RAYE FREEDMAN ARTS CENTRE, Auckland, New Zealand

- 300 seat auditorium
- Client: Epsom Girls Grammar School & Auckland City Council
- Architect: ASC Architects
- room acoustics
- control of traffic noise intrusion
- building services noise control

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RAYE FREEDMAN ARTS CENTRE, Auckland, New Zealand
RAYE FREEDMAN ARTS CENTRE, Auckland, New Zealand
RAYE FREEDMAN ARTS CENTRE, Auckland, New Zealand
 

RAYE FREEDMAN ARTS CENTRE, Auckland, New Zealand

The Raye Freedman Arts Centre consists of an auditorium seating 300 with full stage and back stage facilities, rehearsal space, green room, changing rooms, two drama teaching rooms, two music teaching rooms and eight music practice rooms.  This is a facility shared between a large girls school and the community.

A particular challenge was the location next to a busy arterial road, with the main Auditorium side wall four metres from the nearest traffic lane and exposed to over 70 dBA average traffic noise.  A double masonry construciton was used, with an airgap between, providing very high sound insulation.  During performances the traffic is inaudible.

Further information can be found at the centre's website and on the ASC Architects website.