Cannington Community College built two new rooms back to back: a music room and a science room.
The problem
Noise from the music room was coming through into the science room and breaking students’ concentration.
What we did
- Installed 12 x 25 mm Autex QuietSpace panels on the science room walls, faced with Vertiface so the walls double as pinboards without damaging the panels.
- Lined the music room with 12 x 50 mm QuietSpace panels to absorb the sound at the source.
- Chose bold colours to make feature walls: raspberry and citrus in the science room, electric blue and brilliant orange in the music room.
The result
The two classes never bothered each other again, and both rooms gained colourful feature walls the students can use.
Tip from Nigel: treat the noisy room as well as the quiet one. Absorbing the sound where it starts makes everything next door easier.
