Joanne Valentine is an Associate with the Auckland office, specialising in building acoustics

Joanne holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Auckland.  After graduating in 1983, Joanne joined Marshall Day Acoustics and worked in the area of room acoustics on various projects including the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.  After a leave of absence for raising her family she rejoined Marshall Day Associates in 1994.

Joanne has comprehensive acoustical knowledge combined with the creative skills from her architectural training.  She has excellent technical skills and is an experienced user of the acoustic modelling software package ODEON.

Joanne has extensive experience in room acoustic design, sound insulation and mechanical noise control for a wide range of projects including auditoria, theatres, performing arts centres and educational facilities. 

Recent project experience includes:

:: Philharmonie de Paris - concert hall room acoustics and ODEON modelling

:: Q Theatre, Auckland - room acoustics, ODEON modelling, sound insulation and noise control

:: Claudelands Events Centre- room acoustics, ODEON modelling, sound insulation and noise control

:: TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre - room acoustics, sound insulation and noise control

:: Massey University Albany Campus Lecture Theatre Complex - room acoustics, sound insulation and noise control

:: Henderson Unitec and Library - room acoustics, sound insulation and noise control

:: St Cuthbert's College Performing Arts Centre - room acoustics, sound insulation and noise control

Publications

:: J. Valentine, North Shore Theatre in the Bruce Mason Centre Commissioning Measurements. 14^th Biennial Conference of the New Zealand Acoustical Society Conference Proceedings, 6-5.1,1997

:: J Valentine, Acoustic design and performance of the Bruce Mason Theatre. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 103 (5(part 2)):3034,1998

:: J. Valentine, O Wilson, Classroom Acoustics - A New Zealand Perspective. 15^th Biennial Conference of the New Zealand Acoustical Society Conference Proceedings, 2000

:: O Wilson, J Valentine, G. Dodd, et al., Classroom Acoustics - A New Zealand Perspective. Oticon Foundation in New Zealand, 2002