Ing. Karel Motl

AV Designer / Room Acoustics

Expert on room acoustics

I like to be at the very begining of a design, when we measure, analyze and create the concept of room acoustic itself. The more interesting the task is, the more I like it. The ideal situation is when I can cooperate with an architect and we are able to create a tailor-made conversion. Then we’re not limited by using the prefabricated parts.

MORE ABOUT ME

My references

17 YEARS OF PRACTICE

in audio visual technology and acoustics

ČKAIT 0013661

authorized technician of building environment technology

Education

CTU Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Ing., field of Radio Electronics with the focus on acoustics

Practice

AVT Group a.s. | 2015–současnost
AV and Acoustic Designer / consultant

SONING Praha a.s. | 2007–2015
Designer in the field of room acoustics and AV technology

Mediatronic s.r.o. | 2006–2007
Product specialist

Expertise, publishing and educational activities

I have ČKAIT authorization in technological equipment of buildings.

For six years I have been a accredited acoustic laboratory metrologist (2008–2014).

I participated on four parts of publication Acoustics of Music Spaces in the Czech Republic.

I regularly lecture in the field of AV technology and room acoustics (at universities and conferences).

I am a member of Audio Engineering Society and Czech Acoustical Society.

My Most Significant Projects

Room Acoustics

MSD Five! Prague – multifunctional building (room acoustics project and author’s supervision)

VSCT Kladno – presentation and meeting spaces in the water tower (room acoustics and sound project)

IPR Prague – meeting room and foyer information centre (room acoustics and AV technology project)

TV Nova – cinema (restoration of AV chain and room acoustics)

National Moravian-Silesian Theater, Ostrava(room acoustics of testing room and the ballet hall)

Czech Radio, Prague Vinohrady – repair and reconstruction of the building (over 20 studios /director’s ofﬁ ces)

Conservatory Teplice – modiﬁcation of classrooms for music education (16 classrooms)

Czech Television – construction modiﬁ cations to KH1 and KH2 image and sound direction (studio complex)

Elementary Art School of Ilja Hurník, Prague – classrooms (25 classrooms)

Beginnings cinema – reconstruction of the cinema to a multifunctional cultural and leisure centre

University Hospital Motol, Wing H, acoustics (project, 5 auditoriums)

Václav Havel Airport Prague, Terminal 1 – electroacoustic studies for evacuation radio

Ministry of Justice, meeting room – room acoustics and sound studies

Reconstruction of the Military History Institute Resistance Memorial – room acoustics and sound studies

AV Technology

O2 Universum – completion of small O2 arena (room acoustics, AV and TV technology project)

ČZU Prague, Centre for Economic and Managerial Studies – Phase II (project for equipping classrooms and related infrastructure with AV)

Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University – Reconstruction and completion of the historical site (AV technology and room acoustics project)

DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, multifunctional building (project)

ŠKODA Museum – meeting and exhibition spaces (project)

House of Music, Conservatory in Plzeň – acoustics and AV technology (project)

First part of Prague D line Metro – acoustics and sound (studies)

World of Technology Ostrava – AV technology (implementation)

If you like building speakers at home, you look for an appropriate place to measure the prototypes. Balcony is ideal for measuring for the reason of the minimalization of the sound reflections. However, neighbors are not that excited about it as you need to use the sounds of whistle and hum for these measurements.