{"id":872,"date":"2025-12-04T18:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devilleartstudios.com\/patagon\/project\/church-nuestra-senora-de-la-paz\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T02:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T02:05:21","slug":"church-nuestra-senora-de-la-paz","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/en\/project\/church-nuestra-senora-de-la-paz\/","title":{"rendered":"Church \u201cNuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Paz\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2015 we were commissioned to solve the problematic acoustics of catholic church \u201cNuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Paz\u201d in Pilar, Argentina. This modern, post-Vatican II Council church suffered from excessive reverberation due to the lack of sound-absorbing surfaces in its interior. Members of the congregation complained about the lack of speech intelligibility in the priest\u2019s words during masses and other celebrations. In addition, the parish priest was concerned about the high cost of the energy bills for air conditioning.<\/p>\n\n<p>After performing a heat load analysis, the wooden ceiling was identified as the surface with the least thermal insulation. This area was also amenable for installing sound absorptive materials to control the excessive reverberation in the space. Using a concealed, heat-insulating and sound-absorptive material placed in the ceiling, the reverberation was tamed to acceptable values and energy bills were cut down by 20%, while preserving the aesthetics of the temple.<\/p>\n\n<p>See our \u201cPublications\u201d section for papers published about this case study.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1289-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1289-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1289-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1289-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1289.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1283-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1283-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1283-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1283-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1283.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1044-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1044-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1044-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1044-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1044.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1041-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1041-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1041-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1041-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1041.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_239555-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_239555-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_239555-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_239555-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/patagonacoustics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_239555.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015 we were commissioned to solve the problematic acoustics of catholic church \u201cNuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Paz\u201d in Pilar, Argentina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","dt_portfolio_category":[],"dt_portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-872","dt_portfolio","type-dt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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