Contemporary auditorium seating Linz

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Designed by Terry Pawson & Architekture Consult, Linz Opera House is one of the most avant-garde theatres in the world, both for the technologies used and for its almost perfect acoustics, thanks also to the seats developed on demand by Aresline. The acoustic planning of theatres and concert halls is challenging because it involves an “emotional” communication and often the sound message is direct and not dispersed through amplification systems. That is why the search and selection of materials and their shape are imperative, just as it is to work with professional acoustic consultants who are able to carefully balance reflection and absorption according to the use of the hall and to possible variations in public presence, by developing and analysing three-dimensional acoustic models. The choice of seats for theatres and music halls, where the furniture plays an active role in acoustic performance, is important because the presence of the public can become a non-calculable and unpredictable variable. It is necessary to create seats that offer consistent sound absorption, whether the seats are free or occupied, to avoid any considerable change in the hall’s acoustic response based on the public’s presence. In close collaboration with the designers and the acoustic consultant, our objective is to ensure the seat has the same acoustic response, irrespective of whether it is occupied or empty.