ravinia festival, acoustic panels

1994

Ravinia Park; Highland Park, Illinois

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Description:

The pavilion required acoustically reflective, advanced composite wall panels to produce superior sound quality at the Chicago Symphony's Ravinia Festival facility.

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Materials Used: 

These 4.2 lb/ft2 panels are composed of biaxially oriented strand glass reinforcement by Knytex in isothalic polyester resin by Ashland Chemical. The panels include PVC closed-cell structural sandwich foam core by Divinycell.

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Other: 

Acoustically reflective, advanced composite wall panels produced superior sound quality at the Chicago Symphony's Ravinia Festival facility.

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Press:

Isopolyester News, June 1998. "Sound Solution Found in Isopolyester Composite"

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Client: Chicago Symphony

Acoustician: Daniele Commins

Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Contractor: Schal Bovis Construction