SOUNDFORMS
Performing Arts Booking Representative
SOUNDFORMS
Performing Arts Booking Representative
ABOUT
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.
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
AWARDS & PRAISE
Chicago Athenaeum Award 2023 for the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
ARCHITECTURE WORLD NEWS
“The end result is exquisite and the quality of sound a triumph.”
Prague Quadrennial Performance Space Design Award Winner - 2019
NBC NEWS
“All the sound quality of a concert hall, outdoors on a portable stage, with a futuristic design.”
The Chicago Athenaeum/Europe International Architecture Award - 2016
AUDIO PRO INTERNATIONAL
“Soundforms brings indoor acoustics to the outdoor stage.”
Building Design Architect of the Year Award Small Project Winner - 2014
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
”Very enthusiastic about the whole thing, really enjoyed the experience of playing in it. The sound was great and it looks fantastic. Everything inside the structure was good – lighting, space to move, acoustics etc.”
Highly Commended World Architecture News Performing Arts Building of the Year - 2013
MAESTRO RAFAEL PAYARE
CONDUCTOR - SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY
“We can hear each other wonderfully and you feel like you are in one of the top-notch concert halls in the world.”
Highly Commended World Architecture Festival Cultural Building Category - 2012
Katy McDonald
Chief of Staff, San Diego Symphony and Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
The San Diego Symphony’s Rady Shell at Jacobs Park has quickly become an important new gathering place for San Diegans and visitors. It has given us opportunities to engage with the community and the world in ways we could only imagine just years ago.