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COURSE 09

The Theater Room Reimagined

The dedicated home theater has evolved from a dark basement room into one of the highest-expression spaces in luxury residential design.

Audience
Interior Designers
Credit
IDCEC
Length
60–90 min
Format
In-person, virtual, or on-site

About This Course

The dedicated home theater has evolved from a dark basement room into one of the highest-expression spaces in luxury residential design. This course examines the design elements that define a contemporary theater room. acoustic treatment as architecture, lighting as scene design, seating geometry, and the integration of projection, display, and audio infrastructure behind refined surfaces. Attendees leave with a design framework that treats the theater room as an interior design problem first and a technology problem second.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe the acoustic principles. absorption, diffusion, and isolation. that govern the design of a dedicated theater room, and identify how interior finish choices reinforce or undermine those principles.
  2. Specify the structural and rough-in requirements. screen wall blocking, projector ceiling mount backing, acoustic panel backing, riser framing. that must be coordinated before framing is complete.
  3. Select seating geometry configurations appropriate to room dimensions and projection throw distance.
  4. Design a theater room lighting scheme. bias lighting, aisle lighting, sconce integration, and scene control. that supports both performance viewing and social use of the space.

60-Minute Outline

0:00–0:05 Welcome and learning objectives
0:05–0:20 Theater room typology: home cinema vs. media lounge vs. screening room
0:20–0:35 Acoustic treatment as design: wall panels, ceiling clouds, flooring, and finish implications
0:35–0:50 Infrastructure coordination: screen wall, projection, seating riser, and lighting rough-in requirements
0:50–1:00 Q&A and certificate distribution
Instructor
Mike Restrepo
Owner. Restrepo Innovations · Elite Pro Crestron Dealer · HTA Luxury Certified · OSHA Certified · Ubiquiti UISP/Pro Partner
Why This Matters

A projector screen that cannot be flush-mounted because the backing was omitted is a visible seam in the design. A seating riser framed to the wrong height. because the integrator’s seating geometry was never shared. means the back row has an obstructed sightline in a room the owner spent six figures to build.

Request This Session

Available in-person at your firm, virtually via Zoom, or at our Franklin Lakes showroom. No speaking fee. Lunch provided for in-person sessions.

Or email directly: office@restrepoinnovations.com