Teatro Agape - Best Media Room, Americas, 2023

This unique “pie-shaped” room posed quite a few challenges for the Cantara team. In fact, they shared that when they first received the project request, they laughed because it was a “horn-shaped room with an open hallway on both sides.” Not to mention the bar in the back of the room and a two-story spiral staircase to one side. In addition to the funky room shape, the client requested a room that had top notch theater as well as children’s plays, live business presentations, karaoke nights, DJing, and parties. It was a tall order, to say the least.

After the initial shock, the integrator rose to the occasion and began planning the ideal room within the existing space and client vision. Pie-shaped rooms, especially those with non-parallel walls and curved rear walls are extremely challenging from an acoustics point of view. To balance the sound, Cantara installed acoustic treatment on the walls and used in-wall bass traps to ensure the bass sounds clean no matter what sound is coming from the speakers.

In addition, the integrator installed motorized drapes to make the space function as a dedicated room when the client wants. They explained that this helps “close off the room psychologically” and improve sound quality that was very carefully calibrated to be as high-performance as possible. All of which can be controlled with a simple Savant user interface touch pad.

One judge noted “The use of curtains to hide parts of the house that present challenges for sound distribution was top notch.” Another praised the thoughtful design and praised the project saying it’s an “innovative solution to a difficult space.”