Acoustic curtain, black-out and inner sun protection

Akustikvorhang, handgewebt, Wollstoff, Stadtmuseum Sonthofen
Akustikvorhang, handgewebt, Wollstoff, Stadtmuseum Sonthofen
Akustikvorhang, handgewebt, Wollstoff, Stadtmuseum Sonthofen
Akustikvorhang, handgewebt, Wollstoff, Stadtmuseum Sonthofen

Client: AlpenStadtMuseum, City of Sonthofen

Place: Sonthofen, Germany

Scope of work: Acoustics, black-out and sun protection

Design/Realization: 2022

Architects: Andreas Ferstl Architects

In order to improve the acoustics of the mutipurpose room, a two-part, thick wool curtain was hung on the opposite walls of the room. If required, the opaque curtain can be moved on a circumferential rail to darken the room.
According to the museum‘s thematic orientation as a museum of local history in the Allgäu, the acoustic curtain is made of a hand-woven woollen fabric individually designed for the room.
The inspiration for the design of the curtain is the „Flickerlteppich“, a carpet known and used throughout the Alpine region. The stripes in the colours of the room dissolve towards the top to form a plain-coloured surface. The result is an abstracted Alpine landscape.
Since both the yarn for the curtain was hand-spun and the curtain itself hand-woven, the production of the curtain is almost climate-neutral.

A second curtain made of a light, translucent wool fabric is used as sun protection along the window front.

Photography by: Corinna Brix, Sylvie Krüger