Diamond theory panel design

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Hello all. I got to thinking about the "edge effect" of absorption panels, and the distribution of a finite area of absorption, around the room, as the "edge effect" essentially states there is an increase in absorption by distributing the total area into small patches around the room. Looking for a design parameter, I remembered "tiling"
theory or "diamond theory" as others call it. I thought it might be an interesting concept for changing the look of a room at will simply by rotating absorption panel "diamonds" and reflection panel "diamonds. Take a look at this to illustrate the concept. It has more to do with design than acoustics, but the "edge effect enters the picture. This is NOT the only website with tiling theory illustrations but this will serve to introduce the concept. There are many interesting sites that take these ideas to the extreme.....thought it might be useful design concepts. Besides, I'm tired of rectangular panel concepts. If someone can concieve of combining this with node and null locations, something might really work acoustically correct too!

http://m759.freeservers.com/
 
Here is a 5 minute exercise in diamond arrangement to illustrate the concept. Consider the colored diamonds as "absorption(703) panels" and the blank diamonds as either wall or reflective panels, when put togeather to make a square, can be any size you want to build. I drew these as if they were 24" squares.

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It is definitely an aesthetic improvement over conventional panels. And the edge effect has that kind of twist that you might get if you could ever figure out how to put a wrinkle in the fabric of the space-time continuum (it may also be somewhat related to a similar edge-surface effect that is commonly used to allow the wings of aircraft to actually create lift and put an plane in the air).

Anyway, the engineer in me loves the symmetrical, geometric designs, and I think that having a reflective/absorptive surface has acoustical merit in certain applications.

Darryl.....
 
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