The session will cover: 

  • Adaptive technologies including robotic partitions and height-adjustable ceiling panels
  • Research into activity-based acoustic environments using integrated sensors and responsive spatial systems 
  • How movable floor screens and kinetic ceiling systems influence speech privacy and intelligibility in open-plan offices  
  • Emerging findings from SONATA Horizon and their implications for future workplace design 
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About Pascal van Dort

Since joining Rockfon in 1999, Pascal van Dort has become one of the industry’s leading voices on acoustics, with a particular focus on workplace acoustics. Referring to himself as “a preacherman on a crusade for the importance and impact of sound”, he serves as Global Acoustics Ambassador at Rockfon and is currently authoring the research paper Dynamic Acoustic Management in Open-plan Offices: a Case Study on Activity-driven Mobile Partitions and Adaptive Ceiling Panels.

Pascal van Dort @ 3daysofdesign 2024

In the heart of Nordhavn

Rockfon Showroom, Sundkaj 163, Copenhagen 

Opening hours: 10:00 - 18:00 

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