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CSA provides architectural acoustic designs in the following areas: |
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Civic Buildings |
Educational Medical Facilities Places of Worship Film & Broadcast Acoustics Music & Theater Acoustics |
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Architectural acoustical consulting normally includes room acoustics, sound isolation and noise and vibration reduction. |
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CIVIC BUILDINGS |
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| Oakland Federal Building, Oakland, California |
Photo: Cesar Rubio Architect: KMD |
| CSA provided acoustical criteria, recommendations and testing to verify the performance of the Federal Courtrooms. CSA also provided audio/visual design, including programming, development of contract documents and on-site review during construction. |
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MUSEUMS |
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Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California CSA provided the acoustical design and mechanical equipment noise and vibration reduction recommendations for the new museum. The project scope included exhibit galleries, a 278-seat multipurpose auditorium, a library and offices. Photo: Russell Abraham Architect of Record: HOK, Design Architect: Mario Botta |
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| Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California |
Photo: EHDD Architect: EHDD |
| The museum includes four stories of aquarium/museum space designed to incorporate sections of the Old Hovden Cannery buildings with exhibit areas, a 300-seat auditorium, restaurant, classrooms, offices and research facilities. CSA was responsible for mechanical equipment noise and vibration reduction and for the acoustical design of the exhibit and circulation areas to control comfortable noise and reverberation levels. |
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LIBRARIES |
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Westlake Library, Daly City, California CSA provided architectural acoustics and ventilation system noise and vibration recommendations for this library renovation project completed in 1998. Photo: Jane Lidz Architect: Group 4 |
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Newport Beach Public Library, Newport Beach, California CSA provided acoustical recommendations for sound isolation, room acoustics design, mechanical equipment noise and vibration control for this 50,000 square foot library. The project also involved speech reinforcement recommendations for a 1,500 square foot lecture room. Photo: Hedrich Blessing Architect: SMWM |
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Mixed-Use |
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| Santana Row , San Jose, California |
Photo: Philip N. Sanders Architects: BAR Architects, SB Architects, MBH Architects |
| CSA provided acoustical consulting services for this multi-purpose North San Jose urban district. The community houses high-end retail, a variety of dining areas and luxury multi-family housing. Acoustical consulting services included sound isolation between buildings, environmental noise isolation and mechanical noise and vibration reduction. |
Entertainment |
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Sony Metreon, San Francisco, CA
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Photo: Timothy Hursley Architect of Record: SMWM: |
| CSA provided acoustical consulting services for this multi-faceted entertainment facility located in the Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. The facility includes 15 cinemas, an IMAX theater, restaurants, retail stores, interactive children's play areas and a venue for live performances. Sound isolation and mechanical equipment noise and vibration control were particularly important design issues. |
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HOUSING |
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| Carlsbad-by-the-Sea, Carlsbad, California |
Photo: Timothy Hursley Architect: Steinberg Group |
| CSA conducted environmental noise measurements to determine appropriate window assembly noise reduction for this 160-unit independent living and 33-bed skilled nursing facility. Other provided services included inter-unit wall and floor/ceiling sound reduction and mitigation of rooftop ventilation noise propagation to adjacent properties. |
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| Portside, San Francisco, California |
Photo: Lance W Keimig Architect: HKS, Inc. |
| CSA consulted on architectural acoustics to meet the California noise insulation standards, ventilation system noise reduction and road traffic noise mitigation for this condominium tower next to the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge. |
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Fairmont Hotel Renovation, San Francisco, CA |
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Milroy & McAleer Architect: Gensler |
| Originally built in 1902, the recent historic hotel renovation included an upgrade of all guestrooms, bathrooms, main lobby, meeting rooms, ballrooms, restaurants and the exterior façade. CSA addressed various acoustical issues including party walls, guest room doors and ventilation system noise. |
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CORPORATE OFFICES |
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| Schwab Boardroom, San Francisco, California |
Photo: Chas McGrath Architect: Gensler |
| CSA provided recommendations for room acoustics and reduced sound transmission into the existing executive conference room and adjacent office space. |
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| Airtouch Corporate HQ San Francisco, CA |
Photo: Chas McGrath Architect: Studios |
| CSA provided audio/visual programming and acoustical consultation for this boardroom at the corporate headquaters of a wireless technology group. Facility included the boardroom, product demonstration room, conference rooms and corporate offices. |
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EDUCATIONAL |
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| California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA | Photo: Richard
Barnes Architect: Tanner Leddy Maytum Stacy |
| Formerly a Greyhound Bus maintenance building, this facility is now used as CCAC’s multi-disciplinary art and design college campus. The project scope involved the addition of 90,000 square feet of new studios, shop, exhibition spaces and building systems within the existing structure with a design that maintains the original industrial character while reflecting economy and efficiency of resources. |
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MEDICAL FACILITIES |
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| Lucile Salter Packard Childrens' Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, California |
Photo: CSA Architect: Anshen + Allen |
| CSA provided helicopter noise control recommendations and acoustical analyses for dining/banquet rooms, treatment rooms and the dishwashing room. |
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PLACES OF WORSHIP |
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| Beth Israel Memorial Chapel, Houston, Texas |
Photo: Timothy Hursley Architect: Daniel Solomon & Gary Strang |
| The scope of services for this award-winning open ventilation chapel and memorial garden involved room acoustics recommendations and sound system design. An acoustical baffling scheme created a sculptural entry at the facility’s south wall and attenuated sound from an adjacent roadway. The project incorporates a ceiling composed of sound-absorptive spaced wood slats to reduce excessive reverberation. |
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Civic Buildings |
Educational Medical Facilities Places of Worship Film & Broadcast Acoustics Music & Theater Acoustics |
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