830 Brickell is the first new office tower to launch in Miami in a decade. The soaring 57-story tower introduces premium commercial real estate to the city’s booming financial district. Designed to promote the health and wellness of its inhabitants, amenities are unparalleled as are the vistas of Downtown Miami, Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Cerami is very proud to have been the IT, Security, AV and Acoustic designers of this Wired Certified building. Miami has its own vibe, as does the Brickell, and it was our privilege to create the environment to match the architectural expression of the neighborhood.

Signature Solution: Being a Wired Certified building required Cerami to design so that all access points are connected for ubiquitous communication and resilience, which adds demonstrable value to the property. WiredScore, the newest certification, makes 830 Brickell future proof and offers tenants seamless digital connectivity, from an IT perspective. It sets the standard for communication. For example, the Zoom call will keep streaming on the elevator as you ride to the rooftop restaurant.

Additionally, Cerami designed the security for 830 Brickell, with sophisticated connectivity at all entry points, including the eight-story parking garage wrapped in a dynamic Kinetic wall.

Salesforce Tower Chicago (Wolf Point South) is a 1.5M RSF high rise commercial office tower that is the final piece of the Wolf Point Master Plan, a multi-phased development designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli. Some call it the most advanced and amenitized office structure in Chicago. Cerami, as the acoustic consultants of this gem of a building, has been working with Hines on core and shell design on the South Tower, concentrating on the façade attenuation and interior acoustical separation between tenant floors. A big undertaking has been in the careful planning for vertical and horizontal components to minimize vibration between the fitness center and conference area, as well as occupied spaces above and below.

Signature Solution: Wolf Point is located at the confluence of the three branches of the Chicago River. Our acoustic engineers solved for the low frequency noise from the many and various boats that cruise up and down the river and noise from the nearby elevated rail lines by carefully designing the façade system with upgraded glazing. Cerami also designed for separation between mechanical spaces and tenant spaces, and the purpose designed fitness center/ amenities space on the 4th floor.

1 Willoughby Square is Brooklyn’s first ground-up office tower in a generation. Cerami was the Acoustic Consultants in this 34-story, 500,000-square-foot structure, Brooklyn’s tallest tower with unobstructed views of NYC skylines and waterways.

This site was deemed an environmental designated location and that’s where the fun really began: rigorous documentation with mock up lab tests to make sure that the glazing on the 495 feet tall tower’s façade had the attenuation needed to meet the criteria. And of course, the glazing had to be beautifully designed.

Signature Solutions: Cerami not only designed the acoustics for all of 1 Willoughby Square, we also created the acoustics, including some very clean and invisible sound masking, and the AV for their anchor tenant, the architecture firm FXCollaborative. Seems they loved their work so much that they decided to move into the striking tower themselves. Three full floors, totally 40,000 square feet with a super floor, double height conference room to impress. The tricky part was due to the unique return air wall configuration, we had to allow air to come into the heart of the space without picking up extraneous sound along the way.

We could regale you with stories of our amazingly tight acoustical design collaboration at One Vanderbilt. We could talk about the intricacies of measuring vibrations coming from the NYC Subway, even before the ground was broken. We could write 67 stories, one for floor, each with it’s mechanical operation and therefore, acoustic plan.  Instead, we’re focusing on how we made sure nothing (like the noise from cooling fans) will get in the way from guests experiencing One Vanderbilt’s Summit.

Signature Acoustic Solution:

The Summit

With millions of people lining to go up in a fully glazed elevator aptly called Ascent, for the most spectacular sweeping views in NYC, we needed to create an acoustic experience in line with the total experience. The problem was adjacent cooling towers, all running at 100%.

Using Cerami’s Acoustic Reality System™, we were able to test different cooling tower design options, virtually, so that JB&B, SL Green and Tishman could hear how each option would impact the experience before making the final decision.