Varius Auditorio, 1987

 

Produced: Bd Barcelona Design

Acoustic consultant: Lothar Cremer

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Among the various versions of the Varius was this one, designed for auditoriums. It was first used when renovating the Palau de la Música Catalana, in Barcelona. To see it now, one would think it had always been there.

    Underneath each seat is a Helmholtz resonator, which, when the seat was upright, absorbed the same amount of sound as a human body, with the result that there was little difference of reverberation no matter how many people were in the hall. This model has now been used in more than 50 public halls in Spain, including the Senate.