Improving acoustic clarity in a specialist healthcare environment
Working with main contractors, Balfour Beatty, and architects, Haverstock Associates, Style was asked to deliver flexible space to the school without losing any of the width in the main hall.
Skyfold
London
Haverstock Associates
Belfour Beatty
Working with main contractors, Balfour Beatty, and architects, Haverstock Associates, Style was asked to deliver flexible space to the school without losing any of the width in the main hall.
Child safety is paramount, which meant consideration also needed to be given regarding exiting quickly if there was a fire.
As a ceiling mounted, automatic partitioning wall, Skyfold was deemed the perfect solution. The beauty of the Skyfold product being that it moves effortlessly and quietly with a simple turnkey operation. And because it is stored in the ceiling cavity, it offers incredibly efficient use of space as no wall pockets are required.
“We were particularly pleased with this installation,” said Efrem Brynin, Style’s Skyfold Product Manager, “because the school lost no space at all in its main hall and we also devised a mechanism whereby the wall was linked to the fire alarm.”
“Measuring 15 metres by 4 metres this is quite a large structure, but we introduced a mechanism where if the fire alarm goes off it automatically activates the wall to be raised.This is done without any human intervention, enabling the children and staff to leave the building safely and with ease.”
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HBN 00-09 sets out these surface characteristics because unsealed joints are a recognised place for moisture and micro-organisms to collect. A genuinely joint-free edge is designed to address that specific detail.
This is a surface and edge specification, not a clinical claim. Zero-joint technology has not been evaluated or certified by NHS England, and does not claim to reduce infection rates.
Food-service and guest-facing areas are typically inspected under hygiene and housekeeping standards that look closely at surfaces and joints. A seamless, moisture-resistant edge is designed with exactly that kind of scrutiny in mind.
Every one of these sectors shares the same underlying surface problem: a bonded-strip edge is a seam, and a seam is a place where dirt, moisture or wear can concentrate in a way a continuous surface can't. Zero-joint technology addresses that one structural detail across offices, schools, healthcare and hospitality settings alike — one construction detail, one shared weak point removed, four sectors that each care about it for their own reasons.
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