Kvadrat Acoustics solution
In 2023 Bjarke Ingles Group – BIG, opened up a 7-storey HQ located in Copenhagen’s harbour Nordhavn – a place known for its heritage of warehouses and factories. BIG chose a Kvadrat Acoustics solution to enhance their workspaces and meeting rooms.
When entering the headquarters, the inner life of the building reveals itself through diagonal views to the top floor. A single stone column of six different types of rock – ranging from dense granite at the bottom to solid marble at the top – carries the structure at the heart of the space. Each floor provides direct access to a balcony connected to the balcony above and below, forming a continuous ribbon of outdoor spaces. The building integrates solar and geothermal systems and is also designed with the use of FutureCem concrete, which reduces CO2 emission with approx. 25% reduction.
The Kvadrat Acoustics solution was integrated to meet the acoustic challenge provided by the hard elements that characterise the interior, like large windows, stone, raw aluminium, and hot rolled steel. At its core, it is a workspace where Kvadrat Acoustics’ solutions help shape a productive and comfortable meeting room environment for everyone working there, meanwhile also harmonises with the material palette chosen by BIG.
“The combination of large panel sizes with very fine tolerances and the delicate surface of the textile means that the ceilings in the meeting rooms have a very clean expression. And yet, at closer inspection, a tactile quality that changes as the sun moves across the sky. Kvadrat Acoustics’ expertise in fabrics, production of panels and installation has been great throughout the process, and we are very pleased with the result.” Frederik Lyng, Partner BIG CPH
The Soft Cells Broadline panels comprise rectangular and trapezoid forms and feature a special metallised textile, which faces into the rooms. Consequently, at the same time as they optimise acoustic quality, the ceilings fill the rooms with a gentle shimmer as the sun reflects off the sea throughout the day.
The specification of the Kvadrat Acoustics’ also made it possible for BIG to integrate a sophisticated sound system in the meeting rooms without compromising on the vision for a simple expression.
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About BIG (Bjarke Ingles Group)
BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group is a Copenhagen, New York, London, Barcelona, Shenzhen, Zurich, Los Angeles, and Oslo-based group of architects, designers, urbanists, landscape professionals, interior and product designers, researchers, and inventors. Led by Bjarke Ingels, the studio is currently involved in projects throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East. BIG’s architecture emerges out of a careful analysis of how contemporary life constantly evolves and changes. BIG believes that by hitting the fertile overlap between pragmatic and utopia, architects can find the freedom to change the surface of our planet, to better fit contemporary life forms.
About Kvadrat Acoustics
Kvadrat Acoustics creates fully customisable, high-performance acoustic solutions characterised by aesthetic excellence and exceptional versatility. In addition, we offer end-to-end project support, delivered by a global network of specialists.
We are dedicated to pushing the aesthetic and technological boundaries of acoustic solutions. solutions set the benchmark for sustainability, flexibility and durability and are used in numerous visionary architectural developments all over the world including: AmorePacific, Tottenham Spurs Stadium, Galeries Lafayette, Cleveland Clinic, Under, The Royal Danish Library, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Rolls-Royce, West Bund Museum and Microsoft.
Kvadrat Acoustics is part of Kvadrat. A leader in design innovation, Kvadrat produces high-performing, design textiles, rugs, acoustics and window covering solutions for both commercial and residential interiors.