Palaexpo Locarno

Locarno (Switzerland)

The large 29.6 x h 9.9 m Sound barrier curtain has the two external layers made of FTA - Tancredi 500 velvet with a 100% vertical fullness.With the five internal layers, alternating acoustically absorbent and reflective materials ...

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... it produces an acoustic barrier effect which is used, when needed, to divide the hall into two acoustically independent zones.Together with the Acoustic curtains on the walls, which produce a sound-absorbing effect and are therefore used to improve the reverberation, it makes up the variable acoustic equipment of the hall which can be adapted ...

... to the various configurations with which it is used, differing in capacity and seating arrangement.The hall is here in the configuration for cinema screenings.The backdrops on the walls act as an aesthetic pendant to the separator one, being made with the same velvet and the same fullness.

The Palaexpo Locarno is a large multifunctional building which main hall has a 2,100 m² area and a capacity of up to 3,200 seats.
The room can be configured to host conferences, film screenings, seminars, banquets, cocktails and concerts.
The acoustics of the hall have been fine-tuned with Acoustic curtains made of blue FTA - Tancredi 500 velvet on the walls to optimize the reverberation.
A large 7 layers Sound barrier curtain, of which the two external are made of blue FTA - Tancredi 500 velvet, can separate the hall into two distinct areas.
Made up in 4 parts joined together with Velcro, it measures 29.6 x h 9.9 m and weighs a total of 1,200 kg.

Materials used in this production

Acoustic curtains

FTA - Tancredi 500

Velvets

Sound barrier curtains

Acoustic curtains

Vertical fullness

Fabric: tailoring types

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