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Venue PJLiveAr t
sCentre
LocationMal aysi
a
FunctionTheat r
e,St
udio
YearBuiltSinceAugus t2009
TotalSeat450s eatcapacity
(302pax-tier
eds eati
ng+148pax
stadi
um seat i
ngbalcony)

ThePJL i
veAr tsisoneoft hemos tr
ecent l
yestabli
shedperfor
mingar t
scent er
i
nt heKl angVal ley.Locat edinPedal i
ngJayaDevel opedt obet heper for
ming
ar t
scent eroft henei ghborhood,thePJL i
veAr t
shavebecomet hepl ace
wher eMal aysi
anf rom allwalksofLifecomeandenj oyas how atthet heatr
e
whi leithasalsoat tractedpeopl efrom alloverthecountr
yt hr
oughs omeof
theirmos tpopul arshowst hroughoutt hecalendaryear.
Her eiswher eonewi l
lbeabl etoenj oyshows,
-per f
ormances ,
-dancesand
-dramaswhi lethePJL iveArtshasalsobecomeoneoft hemos tpopular
s t
and- upcomedys pacesi ntothecount r
y.

ACOUST I
C ANAL YSIS
-TheatreDesi
gnAnal ysi
s
-ShapeandMas s
ing
Rectangul
arplanwi t
hpar all
elwall
s
-Ends t
agehal l
swi t
har ectangularplan
haves i
dewallsthatens ureshortf
ir
srefl
ect
ionti
mes,
-T
hedeadcor neroft hefloorpl
ani scutof
fto
preventexcessi
ver efl
ectionofsoundbackt oit
ssour
ce.
Leveli
ngofSeat s
-A r
akedf looral
ongwi t
har ais
edplatformfortheperf
ormer,ai
dsi
nusef
ul
r
efl
ectionsandr educesgr
az i
ngacous t
icattenti
ons
-BalconiesareUs edtoi
ncr
eas eseati
ngcapaci tyandtoreducethedi
stance
t
othef art
hestroofseat
stoincreas
es i
ghtli
nesands oundr ved.
ecei

Ar
rangementofs
eat
s
Sound&Noi s
es ources
Outdoornoises ources
Thenoi s
eent rancesthetheaterthr
ought hedoor sduetot heabsence
ofthes oundpr oofi
ngtreatmentsatthegr oundfloorentr
ance.
-A seri
esofflat-
steppedrefl
ectorpanelsar ei
nstall
edbelow theceil
i
ngto
providerefl
ect i
onofsoundener gyfrom t
hes taget otheseati
ngareas
T
hesoundl
ockisf
oundatthefir
stf
loorentr
ancewhi chgr
eatl
yreducet
he
bangi
ngsoundofthedoor
s.Rubberstr
ipsarei
nst
alledar
oundeachdoor
t
osealt
hegapofthedoorswhichhelpt or
educet henoi
sel
evel.

-Thes eat sneart otheexit

sar eaffectedandexpos edbynoi s
edi st
urbance
thatent ersthroughthedoor sfrom theoutsi
deofthet heatr
e.Doordamper s
areaffect edoneachdoor
I
ndoornoi ses ources
T
hear eaundert hebalcony,theedgeoft hebalconyandt hefir
stfl
oorceil
ing.
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rstfl
oorcell
ingarea,l
inearaircondit
ioningdif
fuser
syst
em r unsalongt hegapsoft hesuspendedceili
ngwhi chcausesadi sr
upting
s
oundoff orcedai r
 Mat
eri
alus
eoff
orf
loor

-ti
mberveneerf loori
ngonSeat i
ngar ea
-Ti
mberveneeri susedastheflooringfor
thetheatr
et oreducenoisetr
ans miss
ionto
acceptablelevels
-provi
deabout10dBt o20dBat tenuati
on.
-al
soaddonal ayerofsof
tnes
stothest
age
f
loorhencereducingtheimpactoffoot
fal
ls
asaform ofpr
otecti
ontot heper
former
s.
Fabr
iccur
tai
ns

l
ocat edatthebot hsidesofthestagefuncti
ons
t oblocktheview towardsthebackstageand
helpstocontrolt
her everberat
ionbyabsorbing
exces si
vesoundandel i
minati
ngtheacous t
ic
refl
ecti
onoffglass.

Pol
yvi
nylf
loor
ingont
hes
tagear
ea

Pol
yvi
nylmateri
alabs
orbssoundvi
brati
onsi
n
awaywhi chits
oaksupincomingsoundenergy
sot
hatles
ssoundistr
ansmit
tedwit
hinthespace

Poi
ntSpeaker
s

-Setsofpoi
ntsources
peakersar
eplacedin
asingler
ow faci
ngtheaudienceabovethest
age

SoundRe ec
tion(
Ver
tic
all
y)Ti
mberpanel
s
Cei
li
ngre ec
tor
sareusedtoeffici
entl
ydir
ects
ound
wavest
othebackoftheaudi
enc
es.
Thi
shel
psinbri
ngi
ngs oundwav
esfurt
herbac
k.
 CONCL
USI
ON

T
hePJLi
veArt
sisoneoft
hemos
trecent
lyes
tabl
i
shedper
for
mingar
tscent
er
i
ntheKl
angVall
ey.
Thereiswher
eonewil
lbeabletoenj
oyshows
,per
for
mances
,dancesand
dramaswhil
ethePJLi
veArt
shasal
sobecomeoneofthemostpopul
ar
st
and-upcomedyspacesi
ntothecount
ry.
T
HEACOUSTI
C ANALYSI
SISTheat
reDesi
gnAnalysi
sShapeandMas
sing
Whi
chhasRect
angularpl
anwithpar
all
elwal
l
sL evel
i
ngofSeat
s
Sound& Noi
ses
our
ceshast
wopar
tsi
tsi
ndoorandoutdoornoi
ses
our
ces
soi
nout
doorThenoi
seentr
ancesthet
heatert
hroughthedoor
sduetothe
abs
enceoft
hesoundproofi
ngtr
eatment
satthegroundfl
oorent
rance.
i
nindoorT
hesoundlockisf
oundatthefi
rs
tfl
oorent
rancewhi
chgr
eat
ly
r
educethebangingsoundofthedoor
s.