104 SAFETY & SECURITY; LANDSCAPING & EXTERNAL WORKS
The quiet fun solution T
he London Gunnnersbury Park Museum is a perfect example of how high-performance acoustic solutions
can solve the problem of noise in public and leisure places. As design trends continue towards minimal furniture and hard surfaces, it becomes increasingly important to reconcile aesthetics with personal comfort. As part of its Heritage Lottery Funded redevelopment, London’s once-neglected Gunnersbury Park Museum has been transformed. It now boasts new gallery and learning spaces as well as a brand-new exhibit telling the stories of local people. A new addition to the Regency Mansion is the pavilion, originally designed to house both the catering facilities and horse-drawn carriages that are a large part of the Park’s heritage. When considering its redesign, the architects wanted to create a space that would provide a hub for the Park. It needed to be a space that emotionally connected with visitors to the Museum and regular users of the Park. With this in mind, the designers decided to specify Troldtekt panels. With their natural
Improving water resilience
Soaring temperatures mean farms need to build their resilience to the threat of water shortages with a water storage lagoon that captures rainfall for use at drier times of year and allows them to use their full Environment Agency abstraction entitlement. A robust lining membrane like Firestone’s GeoGard EPDM
system prevents the stored water from seeping into the ground. Flexible enough to absorb substrate movements, GeoGard EPDM has excellent U/V and hydrostatic pressure resistance. The membrane’s large format also means the number of seams can be reduced, limiting the areas where the lining is most vulnerable, resulting in a hardwearing lining solution.
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www.firestonebpe.co.uk dormakaba launches new security solution
Stylish with intuitive access control, the new Argus range from dormakaba is a contemporarily designed barrier system that allows fluid movement whilst providing a first line of access security. The Argus range is the ultimate combination of efficient functionality and sleek styling,
available in three models – Argus 40, Argus 60 and Argus 80. Featuring glass or plastic door leaves, the Argus 60 and 80 models also feature soft ambient lighting options to complement interior design and create a warm, welcoming entrance for authorised visitors.
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look and feel and acoustic properties, they were the ideal solution for the ceiling. It allowed them to use harder surface materials elsewhere to suit the architecture of the pavilion. Path Design says, “We needed to
ensure that we addressed what could be a relatively hard interior because of the heavy floors we needed for high traffic catering and the predominantly glazed elevations. As such, we looked to soften acoustically the space to reduce the
background noise generated by the open kitchen and coffee machines, along with the general noise created by visitors.” Troldtekt panels are commonly specified throughout the UK and Europe to improve the interior acoustic environment. They offer high sound absorption, high durability, natural breathability and low cost life cycle performance in addition to inherent sustainability.
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www.troldtekt.com Special tiled mural for 150th anniversary
BAL has helped an Uxbridge school celebrate their 150th
anniversary by providing fixing
materials for a special tiled mural. The large mural on the side of the school features a tree made up of handprints from every one of the 250 plus pupils and staff. Site manager Gerry McGuire tiled the mural using BAL’s new
Flex One enhanced S1 standard set adhesive and grouted with Micromax2 in Snow. Suitable for use internally or externally, BAL Flex One has revolutionised the standard-set category with a long open and working time, excellent non-slip properties and six-hour set.
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