MATERIAL: SOFT
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The Bainfield accommodation site, within the Fountainbridge area of the city of Edinburgh, contains seven blocks of flats, with a total of 778 en-suite rooms accompanied by 117 kitchen and living areas. Here, over 20,000m2
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Itec flooring has recently been installed for Edinburgh Napier University.
For the student accommodation, including the en-suite bedrooms, living areas and communal spaces, specifying architect Allan Murray Architects turned to the sound-deadening qualities of the Axento collection, which reduces sound by 18dB, without the need for specialist acoustic underlays.
Using the natural wood décor of Aspin, the architects were able to meet the technical and practical needs of the university, while still delivering a pleasant, home-like atmosphere for students within the accommodation. With Hyperguard+, Axento Aspin is incredibly easy to maintain and resists scuffing, which is an ideal property for demanding use.
The architects also specified the use of the Invisiweld joint over the traditional
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hot-welding technique. Leaving a virtually imperceptible join, not only does Invisiweld help the wood décor of Aspin to look more realistic, fitting well with the aesthetic requirements of the accommodation, it also provides a stronger joint which is completely watertight and faster and easier to achieve. A total of 16,000m2
of Axento
Aspin 737 was installed with Invisiweld. Ensuring continuity of feel within the student centre, another wood décor from the Axento collection, in the dark wood of Calais 639, was chosen, again installed with Invisiweld over 2,200m2
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“We initially specified flooring from another manufacturer,” commented Gillian Cavanagh, Allan Murray Architects. “However, the main contractor, Pochin Construction, proposed Itec Contract Floors. We were satisfied that the flooring met all of the design and technical parameters in the brief and the Invisiweld cold weld joint which could be used with this material proved particularly attractive.”
Throughout the student laundry facilities and management suite, as
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The architects were able to meet the technical and practical needs of the university, while still delivering a pleasant, home-like atmosphere for students.
AN EDUCATED CHOICE
What was the floor like at your college or university? Dirty old carpet or cold concrete? Not for the students at Edinburgh Napier, where high performance vinyl flooring was recently installed by Itec. Cheap tuition and great floors? Those lucky Scots…
well as the student centre toilets, Pochin Construction recommended the use of the Atom collection from Itec Contract Floors. Reminiscent of a mineral surface, Atom Dust 694 is exceptionally hardwearing and benefits from R10 rated slip-resistance. Featuring Hyperguard+ PUR for ease of maintenance, Atom Dust 649 provides an eminently practical surface within these areas.
“We had a generic brief for what we wanted from the floor specified,” explained Helen Crocker, Head of Student Accommodation, Conference and Lettings. “We opted for the recommended Axento designs as they seemed particularly hardwearing, complemented the specified furniture and would be easy for the students to keep clean. In use, the flooring is performing well and proving particularly easy to maintain.”
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