## Design of an open-plan elementary school and kindergarten

Halldór Kristinn Júlíusson

Verkis hf

Armula 4

IS – 108 Reykjavik, Iceland

hkj@verkis.is

In recent years there have been increasing requests by architects for open-plan solutions. This paper describes the design of a open-plan elementary school for 2-9 years old children. The school was designed in 2008 and will open spring semester 2010.

The acoustics of the school were designed according to recommendation of the Danish SBi (SBi-anvisning 218) .

A computer model (CATT) was used to estimate the acoustics of the open-plan space. The model was used to calculate the SPL reduction between study groups as well as the STI. In this paper the results from the computer model are presented.