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Sala São Paulo Concert Hall, 1998 to 2008.

2008; Acoustical Society of America; Volume: 124; Issue: 4_Supplement Linguagem: Inglês

10.1121/1.4782732

1520-9024

José Augusto Nepomuceno,

Noise Effects and Management

Sala São Paulo is the house of Orquestra Sinonica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP), and it is an adaptive conversion of a portion of the Julio Prestes railway terminal in São Paulo, Brazil into a concert hall of 1509 seats. Estao Julio Prestes dates from 1938 and the renovation project began in 1997. The concert hall construction started in 1998, and it was opened in July 1999. Ten years after the construction started, Sala São Paulo is a great success. A moveable ceiling with 15 panels weighing 7.5 tons each provides unique sound adjustments. The system calls attention from musicians, from the public, and from researchers. This paper presents a discussion about Sala São Paulo achievements from 1998 to 2008. For example, before Sala São Paulo, acoustics used to start as soon as the architecture design was finished. After Sala São Paulo, this is no longer the rule. Items designed for this project were further developed and installed in other venues and are now commercially available. Moveable ceiling adjustments changed since the project, strongly influenced by listening experiences, showing limitations of judgment based solely on measurements. Construction issues are discussed.