The requirements for modern offices have grown considerably. A beautiful picture is no longer enough: more and more attention goes to caring for employees and their comfort at work. Everything matters here: the office design project, ergonomics, the color of the walls, furniture, a corner to rest in; in short, everything that affects how comfortable people feel. One of the things that shapes staff performance is the sound insulation of the office. It is not only about noisy office equipment, street noise and colleagues’ conversations: it is just as important to take the measures needed to keep the company’s confidential information private.
Offices fight noise with 2 types of materials: sound-absorbing ones, which damp sound vibrations inside the room, and sound-insulating ones, which improve how well partitions block noise. Sound-absorbing materials include panels made of light materials with a porous base (kaolin, pumice, slag, vermiculite), fixed to both vertical and horizontal surfaces of the room.
Sound insulation can be beautiful!
Modern solutions let you add noise-reducing panels with LED backlighting, sound-absorbing pendant lamps and even small soft discs on the glass walls of a meeting room. Such solutions do not spoil the overall picture; on the contrary, they give it a special touch.
Acoustic islands are sound-insulating panels used for sound absorption, which lowers and controls the noise level in a room. They are ideal for buildings or rooms that need frequent and easy access to utilities. As a rule, ZIKZAK design studio plans them for lobbies, corridors or stair landings of an office. The type of sound-absorbing material is chosen individually, depending on the purpose, layout and acoustics of the room.
The surface of the islands reflects and diffuses light very well, and since they can be made in different shapes with clean edges, they make the boldest design ideas possible. Their main advantage is that they can be installed both vertically and horizontally.
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