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LAC Lugano

Teatrostudio

The initial acoustic project provided the hall with slightly converging walls having irregular surfaces.After a few years of use, the heterogeneity of the hostess events has led to the choice of additional equipment that will allow the acoustic configuration of the hall to be varied and adapted to very different needs.Following a study entrusted to one of the most prestigious acoustic laboratories in Europe ...
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... it was decided to surround the hall with Acoustic curtains having a variable configuration, sliding along a TRX Track system fixed at 5.80 m from the ground and at an average distance of 20 cm from the walls.For this purpose, the stagehands of LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura used the 25 cm long 1Z10 - Wall brackets, integrated by the 40 cm ones to suspend the curves in the corners ...
... to fix the track to the walls and create a path from which to suspend No. 16 wings made of black FMB - Macbeth 400 velvet with flat making, 2.96 x h 5.65 m.
The upper finish has been made with sewn WLA - Ties, they have been sewn with the mode suitable for the sliders, that is with closed seam.The configuration of the TRX Track system is without rope, each wing has been equipped with two loops sewn on the back of its top web to allow it to be dragged easily.
The layer of air between the walls and the velvet increases its sound-absorbing performance.The wings can be arranged to completely cover the walls, with the exception of the emergency exits.Or ...
... when it’s needed to reduce sound absorption, the wings can be accumulated by sliding them with a specific guiding pole.
At the same time, the light-absorbing properties of the velvet will improve the lighting control possibilities of the hall.
The initial acoustic project provided the hall with slightly converging walls having irregular surfaces.After a few years of use, the heterogeneity of the hostess events has led to the choice of additional equipment that will allow the acoustic configuration of the hall to be varied and adapted to very different needs.Following a study entrusted to one of the most prestigious acoustic laboratories in Europe ...
The Teatrostudio is a multifunctional space measuring 14.6 x 8.5 m which is part of the prestigious complex of LAC - Lugano Arte Cultura, the main cultural center of Lugano and the Canton of Ticino.
It is used as a show laboratory before staging, to rehearse performances and test new sets, or as an alternative stage for small companies and experimental and event performances.
2015
inauguration
2021
installation of Acoustic curtains with variable configuration

Materials used in this production

1T - TRX

Track systems

1Z10 - Wall bracket

Track systems

Acoustic curtains

Acoustic curtains

Flat making

Fabric: tailoring types

FMB - Macbeth 400

Velvets

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