Dzogchen Beara Temple

Project: Dzogchen Beara Temple

Segment: Additional areas

Country/city: Ireland, Cork

Architect: Giles Oliver

Installer: Rob Carney – Acoustic Impact

Main contractor: Dzogchen Beara Temple

Sub contractor: Acoustic Impact

Project size: 165m²

Dzogchen Beara Buddhist Temple is located near the end of the Beara peninsula, county Cork in the southwest of Ireland. This unique building perched high above the sea offers breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean and surrounding coastline.

Leon Rossiter, Project manager for the complete build at Dzogchen Beara set out to find an acoustic solution to this unique space.

The design of the meditation hall adopted large areas of glazing to the façade taking in spectacular Atlantic Sea views from the cliff side location. Acoustic modelling and consultation anticipated that the acoustics within the space would be quite reverberant due to the large volumes of glazing and hard surfaces.

The client and design team sought a ceiling solution which would achieve leading acoustic absorption with an unobtrusive appearance. Ecophon Fade™ Duo was specified, offering class A acoustic absorption along with a seamless monolithic appearance.

The result has left a truly unique and tranquil space and has met and surpassed the expectations of the client and the end users.