Google Headquarters

With 30 years of experience in the acoustics of offices and their fittings, the acoustic firm Tisseyre + Associés has developed a joint working methodology with the architect. Indeed, the needs related to the operation of offices and the intelligibility of workspaces structure the layout and architecture of the latter. In offices like those of Google, where the specifications were specific and the constraints numerous since it was necessary to adapt to the existing one, it is essential to integrate acoustics into the architecture from the first phases. of the project. This is why close collaboration with the architect is necessary in order to offer optimal and tailor-made solutions.

Tailor-made acoustic solutions

Although it is a renovation, it was necessary to adapt to the existing Hotel Vatry, while respecting the specific specifications of play areas both in the middle of the workspaces and outside. . We therefore proposed tailor-made acoustic insulation solutions to isolate the fitness room, particularly from the rest of the offices. We have also optimised, depending on the uses, the layout of the offices so that they can accommodate play areas.

Acoustics of work spaces

Thanks to the modeling of different types of operation, we have developed fixed and mobile partitions thanks to our tool for digital models of open spaces in operation, Intelligibility^®. Real support for joint work with the architect, these models make it possible to anticipate acoustic solutions according to the needs of users in order to integrate them into the architecture. An open space must meet mainly 3 criteria in terms of acoustics:

• Easy communication between employees, it must be intelligible
• Concentration on intellectual tasks, the ambient noise level must be controlled
• Acoustic discretion between the teams, the different activities must be isolated.

All these factors being co-dependent, it is essential to anticipate them in order to ensure the acoustic quality of a workspace.