Case study: Isolation of a television production studio from airborne noise and ground-borne vibration

This project involved design of a 650-s.f. television and audio production studio in an existing historic building situated along a busy urban street with a subway tunnel below. Low background noise in the space was the primary concern, but the possibility of noise from music performance in the space interfering with nearby editing rooms and on-air studios was also considered. In order to satisfy all of the isolation requirements, the studio was constructed as a free-standing structure, supported by spring isolators on a new steel structure, within the existing building shell.