The sound of organs and hard rock

There’s plenty to hear in the Slovenian town of Ruše. This is where planners, architects and sanitary specialists experience Geberit’s acoustic expertise.

Most of the visitor parking spaces at the Geberit plant in Ruše (SI) have been fully booked since the beginning of 2024. The reason? A rush of visitors to the new Geberit acoustics laboratory. Here, sanitary engineers, architects and plumbers are shown what solutions Geberit has to offer in the area of acoustic expertise.

Nine interactive stations

The development team got its inspiration for the new laboratory from Vienna (AT). More precisely, it came from the House of Music, a sound museum that focuses on the emergence and spread of sound. The results are impressive: at nine interactive stations in the acoustics laboratory, sound demonstrations show how sound is transmitted in buildings. Elements such as organ pipes or hard rock from AC/DC are used.

Just like in a hotel room

At the heart of the acoustics laboratory is a reproduction of a hotel room. Three construction situations typically seen in the region are reproduced here: one acoustically non-optimised system and two sound-optimised solutions. “We demonstrate how different types of sanitary systems affect sound transmission,” says Product Manager Denis Sejfić, who is responsible for the overall project. The corresponding demonstrations impress the many visiting experts – and Ruše is looking forward to welcoming many more visitors in future.

We demonstrate how different types of sanitary systems affect sound transmission.