ABOUT THE TIN BUILDING
Built in 1907, The Tin Building sits by the waters of New York’s East River, between the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan’s Financial District. It served as the backdrop to the 200-year-old Fulton Fish Market - one of the largest wholesale seafood markets in the world. Damaged by fi re in 1995, and closed in 2005, The Tin Building sat vacant until acquired by Howard Hughes Corp and leased by multi- Michelin star winning, French-born celebrity chef Jean George.
REQUIREMENTS
The objective was to create an audio system that delivered full-fidelity sound, combined with balanced even coverage throughout the entire building. The challenge was to do this across the 34 zones and 9 sub-zones of the different businesses, with varying ambience and atmosphere objectives. Additionally, the audio system had to blend aesthetically into the carefully curated and vastly varied interior design cues of the project.
THE CHALLENGE
The Tin Building now services as a culinary melting pot, featuring six full-service restaurants, six fast casual food outlets, three bars, and private dining experiences, plus markets with breads, pastries, fruit and vegetables, meats, confectionery, spices and aromatics, olive oils, coffee, and more; personally crafted by Jean-Georges and the world’s best artisans.
BEYOND SOUND
“Given their reputation, we were excited when SIA Acoustics reached out to us to provide system design support. We knew that if they were involved, it was going to be a high-profile and challenging project with big expectations from both the consultant and client alike. The various form-factors, combined with best-in-class sonic performance and clean minimalistic industrial design made Sonance Professional Series the perfect choice.”
- BRIAN DEMPSEY | SONANCE DESIGN SERVICES
METHODOLOGY
Over two hundred Sonance Professional Series loudspeakers were deployed throughout the project, including In-Ceiling, Pendant and Surface-Mount products across various sizes. Sonance’s consistent sonic voicing across form-factors and driver sizes allows the system to provide a seamless soundstage throughout the entire space, while Sonance’s laminated core transformer delivers full-fidelity performance in 70 Volts.
RESULT
“As the consultant on this project, we were aware that Jean George wanted to elevate the experience of not just fine food and dining, but also casual dining. So, whether you are sitting inside, or outside if the weather is nice, having high quality, uniform music that varies by zone, was very important to him. We asked Sonance Design Services to help us show that their products would achieve Jean George's expectations, and they were able to do that by using software to provide coverage maps of the entire project. We got a great level of service from Sonance and the Tin Building is thrilled with the way it sounds.”
- Sam Berkow | SIA Acoustics
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT
Sonance commercial loudspeakers can be found in thousands of restaurants, retail chains, casinos, hotels, bars, gymnasiums, airports, shopping malls, educational facilities, houses of worship and automotive showrooms around the world.
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