within the office and via the phone.  

Echo Solutions will provide you with a solution to your acoustic problem that you can easily install yourself!