“Sound without vibrations” – Walraven vibration isolators at the Academy of Music

Academy de music

Bydgoszcz I Poland

A new campus of the Academy of Music is being built in Bydgoszcz, a city in Poland. The academy was founded in 1974. Walraven has been involved in the project from the very beginning, from the moment the new academy building was designed in 2017.
For this investment, we work closely with the foremost installers on the construction site and support the main contractor from the installation perspective. Walraven is an expert in suspensions, and particularly in vibration isolation suspensions.

Challenge

The new campus of the Academy of Music consists of seven floors above ground and two floors underground. The Academy of Music is a place where any vibrations of installations and noises are highly undesirable. In buildings of this type, vibration isolation is crucial to ensure the comfort of use for students, musicians, guests, and the audience during concerts.

The very high density of installations on underground floors is a real challenge for installers, who must build their installation according to the building’s design, the music room’s specificities, and guidelines for vibration damping.
Walraven also dealt with the presence of dual-function channels, which is interesting because they have two types of suspensions at the same time: fire protection and vibration isolation. This set-up is unusual and increases the density of fastenings, which leads to a much complex installation than usual.

Solution

To achieve this complex installation, our Walraven VibraTek® solution was used to isolate the sanitary pipe system, and the fans and a fire protection system were also installed.
Vibration isolation throughout the entire facility is achieved using Walraven VibraTek® vibration isolators. This is the largest number of Walraven VibraTek® isolators used in one place in history!

The versatility and modularity of our solutions enable us to combine them in order to create the perfect solution for your project.

For noise isolation, our experts use the Walraven VibraTek® isolator, in combination with the Walraven RapidStrut® medium application fixing system to fix the pipe system and our Walraven WDI1 mechanical anchors to secure it to the ceiling.