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ACOUSTICS
The acoustics of school rooms has an influence on concentration and learning results. A new approach was also necessary for the building acoustics because the educational concept entailed less lecture-format lessons and more group work using all parts of the room.
Soundproofing between the rooms is usually very important in schools. However, this made less sense in the learning environments for Schmuttertal Grammar School where the doors between the classrooms and the central “marketplace” usually stay open. Furthermore, the emergency exits between the classrooms also acted as an inevitable weakness in the acoustic concept. Attention therefore focused primarily on reducing the noise level in the rooms. Here the planners reverted to experience gained in Denmark and Sweden, two countries that already have several schools with open-plan learning environments.
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