A visit to AX5
This week we visited the architects from AX5 in Kiel on the subject of “Room acoustics & space planning”.
With the specialist lecture “Experience acoustics”, our acoustician Hinnerk Brüne – in collaboration with our captain Mirko Bruhn – conveyed the importance of acoustics in rooms.
Our planner Caroline von Zimmermann then highlighted the value of careful space planning and the relevance of a good design approach in her specialist lecture “How we create”.
We would like to thank all participants for the warm welcome and the consistently positive feedback!
Sneak peak into our apn yard
Currently, a special acoustic object is being realized in our shipyard.
What will be created here?
Show your colors – news from our Ideenwerft
We at apn® see ourselves as pioneers for healthy working and learning places and prove that room acoustics is significantly more than just absorbing sound.
By specializing in individual room acoustic solutions, we are able to create an intuitive approach to the product and the room situation. The design of these places plays an important role and it is necessary to incorporate the identity of this place.
To ensure that we can do this even better in the future, we have once again revised and rethought our fabric collections. Over 420 different fabrics are now available to our customers for designing their individual acoustic products.
In the download area of our website you can download all new fabric collections under the tab “color chart”.
You’re up for team events on the beach?
At regular intervals, our crew from Germany gathers to chill out together on the beach, to barbecue in our crew lounge or to grow even closer together at various events.
Take a look at our current job openings!
Every room is different
The requirements of room acoustics vary from room to room, because every room is different. Depending on the type of construction, room geometry and room concept, as well as the type of use, different stumbling blocks and room peculiarities must be taken into account when selecting acoustic solutions.
Thus, poor acoustics in dining halls and restaurants are noticed by the increased volume. To compensate for the increasing ambient noise level, the participants in the conversation instinctively increase their own volume as well as their voice pitch. To avoid the so-called Lombard effect, it is important to minimize background noise and optimize speech intelligibility and audibility.
However, other requirements for room acoustics apply to reception areas. In order to be able to maintain a certain level of confidentiality, speech intelligibility over short distances and the guarantee of privacy are paramount. Wall, ceiling or shielding elements serve as room acoustic solutions for this purpose.
Especially in senior residences, good hearing means a better quality of life. In addition, light and illumination are essential for many physiological and psychological processes. If hearing and visual performance declines with increasing age, lighting and room acoustics must be adapted. If these aspects are ignored, it can block communication as well as lead to absence from social life.
Thanks to our experience and expertise, we can identify room acoustic stumbling blocks and room peculiarities before they become a problem. With the symbiosis of highly absorbent acoustic elements and effective lighting, we have succeeded in combining both without compromise in our apn® Lux Line.
It is official
It’s official – we are one of 65 top office & co. brands!
In the second anthology published today, “OFFICE BRANDS. Top brands for office work”, companies are presented that stand for brand quality in office environments and we are one of them!
The “Office Brands” were selected and awarded by the editorial team of PRIMA VIER Nehring Verlag (publisher of OFFICE ROXX, among others). So we are especially excited to be a part of the band!
Available immediately atwww.my-officebrands.de