AVANT ACOUSTICS

The semester may be coming to a close but, learning is endless. Last week our senior consultant Andrew VonFeldt, PE gave a presentation with ECC at the Kansas Independent Colleges Association Business Affairs and Operations Conference in Newton, KS. The presentation was titled "Reimagining Facilities: Adapting Spaces for Modern AV Integration.” Special thank you to all who attended the presentation and ECC for asking us to co-present with them.

Our Senior Consultant, Andrew VonFeldt lectured at a KU Architecture class. This course tasks students to design a performing arts building that includes a black box theater and a recital hall. Andrew’s lecture focused on acoustic design requirements for such spaces. The acoustic component of this course provides architecture students with an opportunity to earn part of an acoustics certificate while pursuing their degree. The professor, Brian Gross, 10 architecture students, and Andrew toured the Black Box Theater at the Goppert Performing Arts Center at Avila University and the Swarthout Recital Hall at the The University of Kansas. The most recent renovation of Swarthout Recital Hall was designed by Avant’s founder, Bob Coffeen, while he was still teaching at KU. It's always a pleasure to discuss this space that’s a piece of our founders' legacy. Andrew is looking forward to returning to the class in the spring to offer feedback on the students' designs.