An acoustical research of the undulating wooden ceiling in the Vyborg Library

Bo Mortensen

An acoustical research of the undulating wooden ceiling in the Vyborg Library

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Abstract

Much has been written about the Undulating Ceiling at the lecture hall of the Vyborg Library. Alvar Aalto himself claimed the ceiling to be "ninety-nine per cent acoustically perfect" and the sketches showing the acoustical considerations behind the ceiling-design is often reproduced. But how did it actually function? Did the wave form have the claimed acoustical avantages or could the ceiling as well have been horisontal. Comprehensive acoustical investigations have been carried out including acoustical measurements in a 1:20 scale model and calculations in a 3D computer model of the lecture hall.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Alvar Aalto Vyborg Library : technology of sensations: technology workshop and seminar on case study. Proceedings on the seventh international DOCOMOMO technology seminar, Vyborg 2003.
Editors	Ola Wedebrunn
Number of pages	12
Publisher	Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, Institut 1
Publication date	2004
Pages	113-124
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	An acoustical research of the undulating wooden ceiling in the Vyborg Library - Duration: 30 Jun 2010 → …

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Conference	An acoustical research of the undulating wooden ceiling in the Vyborg Library
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Mortensen, B. (2004). An acoustical research of the undulating wooden ceiling in the Vyborg Library. In O. Wedebrunn (Ed.), The Alvar Aalto Vyborg Library: technology of sensations: technology workshop and seminar on case study. Proceedings on the seventh international DOCOMOMO technology seminar, Vyborg 2003. (pp. 113-124). Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, Institut 1.

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Mortensen, B 2004, An acoustical research of the undulating wooden ceiling in the Vyborg Library. in O Wedebrunn (ed.), The Alvar Aalto Vyborg Library: technology of sensations: technology workshop and seminar on case study. Proceedings on the seventh international DOCOMOMO technology seminar, Vyborg 2003.. Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, Institut 1, pp. 113-124, An acoustical research of the undulating wooden ceiling in the Vyborg Library, 30/06/2010.

An acoustical research of the undulating wooden ceiling in the Vyborg Library. / Mortensen, Bo.
The Alvar Aalto Vyborg Library: technology of sensations: technology workshop and seminar on case study. Proceedings on the seventh international DOCOMOMO technology seminar, Vyborg 2003.. ed. / Ola Wedebrunn. Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, Institut 1, 2004. p. 113-124.

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