On Silent Feet

The Deutsche Oper in Berlin is a building in the style of the sixties, with clear lines and of sober elegance. The spacious rehearsal rooms were equipped with a new ceiling system. The Middle-Franconian manufacturer Vogl Deckensysteme was selected for the project. By using their Vogl adsorber panel, the Emskirchen-based ceiling specialist not only created a pleasant room climate in the former painting workshop, but also provided optimum sound absorption.

The Deutsche Oper is located in Berlin's Bismarckstraße 35. Since it was founded in November 1912, the second-largest German opera house has gone through a changeful history in the German federal capital. The shape of the building is an eye-catcher: a light-coloured cube floating on a dark recessed base.

Especially the thick wall of washed-out concrete slabs makes the building stand out from the surrounding urban architecture. 70 metres long and 12 metres high, this windowless cladding accentuates the building in the same manner as the huge window front facing the forecourt which offers a view of the "floating staircase" inside. Seating more than 1,800, the Deutsche Oper is one of three opera houses in the German metropolis. The auditorium, too, is out of the ordinary. It is not designed in a U-shape as is usually the case in theatres, but dominated by cantilever balconies.

All affected areas in the former painting workshop, now the new rehearsal rooms, here in the ballet rehearsal studios 2, 3 and 4 as well as the foyer "de la dance", were clad with a sound-absorbing ceiling system of Vogl adsorber panels. They were installed to cover a ceiling area of 2,685.21 m². The Middle-Franconian manufacturer Vogl Deckensysteme specialises in such optimum solutions that guarantee a combination of outstanding sound absorption and air purification.

Excellent sound absorption including pleasant air

Whether architects or designers, whoever is looking for ceiling products that have to ensure highly effective sound absorption and purify the room air at the same time, will find that the Vogl adsorber panel is a perfect combination of these features. This product is, therefore, the best choice for such tasks on the one hand, and it absorbs the "bad atmosphere" into the bargain! For the room climate has to be right particularly in the rooms where the ballet rehearses every day so that the dancers can fully develop their artistic performance. "In this case, a product is used that does not release any hazardous substances to the interior, but purifies the room air and thus contributes to the well-being of the artists", Benedikt Roos, product manager of Vogl Deckensysteme, explains.

This is achieved by the interrelation of temperature, humidity, air quality and air movement and, on the other hand, the interaction of physical, biological and chemical factors that even takes the interior humidity into account. Experience has shown that a person is most comfortable in an air mix of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.03% carbon oxide and 0.93% of noble gases, and at a room temperature between 21 and 22 degrees Celsius.

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