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Discover the soul of arts, music and culture with the people behind it all🎙️ Shared with Public

Join us as Marc, founder of Atelier Crescendo, discovers the soul of public places and performing arts venues, unraveling the magic of acoustics, instruments, people and the stories that make each space unique 🎙️

Watch our latest episodes on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon today.

08/07/2025

by 🎧 NEW EPISODE of the High Point podcast– EP44: Designing Kristinehallen Concert Hall

🪵🏛️🎶 Sustainable timber design meets acoustic precision in the heart of Falun, Sweden.

In this episode, we speak with Emmy Lund from Falugruppen Arkitektkontor AB and Emma Hellström from Stora Enso about the complex redesign of the Kristinehallen Concert Hall.

A project that pushed architectural and engineering boundaries within a heritage-listed context.

🔍 Inside the episode:

🎤 The decision to feature exposed timber beams — and the acoustic challenges that came with it

🎤 A strategic design change that saved nearly 10 million SEK 💰

🎤 Blending CLT and concrete to meet demanding acoustic, accessibility, and budget goals

🎤 Working under the constraints of a protected heritage site

This conversation highlights the balance between design ambition, sustainability, and real-world constraints.

Access the full episode by following the link in the bio or by directly visiting your favourite listening platform.

🎙️ Thank you to Stora Enso
Their support was essential in bringing this episode to life — from organising logistics to providing deep technical insight.

We’re grateful for your collaboration and ongoing contribution to sustainable building practices.

23/06/2025

🔊 Ever wondered what dBA, dBC, or dBB levels actually mean?

It’s not just technical jargon — these values are adjusted to reflect how humans perceive loudness. 👂📉

When we measure sound, we don’t just record raw data. Instead, we shape it using frequency-weighting curves — A, B, C, and Z — to better match the sensitivity of the human ear at different volumes and frequencies.

That’s how we get:

📏 dBA — reflects our hearing at low to moderate volumes (most commonly used)

📏 dBC — used for louder environments and low-frequency noise

📏 dBB — rare, but sits somewhere between A and C

In this post, we break down:
✅ What these weighting curves are
✅ Why they matter
✅ How they help make sound measurement more meaningful

🎧 Understanding this helps bridge the gap between numbers on a meter and how we actually experience sound.

19/06/2025

🎭 How do you control sound in theatres and concert halls built with mass timber? 🪵
That’s where box-in-box construction becomes essential.

Mass timber brings beauty, sustainability, and speed to venue design — but sound insulation, especially at low frequencies, is a major technical challenge.

In venues like theatres, concert halls, or sports arenas located near sensitive areas, acoustic performance often hinges on how well we isolate the performance space.

That’s where the box-in-box system comes in — a proven solution that physically separates the noisy interior from the structural shell, dramatically reducing vibration transfer.

In my latest blog post, I dive into how this works, when it’s necessary, and how to integrate it with sustainable materials and efficient construction.

📖 Read the full post → https://ateliercrescendo.ac/mass-timber-entertainement-venues-acoustic-challenges-and-opportunities/

22/05/2025

The Barbican’s next act: 🎭 bold, 🌱 green, and 🤝 community-powered.

Episode 42 of High Point podcast has just been published, featuring Philippa Simpson, Director for Buildings & Renewal at London’s iconic
Barbican Centre .

Join us as we discuss the audacious plan to transform this concrete legend into a greener, more inclusive cultural powerhouse without losing an ounce of its post-war style.

✨ Inside the episode:

🎙️ Re-imagining a 1970s maze as a people-first campus for art, music & community

🎙️ Lessons from a global design competition that’s stretching the brief on sustainability and accessibility

🎙️ Balancing heritage preservation with new music venues London desperately needs

🎙️ Why fostering fresh talent — and securing funding — is the lifeblood of long-term cultural strategy

🎙️ Philippa’s take on team dynamics, master-planning and listening to 4,000 voices of public feedback

“We’re desperate to mine everybody’s experience — that’s how you design a building the city can truly own.”

🎧 Tune in now to hear how vision, community engagement and bold design thinking collide at the Barbican’s next chapter.

04/02/2025

🎙️A developer's perspective on timber construction 🪵🌱!

Join us in the latest episode of High Point podcast as we chat with Joe Jack Williams and Theodore Michell at Bywater Properties (construction developers based in London) about how timber and sustainability are shaping the future of construction.

In this episode, we dive into:

🌱 Sustainable building practices

🪵 Timber technologies

🏙️ The evolving landscape of urban development

To access the episode, follow the link in the bio.

07/01/2025

Episode 28 of the High Point podcast is out and this time it is with Seb Laan Lomas Associate and Passivhaus Designer at !

In this conversation, Seb his journey into sustainable architecture, the importance of bio-based materials, and the principles of Passivhaus design.

He emphasises the need for education and regulation in the construction industry to address climate change and improve building performance.

The conversation also touches on the challenges of retrofitting existing buildings to meet modern sustainability standards and the role of organisations like Timber Development UK and ASBP in promoting sustainable practices.

To access the episode, follow this link: https://lnkd.in/eAw6MR4K

Also, if you want to follow the building process of Seb and Jaana's low carbon house, you can follow

31/10/2024

🚁 With the High Point podcast, we are now flying in and around theatres!

Earlier this week, we went to Great Yarmouth to record a new episode of the High Point podcast at St George Theatre.

And we can finally say that we have been able to fly our mini fpv drone in and around the theatre More precisely:

🚁 over the seats

🚁 around the tower outside

🚁 through the roof structure

🚁 from the balconies

We have lots of video editing to do now, but hopefully it won't be too long until the episode is out.

Stay tuned!

02/10/2024

This is how skins are installed on frame drums ...

In episode 24 of the High Point podcast, about Schlagwerk and cajon making, Winfried Holl told AND showed us how Schlagwerk make cajons.

Here is a bonus video showing how the skins of the frame drums are installed.

To access the episode, follow this link: https://t.co/G1f8Yks1Fp

27/09/2024

The next upgrade for the episodes of the .ac is flying an FPV drone through theatres, factories and other amazing places we visit.

It's been a steep learning curve to get it up and running, but we're pretty much there!

Can't wait to shoot the next episode!

Access the existing episodes here: https://ateliercrescendo.ac/high-point-podcast/

19/08/2024

Have you ever been inside a cajon factory ?

The High Point podcast went to germany to find out more about the history of with Winfried Holl (Managing Director of Schlagwerk) and find out how they manufacture their cajons.

We have been a little silent recently to add some new features including:

💥 filmed guided tours of the places we visit

💥 more video shots

💥 some drone shots (and it is only the beginning of drones for High Point as we are preparing something special for the upcoming episodes!)

In Episode 24, we visited Schlagwerk's factory to:

🎤 do the static setting in front of the great wall of cajons!

🎤 know how and when the first cajons came to Europe

🎤 the history of Schlagwerk

🎤 the process of making cajons

🎤 what features make cajons sound better

🎤 how a sustainable factory works (generating electricity with solar panels most of the time, building the factory with mass timber elements, using plastic free packaging as much as possible, etc)

🎤 quality testing the cajons

🎤 figure out how different cajons sound

To access the episode, follow the link in the bio

19/06/2024

Amazing few days at 's factory to record a new episode of the High Point podcast with the new format:

Part 1: static podcast recording
Part 2(NEW!): guided tour of the factory with some demos

Got loads of footage to go through now!

Stay tuned!

21/05/2024

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In Episode 23 of the High Point podcast,

🎤 his background
🎤 the film music industry
🎤 his experience as music composer
🎤 working with Studio Lambert on The Traitors
🎤 The great inclusive cast of The Traitors
🎤 music venues and recording studios for orchestras

To access the episode, follow the link in the bio Linkedin page.

Enjoy!

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