Acoustic treatment became part of the visual identity of the Brown-Forman Great Hall rather than something that needed to disappear.
Brown-Forman Great Hall · Acoustics First project documentation
What this shows
Acoustics, graphics, architecture, and meaning.
The public case study documents the development of large custom printed absorptive elements and suspended treatments for the Great Hall. The portraits and quotations needed to be visually significant while the other treatment receded into the architecture.
Large reverberant multipurpose hall
Custom printed absorptive portraits and quotations
Large-scale artwork preparation and technical consultation
Suspended baffles selected to blend with the exposed structure
Source
The public project record also identifies Randy Lambert, Jim DeGrandis, and Aukram Burton of KCAAH in the completed hall.
