projects : studios

Hoffman-La Roche Television Studio, Nutley, New Jersey, USA

The acoustical and audiovisual consultants at Cerami worked closely on the design of the renovated television studio at Hoffmann-La Roche's (HLR) corporate headquarters in New Jersey. In addition to in-house collaboration, both the acoustical and audiovisual groups partnered with HLR staff to determine the best way to meet their needs as end-users.

Our audiovisual consultants began their work at HLR by closely studying the current layout and equipment in the studio and control room and meeting with staff to determine systems needed in the space. The audiovisual systems were then designed with the goal of providing enhanced reliability, user-friendliness, and cost-effectiveness. Our design approach throughout the entire process was to allow ultimate control, either from within the control room or from anywhere with a network connection. We also designed various new layouts for the space, working closely with HLR to decide upon the most practical. The flexible matrix design, which was ultimately decided upon, would allow room reconfiguration changes within seconds.

Our acoustical team worked to compliment the audiovisual systems by creating the appropriate studio space environment. A site survey allowed our team to measure background ambient noise levels within the space and, as a result, better understand the current acoustical separation between rooms. The acoustical isolation was found to be below the recommended Sound Transmission Class (STC) during the initial survey, so Cerami's team made recommendations for specific door constructions and seals to remedy the problem. This included specifications for door constructions of solid wooden or insulation filled metal doors with gasketing. Gypsum constructions, lay-in ceiling and carpet and tile flooring were also specified, in addition to an insulated glass sliding door to separate the studio from the control room. Fabric covered wall panels were also added.