Katio
A complete drawing set for rooms up to two rows. Head position, screen geometry, and speaker layout resolved before installation begins, so the installer executes rather than improvises.
Three decisions that determine everything.
In cinema design, three variables are geometrically dependent on each other. Get one wrong and the others cannot compensate. The Katio package resolves all three before a cable is run.
Head Position
The reference seating position is placed to minimise interaction with room modes, the bass build-ups that accumulate at specific distances from boundaries. This single decision anchors every dimension that follows.
Screen Size
Screen width is derived from the viewing distance established by the head position, applied against the appropriate field-of-view standard for the intended content type. It is a calculation, not a preference.
Speaker Layout
Speaker positions are calculated from the reference position outward, angles, distances, and elevations derived from the geometry of the room and the requirements of the chosen format. Each channel is placed with dimensional precision.
Katio Deliverables
Optimised Speaker Placement
Up to a 9.1.6 speaker configuration, with precise dimensions for each speaker location referenced to the nominated seating position. Every channel is documented, not approximated.
Detailed Layouts
A complete multi-view drawing set providing the installer with the spatial information required to execute without interpretation. The drawings answer the questions before they are asked.
Compact Design
Designed for rooms accommodating up to two rows. The geometry is scaled appropriately, there is no over-specification for a smaller space, and no under-specification that leaves performance on the table.
Documentation Standard
Drawings produced to the standard a competent installer can execute without calling us. If they need to call, the document is incomplete. We do not issue incomplete documents.
What's Included
- 3D scale model of your room
- Optimal head position analysis
- Screen size optimisation
- Speaker layout for up to 9.1.6
- Up to 2 rows of seating
- Comprehensive drawing set
- Access to technical questions post-delivery
Walk the Space Before It's Built
An interactive tour of a completed Katio-documented cinema. Explore the geometry, speaker positions, and acoustic treatment as designed.
Kuula
A 360° virtual tour of a completed Katio cinema. Loading it connects to Kuula, which may receive device data and use cookies.
From first thought to measured room.
Six outcomes, not ten administrative steps. Select a stage to see what exists when it is complete.
Stage 00 · Before we meet
Share your board.
Share your own Pinterest board with us: seating, timber, stone, lighting, colour, and the rooms you keep returning to. Send it before the first conversation.
It tells us in five minutes what an hour of questions would not, and gives every later design decision a reason.
01 · The conversation
You describe the room. We tell you what is actually possible in it.
What exists at the end
An honest constraint list
What we need from you
- A room plan or sketch; any stage is enough
- Length, width and ceiling height, or permission to measure them
- Whether any existing windows need to be retained
- Favourite brands, rooms or references from your initial research
Begin with the drawings.
Tell us about the room. We will confirm whether the Katio package is the right scope for it, or whether a different engagement makes more sense.
Begin a Conversation