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SOUNDFORMS

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Soundforms is an award winning, iconic, open-air performance enclosure, a staging product which provides a high quality acoustic environment for outdoor music events.

The form comes from the notion of a seashell that mystically is able to project the sound of the sea to a listener. The form is often considered one of the most beautiful in nature, and a perfect match for the acoustic principals of the design, that of a throat, that projects sound.

Soundforms is a premium quality staging product for musicians, audiences, festivals, promoters, broadcasters, orchestras and sponsors, who demand exemplary acoustic and aesthetic standards.

The acoustic within the Soundforms shell allows musicians to hear themselves and each other more clearly, previously unknown in external fabric performance environments. As a result the quality of open-air performances significantly increases. The shell is designed to project the enhanced sound produced from the performers to the audience – generating a clearer, louder and more reverberant acoustic than can be achieved by using traditional transparent tents.

The system is designed and engineered for rapid erection and dismantling as a temporary product, using minimal manpower and plant in order to keep deployment costs to the minimum or it can be installed on a permanent basis.

The construction methodology is based on systems and techniques that are industry tried and tested, having been developed and refined over the last 35 years by leading staging companies.

Sound Forms Limited is a company registered in the UK with a Board of Executive and Non-Executive Directors. An impressive team of professionals and a consortium of partner companies are behind Soundforms, all excellent in the specialisms needed to develop the product.

SOUNDFORMS SHELL AT THE OLYMPICS. PHOTO: ES GLOBAL

ABOUT THE PRODUCT

REGULAR

Platform size: 53 m2
Max platform capacity: 31
Musicians Natural Acoustic throw: 1000 
persons Payload: 10 tonnes.
Skin surface area: 300m2

MEDIUM

Platform size: 98 m2
Max platform capacity: 58
Musicians Natural Acoustic throw: 1500 persons
Payload: 20 tonnes.
Skin surface area: 600m2

LARGE

Platform size: 211 m2
Max capacity: 124 Musicians
Natural Acoustic throw: 2000 
persons Payload: 30 tonnes.
Skin surface area: 1000m2

The Soundforms Acoustic Performance Shell is available for purchase in three standard sizes: regular, medium and large.

The Performance Shell can be installed on a temporary basis or permanently.

As in the case of the Bayside Performance Park in San Diego, which opened August 2021, an upsized Performance Shell and customisation can be provided.

The Soundforms Acoustic Performance Shell system is designed for rapid erection and dismantling, using minimal manpower and plant in order in order to keep deployment costs to the minimum.

The construction methodology is based on systems and techniques that are industry tried and tested, having been developed and refined over the last 35 years by leading staging companies.

The backbone of the Company is an impressive team of professionals, all excellent in the range of specialisms needed to develop, create and run Soundforms.

Following the deployment of the prototype shell in the Olympic Park, London 2012, the shell underwent further evolution, and the following elements were optimized:

  • The sightlines are wider without compromising the acoustics. The skin is tensile, not semi-inflatable.
  • The structure is stronger steel, over aluminium.
  • The structure is now formed of ladder trusses, rather than a three-chord truss system, so it packs away more efficiently.
  • The stage space is bigger, but overall footprint has been reduced.
  • The acoustic panels are hidden, and easier to install

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CONTACT

DEREK CHANDRUANG

+44 (0) 20 7957 5810
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THOMAS WALTON

+44 (0) 20 7957 5808
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BECKY FARRELL

+447875645152
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