interiors
Broadening the colour options in linoleum A
RCHITECTS and clients are able to be more creative when selecting linoleum flooring for educational buildings as colour options continue to increase across sheet and tile products. The Linofloor xf2
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new colours to Tarkett’s portfolio that already includes LVT, sports flooring, homogeneous and heterogeneous surfaces. Colour ranges varying from natural
stone greys through to grass greens, raspberry reds and bright, bold yellows and blues – can refresh facilities and create the desired impact for students and visitors. Tarkett’s Linofloor xf2
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112 colours including a range of Grande Classics – colours that are guaranteed to be in production through to 2033. “Being able to guarantee production of certain floors through to 2033 provides
designers and buyers with piece of mind whatever happens,” explains Tarkett marketing manager Steve Urwin. An intuitive ‘digital visualiser’ helps clients with the colour selection process, allowing designers short on time to see what the flooring will look like when laid in a specified environment.
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Creating spaces that can be easily understood
Colours can be particularly powerful and emotive for children on the autism spectrum
centre for autism in Bedfordshire. The Nightingale Centre, which has become part of the specialist provision for autistic pupils at Mark Rutherford secondary school, features 240 sqm of fibre bonded carpet in two carefully selected colours to create a calming, yet visually interesting floor design. Colours can be particularly powerful and emotive for children on the autism spectrum. Mark Ellerby Architects specified Heckmondwike FB’s Supercord in Onyx and Kingfisher colourways to complement the green-blue colour scheme that runs throughout the school, creating an effect that avoids overwhelming the pupils. Onyx was used throughout the
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OLOURFUL carpets are being used to meet the special visual and spatial needs of pupils at a new
to identify their classroom, whilst Kingfisher was used in the sensory room and staff room to create flexible spaces for specific learning situations and social activities.
Familiarity The colourful flooring design is intended to help pupils to find their way around the school by creating a series of spaces that can be easily understood and remembered, which is important for maintaining a sense of familiarity and wellbeing. The robust properties of fibre bonded
carpet, which will not ravel or fray, allowed contractors to cut it on site to create a distinctive circular design in the sensory room, creating a flexible space whilst reducing the cost of installation.
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