Project of Acoustic Adaptation of the Church with a Long Reverberation Time

Long reverberation times are a problem in modern churches. General methods of solving the problem are given in the literature. The basic approach is to increase the acoustic absorption of the church, and this can be achieved by placing sound-absorbing materials on the walls. Due to the price, materials with a high absorption coefficient are not used. They are replaced with sound-absorbing plasters. For the known coefficient of sound absorption by plaster, the problem is to calculate the surface of the plaster coverage and its distribution on the surface. This problem was solved for the Academic Church in Rzeszow, the Roman Catholic Parish of St. Jadwiga Queen. The reverberation time before adaptation is equal to 6.78 s, while the predicted time after adaptation is 1.98 s.