Savill Building
Windsor Great Park, United Kingdom
Project Type: New Construction
Opening: 2006
Architect: Glenn Howells Architects
AD Scope: AcousticsThe Savill Building is a landmark structure at the entrance to The Savill Garden which acts as the 'gateway' to The Royal Landscape of Windsor Great Park. It attracts more than half a million visitors a year. The building, which is partially below ground level, contains a shop, seminar rooms, offices, planteria (small garden centre) and restaurant, with a raised terrace along one edge allowing panoramic views over the gardens from the centre's interior spaces.
We worked closely with the architectural/structural team to find places where we could locate sound absorbing material to control the reverberant sound levels without obscuring the simple beauty of the grid-shell domes. Working with the team, we identified locations above the ceiling surfaces of the entrance "pods" to discretely place absorption.
