4 Person Conference Room (111)

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Reference

• A-1 Floor Plan

Envelope

Walls

• Requirements
  • 4 walls
  • all interior
  • sound proofing is needed
  • privacy
• Design / Selection
  • Ideas
    • Reuse: small wood, drywall scraps, wood for ledges
  • Design
    • • use screws
      • homosote vs drywall
      • paint wallboard (research type of paint)
    • reused wood sill (1" x 4")
    • reuse old drywall + new drywall scraps inside the walls (for sound deading and thermal mass)
    • Paint with semi-gloss paint (can be wiped down)
      • Homosote- sound deadening material
• Rationale
  • maximize
    • reuse
    • durability

Floors

• Requirements
  • durability for high traffic
  • easy to clean
• Design Selection
  • used wood
  • carpet for better sound control
  • rug?
• Rationale
  • durability
  • ability to heat via radiant flooring

Ceiling

• Requirements
  • durability
  • sound deadening
  • wood support beam in ceiling must be 1 hour fire rated
• Design / Selection
  • Ideas:

• • Design
    • Wallboard (research selection)
      • painted (semi-gloss) (research)
    • Sound proof ceiling
      • reuse acoustic tiles on bottom of joist. (does dalgleish have any?)
      • need mounting system...sound bridging
      • Homosote- sound deadening material
      • suspend ceiling from joists
• Rationale
  • durability

Doors / Windows

• Requirements
  • Access code requirements: 36" door width
  • Doors
    • door to have 1" space under for ventilation
  • Windows
    • no exterior windows
    •  ? interior transom window in wall to common space?
• Design / Selection
  • Doors
    • Ideas: used historic door (dan's friend)

• • • check with Dalgleish Cadillac... they may have some office doors
• Rationale
  • privacy for conferencing
  • allow some natural daylighting into the room