interiors
Forbo helps Deeside Sixth achieve BREEAM Excellent
Council, is a £14.6 million state-of-the-art centre, which provides a learning environment to offer enhanced curriculum options to A Level students. The architect’s brief, explains Richard
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Beatson, Senior Architectural Technologist at Ainsley Gommon Architects “required a structured design with clear departmental spatial arrangements. With this in mind, we decided to incorporate a variety of Forbo Flooring System’s high quality products within the interior design. The range of colours, textures and patterns available across different floor types catered for the different functional requirements needed across departments, while Forbo’s design team’s capabilities of creating fully integrated design boards helped us to visualise the project’s flooring scheme.” Although Ainsley Gommon specified
an array of different floor coverings, it kept the colour palette neutral, creating an integrated flooring design and maximising the amount of light flooding into the building. Throughout the main circulation areas
of Coleg Cambria, Forbo’s general- purpose vinyl Eternal, in the natural- looking concrete colourway, was chosen. However to distinguish the unsupervised study and break out areas – in the very open plan interior – Ainsley Gommon Architects specified Forbo’s Tessera Create Space 2 carpet tiles. The understated linear nature of this carpet tile provided the study areas with a softer and more comfortable aesthetic, which contrasted well with the solid concrete effect in the walkways. Beatson added: “Within the classrooms,
we opted to use Tessera Teviot caarpet tiles to provide a more comfortable feel and to help minimise sound transmitting from one floor to another. In the art studios, we installed Forbo’s Sarlon Code Zero acoustic flooring as it could reduce impact sound by up to 19dB. This
was an important factor as the studios were located directly over sensitive spaces and as such, minimising noise was of utmost importance.” Forbo’s Sarlon Acoustic Vinyl collection
also benefits from a PUR finish, which makes it is easier to clean and will ensure that it stays in prime condition, even when subjected to heavy footfall or spillages – ideal for art areas, which can get messy. Richard concluded: “The support we
received from Forbo during this project was incomparable; they produced brilliant mood boards and if we ever required samples, they arrived quickly. Overall, this project was a real success and we managed to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating.”
www.forbo-flooring.co.uk/education
New furniture is environmentally friendly B
ROMSGROVE, a co-educational independent public school in Worcestershire, has been selecting
Witley Jones to design, manufacture and install bespoke furniture throughout the school for the past nine years. Simon Downes, Managing Director,
Witley Jones commented: “We have built up a close operational relationship with Bromsgrove School, working on a wide variety of projects from single pieces of furniture through to furnishing whole boarding houses and classrooms. We work closely with the bursar at the school from the initial design ideas, through to installation and accommodating specific design requirements, together with specifications to manufacture bespoke items for them”. Witley Jones recently moved to ensure
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that its initial manufacturing methods would be free of formaldehyde in any of the lacquering processes to safeguard both their own workers and the end user. Downes said: “We now use AkzoNobel Duracid FF products for all our products
EESIDE Sixth, a joint development between Coleg Cambria, local schools and Flintshire County
that require a lacquer finish. It’s a product that we prefer to use even when our clients don’t specify the need for formaldehyde free lacquer. It’s essential that only non-harmful products are used. This is exactly where the Duracid FF range of products from AkzoNobel really come into their own”. Clive Dove, Technical Service Manager,
Wood Finishes and Adhesives from AkzoNobel Wood Coatings said: “The advanced chemistry of our Formaldehyde Free coatings is a good technology fit for this market, and it’s good to work with specialist firms like Witley Jones who take safeguarding the school environment seriously”.
www.witleyjones.com
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