Architects for the project specified Revolution 97, a high performing partitioning system from Optima Products, to meet the client’s need for privacy within offices, meeting rooms and the boardroom, taking into account its striking acoustic properties.
Interior design consultancy MRD London was tasked with creating the bank’s new office, concentrating on commercial office interiors and with an architectural approach of simple, stylish design with clean, uncluttered aesthetics. MRD London worked with contractor Overbury Plc, a fit out and refurbishment specialist.
A double glazed system was used to create the bank’s new offices, meeting rooms and the main boardroom. These were finished with double glazed doors for the meeting rooms and boardroom and timber doors and frames on the offices. The double glazed doors were fitted in Optima’s Microflush door frame. Skillfully designed, they feature minimal ironmongery to maintain an elegant and sleek look.
A mullion-free system, Revolution 97 offers discreet flush aluminum dry joints and has been designed to sit flush with doors and drywall to create a seamless finish. It has also been designed with installation in mind and its dry fix system ensures that it can be quickly installed, easily moved and reused in future if required.
Revolution 97 has been designed to achieve excellent acoustics to ensure meetings could be held in private. The double glazed system, when using two layers of toughened glass, can achieve Rw40dB. Just one layer of toughened glass, one layer of acoustic laminated glass, and acoustic foam to perimeter voids, can achieve up to Rw44dB. This helps to ensure that airborne sound is controlled and any meetings are kept private.
To allow for any movements in the building, Revolution 97 features an innovative aluminum extruded deflection head, developed by Optima. This allows a tolerance of +/-25mm, ensuring the panels do not suffer from stress in the event of any movement.
Optima specializes in a wide range of partitioning systems, including silicone and dry jointed glazing, demountable system partitions, advanced system drywall and doors and frames.
