Notorious Cinemas at Merlata Bloom

Bespoke acoustic design for new cinema at Cascina Merlata, Milan

  • Sign showing location to cinema auditoria at Merlata Bloom.
  • Acoustic tests inside nearly complete cinema auditoria at Merlata Bloom.
  • Void formers for concrete slabs at Merlata Bloom.

Suono staff have delivered hundreds of cinemas globally, and each come with their own challenges. At Merlata Bloom a novel mass reducing method was implemented in the floor slabs supporting the auditoria requiring special care in estimating shell sound isolation. We then worked with the project architect, J&A Consulting, to develop a bespoke acoustic floating floor solution to keep fit-out costs to a minimum.

In addition to our usual Cinema design responsibilities, we then also provided the environmental noise assessment for DPCM compliance with the municipality, specifically due to the nearby residential development.