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Lawrence W.
Inlow Hall |
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Location: |
Indiana/Purdue
University (IUPUI),
Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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Program: |
New law school building. |
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Budget: |
$26,000,000.00. |
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Schedule: |
Design completed 1998. Construction
completed 2000. |
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Acoustical Design Collaborative, Ltd
provided room acoustics, sound isolation,
and HVAC noise/vibration control design for
a new 225,000 ft2 law school
building. The building features a six story
central atrium around which the majority of
the educational spaces are arranged. Special
acoustical glazing was necessary to reduce
sound transmission from the atrium into
these rooms. Educational spaces comprise
moot courtrooms, 40, 60, and 100-seat
lecture rooms, 300-seat auditorium, and
seminar rooms. The school’s pedagogical
style involves student interaction and the
instructional spaces were designed to
minimize reliance on electronic sound
amplification. Support spaces include law
library, student commons, interview rooms,
and faculty offices all with sound isolating
partitions. Mechanical equipment rooms in
the penthouse above classrooms and lecture
halls have concrete floating floors for
sound isolation. Lawrence W. Inlow Hall
provides a new centerpiece for this
primarily urban campus. |
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