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INTERIORS; EXTERIORS
A new angle on ceiling design M
aterial Source Studio in Manchester serves as a hub of innovation and inspiration for built environment
professionals. Featuring installations from over 50 leading brands, the space offers a dynamic mix of product showcases, seminars, workshops, CPDs, and networking facilities. The studio is designed to foster creativity while providing a comfortable, collaborative environment for designers and architects. When Material
Source Studio sought
to enhance its meeting room with a ceiling solution that would push the boundaries of traditional ceiling tiles and encourage collaboration across its partners, Zentia in collaboration with MSS partner, Light Forms, stepped in to deliver a tailored solution. To meet the unique needs of Material Source Studio, Zentia was tasked with incorporating a ceiling solution that would tie in with the room’s soft furnishing and create a cohesive visual appeal. A ceiling solution that could integrate lighting and remain acoustically sound was also required to ensure the installation provided practical benefi ts, including a comfortable co-working
and networking atmosphere.
Material Source Studio wanted to highlight how successful collaboration between different manufacturers could result in a high-quality, bespoke product solution. For Zentia, a grid solution had to be devised that could include bespoke lighting from Light Forms as well as the installation of triangle ceiling tiles. Zentia proposed and delivered a bespoke solution featuring the DecoFrame Kit Classic Canopy, Gridline, and triangle tiles in a mixture of white and grey. Zentia’s Solutions
Key features of the solution included bespoke lighting, designed in collaboration with Light Forms, which complemented the overall aesthetic and functionality of the raft system. The raft was tailored to align perfectly with the size and space of the table beneath it, ensuring a balanced and cohesive look.
The meeting room containing the Zentia ceiling solution is positioned next to the
Design Manager, Nick Harper, created the design alongside providing the expertise and partnership working that Zentia is known for.
kitchen and at the bottom of the main staircase meaning people were often walking past. The room is also primarily used to host presentations and board meetings, so an acoustically sound solution was essential. The DecoFrame Kit Classic Canopy, Gridline, and triangle tiles enhance the ambience, inspiring designers and architects while providing a comfortable, inviting atmosphere for collaboration.
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Wraptite® T
external air barrier helps to create state-of-the-art learning environment
he specifi cation and installation of
A.Proctor Group’s Wraptite®
external
air barrier is helping three separate secondary school projects in Scotland to achieve the Passivhaus standard. As a result of the high-quality new school buildings, more than 4,500 pupils will benefi t from learning in thermally comfortable classrooms with excellent indoor air quality. The external walls of each new school are constructed in a slightly different way, showing that the Passivhaus standard can be achieved using different construction methods. Building on and using its sustainable construction expertise,
main contractor
Robertson Construction Tayside ensured the standard was capable of being met on these three projects.
A similar procurement process to Riverside Primary meant that using Wraptite satisfi ed the requirement for using local suppliers, on top of the experience gained in using it to meet the airtightness requirements.
helping to meet the standard’s high levels of airtightness. By moving the airtight line to the exterior face of the wall structure, it avoids a lot of complex detailing around services and other penetrations that typically occur at the internal face.
As a fully-adhered vapour permeable membrane, Wraptite saves on labour and material costs,
Perth High School is a concrete frame with mineral wool insulation and a facing brick facade. The school buildings to the other two campuses feature a mix of concrete and steel frame, with high performance insulation. Facing brickwork is the fi nish at Monifi eth, while East End Community Campus will have fi nishes of facing brickwork, precast concrete and cladding. Wraptite is well-suited to Passivhaus projects, and the different
construction methods demonstrate its versatility in without compromising
airtightness levels and without increasing condensation risk within the structure. Not all detailing issues can be avoided, of course, and where particular areas of detailing do need to be addressed there is the added benefi t of Wraptite tape.
On-site quality checks are a hallmark of the Passivhaus standard and accreditation. The simple solution offered by Wraptite allows those checks to be carried out with the minimum of fuss.
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proctorgroup.com/products/wraptite
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