ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE

ACOUSTIC

GROUP MEMBERS
ABIY GASHAW R/0234/08
ABRHAM ZEWDU R/0796/08
BEREKET ADDISE R/0578/08
KIRUBEL KEFYALEW R/4009/08
MISGANA EDOSA R/3056/07
YOHANES TADESSE R/0618/08
SITE DESCRIPTION
FUNCTION
EMPIRE CINEMA HISTORICAL
this cinema give function for 71
BACK GROUND
years and still now the building
surve as open plan cinema ,
this cinema gives service for long
empire cinema has a characterstics
period of time, empire cinema
of open plan cinema just because of
was built 1941 EC during EMPRI-
this character empire cinema does
OR HAILE SILASE by fit awrari
not gives function during day time
tesfaye qejela, he was adminis-
an it depend of dire dawa climeti-
tered and owner of the properties
cal condition, if its rainy it can be
during that time, also he was live
dificult to give survice.
beside the cinema built his own
house
accourding to structral system of
the building there is a roof for seat-
accourding to historical back
ing area and the building is not
groud france people was use as
closed for this reason the building
cnima purpose for cultural ex-
wait nightfall time for to be func-
change. rail way is the masure
tion, the gloaming time help the
reason for the exitance of france
people.
building distrbance of suroundig
nose.
empir cinnema located in kezira SITE LOCATION MAP
site infront of greek church, in the
OAAA'm,
way of samrat main road ,
s Caf
the stablishement of kezira and
Kitfo
the starting of rail way give good
aportunity fot empire cinema, Habtel IM1
the site was cleer from human jam
and quite area for living.
tfnema Empire
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the building was oreintation faces
in the NW (north west) direction
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accessiblity of the site has a good Fresh
connection from the main road ,

the building surrounded by resi- Machinery

dence, commerce, and survice

function accourding to noise
,

study this building is one of noise

source for the invironment when
it gives survies.
NOISE SOURCE

A speech noise come from the audience can disturb

the cinema and the site main source is shown in a but it can be
from all site

B noise source from speaker and music disturbed the

surrounding

C noise on program of building that is restaurant spe-

cially on breakfast (2-3oclock)and lunch (5-7) and dinner (12-2 )
local time will have high level noise

D traffic noise (vehicle) is major noise that disturb cine-

matic activity has high noise rate on 2-3 and 11-1 O’Clock local
time the last time is the working time of cinema

E machinery noise from one of neighbor (torno bet)

create sudden high pitch sound which can be uncomfortable for
audience and time mostly working hour

F noise from train station alarm this alarm is historical

that shout on fixed hour around 10sec

 dB
39

dB
45

dB
49

ZONING SOUND LEVEL POSITION

High noise source on two end from speaker on stage This measurement taken on 10oclock Sound source(red) and
side and traffic and other sound on entrance side local time using phone receiver(blue) position
and relative quite zone on middle
 RAY DIAGRAM

The end wall is also hcb and has a distance of 24 m . and side wall are parallel with 4m hight the
closest is 1m from source and the far is around 5m .
 Direct sound from source to the receiver has range of 8mfirst seat to 20m last seat

The screen has convex shape with a material of hcb(almost all are reflective)and short distance is around 4m
and longer distance is 10m from the source. But the longer is directed out to surrounding.
Roof (ceiling) is exposed corrugated iron sheet .this material is amplifier and it can be source fore
noise and has slope wit different direction.
The sound require(STAN DARED ) for cinema is 35dB and we measure about 45dB
MEASURED dB
I=(10-12)10(dB/10)
(10-12)10(45/10)
10-12+4.5
10-7.5
3.16227766016837933199*10-8
316.228*10-10

THE STAN DARED DB

I=(10-12)10(dB/10)

(10-12)10(35/10)
10-12+3.5
10-8.5
3.16227766016837933199*10-9
31.6228*10-10

MEASURED - STANDARD

(316.228*10-10) - (31.6228*10-10) = 284.605*10-10

Sound level (dB) = 10log(I/Iref)

= 10log(284.605*10-10 / 10-12)
= 10log(284.605) +10log (102)
=(10*2.4542425255913)+20
=24.5+20
=44.5dB
 SOLUTION
MACRO OR SITE LEVEL
PLANT TREE IN THE FRONT TO REDUCE THE TRAF-
FIC AND OTHER NOISE FROM STREET IN TO THE
CINEMA
INCREASE THE WALL HIGHT TO REDUCE THE
NOISE ESCAPE FROM CINEMA TO NEIGHBORHOOD
ALSO REDUCE NOISE COME FROM SURROUNDING
TO CINEMA
PLAN AND MATERIAL
LEVEL
ADD ADDITIONAL DOOR AND
CREATE SOUND TRAP OR BUF-
FER ZONE
CREATE ADDITIONAL WALL THAT
ARE NON PARALLEL TO ISOLATE
CIRCULATION TO TOILET reduce
FOOT FALL NOISE
MOVE SOUND SOURCE IN TO
THE BUILDING OF SHADE THIS
WAY INCREASE SOUND EFFI-
CIENCY AND REDUCE NOISE
RELEASED TO NEIGHBORHOOD
AND PUT ON Ceiling TO REDUCE
ANY OBSTACLE
CREATE CEILING SO SOUND
NOT CONTACT WITH CORRU-
GATED SHEET AND CREATE
NOISE AND REDUCE SOUND
QUALITY
SCREEN CAN CREATE LONG RE
VIBRATION TIME SO CHANGE
MATERIAL TO CLOTH SO IT WILL
SOUND ABSORB RATHER RE-
FLECTS

CURVE WALL ALSO ACT AS

SOUND DIFFUSER SO QUALITY
OF SOUND INCREASE

VIENLY FLOOR FINISH SO RE-

DUCE NOISE OF FOOT FALL AND
IT CAN BE OUTDOOR USE WITH
DURABILITY