Acoustic regulations and design of the multipurpose hall and exhibition halls of the new Munch museum in Oslo

摘要

This paper presents some acoustic challenges dealt with in connection with the building and construction of the new Munch museum in Oslo. The museum for the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch drawn by estudio Herreros architects plans to open in 2020. The paper will discuss room acoustical challenges that comes up with the multipurpose hall and high ceiling exhibition halls for monumental works by Edvard Munch. The paper presents calculation results (carried out in Odeon) in context with the Norwegian standard NS 8178 "Acoustic criteria for rooms and spaces for music rehearsal and performance" (1) for the multipurpose hall. The calculation results of the exhibition halls are compared with the Norwegian acoustic regulations (2) to reverberations times in museums.