by Arthur M. Noxon, PE. Originally featured
in Church & Worship Technology, March, 2008.
Usually,
working with churches is pretty hard. But one day I got the
dream call. It went something like this: Hi. We had some vandals
start a fire and our church was smoke damaged. It was covered
by insurance and the entire inside of the church needs to be
removed and resurfaced. We figure we can use this money to do
the acoustic job we always needed, and still get the painting
done. So what do we do?
by Arthur M. Noxon, PE. A four-part article originally
featured in Church & Worship Technology, April-September,
2002.
The
traditional church is half auditorium and half recital hall
in design. It needs to clearly present speech and yet a few
minutes later in the service it needs to support engaging congregation
singing. A new style of church service has evolved. The emphasis
is on understanding the sermon and less on congregational singing,
it is the church auditorium. Here as a study series to better
understand the design strategies behind church acoustics.
by Tim Bott. An article originally featured in Church
& Worship Technology, March, 2004.
Faced with fire and smoke damage, the New Life Center in Springfield,
Oregon approached ASC President Art Noxon and gave him a blank
canvas to design an ideal acoustic space. The result is a beautiful
looking - and sounding - sanctuary that provides acoustic zones
for the praise band, choir, speaker cluster, mixing board, and
congregation. Read about a great example of how ASC works with
our clients to provide balanced acoustic solutions, custom-designed
for the specific needs of the space.
by Tim Bott. Originally featured
in Church & Worship Technology, April, 2004.
A traditional cry space is common in many churches, but how
often are they used? Art Noxon discusses the different ways
to build a cry facility for children and families that can solve
all of the necessary noise issues but still allow full participation
in the worship community of the church.
by Arthur M. Noxon, PE. Originally
featured in Church & Worship Technology, October, 2001.
All too often, a church is built like a civic auditorium--big
space and many seats--yet in the case of a large church, the
building is expected to perform like a church. An auditorium
is made for "auditing", or listening. A church is
made for auditing and singing, therein lies the important difference.
Most acoustic design projects, and churches are no exception,
start with a budget and a vision. By the time the building committee
is finished with a fully functional church, it will have allocated
about 10 percent of the total building budget to the acoustics,
and that does not include the sound system, wiring, the audio
room or the sound equipment. The hope is, after all is said
and done, that the church will actually sound like a church.
There are two aspects to Church Acoustic projects. One is the
acoustic material to be used and the second is the strategy
for the application of this material. Our approach when voicing
the church is performance oriented. The church wants to be bright
yet clear sounding. This means we add as little acoustic material
as possible and carefully position it so as to best control
only the problem reflections.
The
traditional church is half auditorium and half recital hall
in design. It needs to clearly present speech and yet a few
minutes later in the service it needs to support engaging congregation
singing. A new style of church service has evolved. The emphasis
is on understanding the sermon and less on congregational singing,
it is the church auditorium. Here as a study series to better
understand the design strategies behind church acoustics.
Auditorium
Acoustics 101: