SSS Sound Isolation Notes

Ceiling and Floor details:






Resilient Channels, to separate the drywall from the metal or wood studs:





U-Boats, for decoupling the raised floor from the existing floor:







Alot of these products are from a company called Auralex simply cause they provided a decent primer for sound isolation, and subsequently specified their own materials. Im sure there are alternatives if we want them.

SSS Existing Condition

Dennis is the guy with the glasses.
The last photo is of the space on the ground level (a linens store) which has the same dimensions as the rough space, just to give a better sense of scale.
The rest of the photos are here.
Its a public album and used by the client so keep your pants on in there.

SSS Structural Assessment

From Scott Snelling, our engineer on this.

In summary, the requested load is about 3x heavier than what Scott thinks can be handled by the existing beams. Even without the added 50psf added by the insulation rooms, the dead and live load capacities required by code exceed the capacity of the structure. Im having lunch with Scott and then a call with Singing Serpent tonight and will post comments here.

SSS 98 Forsyth Existing Plan

The existing floorplan of 98 Forsyth, the proposed new home for the Singing Serpent Studios. It is on the second floor, above retail and below residential. I will include photos after the site visit.

Oh Keith and Jack, FAMILY has been asked to help with the design of a studio space for Singing Serpent, a sound production (I dont know what you call them actually) studio that is moving their New York offices from midtown to lower east side. The primary challenge will be to build up a sound isolation room or rooms within the space. Next week we'll be doing a walkthrough with a structural engineer to determine if the existing beams can support the added loads.

FAMILY's first commission?!?