Albany State University

Project Goals

The design was to encourage a “one-stop” model with Enrollment Services, Student Life, and Student Services co-located while providing an appropriate level of privacy between these functions and individual workstations and counseling kiosks. Services included room acoustics, sound isolation, and mechanical system noise control.

Our Solution

A combination of absorptive finishes and shaped reflective surfaces was employed in the renovated space to control reverberant build-up of sound while allowing for effective communication across individual kiosks. Artistic barriers were also used to bolster privacy for individual conversations that may contain sensitive information. Noise from the mechanical system was controlled by providing a suitable background sound level to provide sound masking for the kiosk area, open office area, and lobby.