Louisiana Children’s Museum

The Louisiana Children’s Museum’s compound-slope roof features 1,075 sheets of Super Versa-Dek® 6.5 LS Acoustical roof decking.

The 3.0 Composite Floor Deck Cellular Acoustical system combines with the roof decking to reduce interior noise and highlight the location’s natural surroundings.

The museum’s distinctive roof features compound slopes angled two different ways, giving the facility an architectural flair.

The museum roof has multiple angles that required each panel of steel roof deck to be manually cut and assembled.

The covered porch looks over a lagoon and features exposed Super Versa-Dek® 6.5 LS Acoustical deck.

The museum’s dovetail roof deck sheets were painted after being screwed into place so that the field-applied topcoat would not be damaged.

To prevent air from escaping or entering the museum, the exterior perforations on the exposed deck are blocked with a metal cover.

The acoustical architectural roof decking used in the museum achieves a noise reduction coefficient of 1.05.

PROJECT LOCATION: New Orleans, LA

Louisiana Children’s Museum’s compound-slope roof provides a distinctive aesthetic. The distinct roof design gives the museum an architectural flair that required 1,075 sheets of Super Versa-Dek® 6.5 LS Acoustical roof deck. The acoustical roof deck used achieves a noise reduction coefficient of 1.00. The exterior perforations on the exposed acoustical deck are blocked with a metal cover to prevent air escaping or entering the museum.