New Work meets flexible workplaces
The office of the future is a place where physical and digital space merge. A place where togetherness is lived, where new things are born.
Flexible workplaces, both inside and outside the office, are breaking up the fixed workplace. However, this requires old structures to be broken down and new agile working concepts to be found. Smart office environments, remote work and hybrid workplace models are essential.
Your own desk is traded in for desk-sharing spaces, meeting points and meeting rooms. Laptop and smartphone replace the desktop PC. Movement and flexibility are the cornerstones of the Future Office.
The Hamburg-based IT company AKQUINET has adopted this principle in its new headquarters office at Bramfelder Spitze. At the start of construction in 2020, the start of a learning organizational form began, which is now also being carried to the outside world.
For the meeting zones and conference rooms on the top floor, an acoustic concept was developed in collaboration with architect Imke Stüven to match the furniture.
Based on casual exchange and for quick meetings, communication zones, smaller meeting rooms and meeting points were equipped with our ceiling panels apn® Vinta A Circle and apn® Vinta A Circle Half. The color accents reflect the corporate identity of the IT service provider.
Extended symposiums are held in the multimedia meeting rooms. In this context, the unobtrusive apn® Vinta A ceiling panelare designed to help employees focus on the essentials. Based on the architecture of the building, apn® Vinta A Free ceiling panel with beveled edges were chosen for the front sides of the rooms.
Be curious to see what else AKQUINET has in store for your ears.
Photos: Matthias Engler
Welcome to New Work
Some time ago we were invited by our exclusive partner stücker Büroeinrichtungs GmbH to an expert talk with Steelcase about the working worlds of tomorrow. This took place yesterday in the new Hartung GmbH & Co KG office building in Neumünster.
After an inspiring talk, we were shown around the new Hartung Office. We are very pleased to complete the new spaces with our room acoustic measures.
What does this mean in the context of New Work?
The understanding of work is undergoing a fundamental change: the classic career has had its day, and the question of meaning is increasingly coming to the fore.
New work structures are blurring the boundaries between life and work in favor of dynamic and polytropic corporate cultures. The standard of office space is changing from a pure place of work to the company’s cultural mile.
New Work combines any new forms of work (flexitime, remote work, home office, desk sharing, coworking, agile teams …). At the same time, the work environments are as individual and versatile to adapt as the respective company itself.
At the same time, room acoustic requirements are increasing immensely. For example, an acoustic concept that is aligned with the space plan is precisely the key to a well-functioning New Work space.
The trend away from a fixed workplace to many different agile work locations requires a restructuring of the company as well as the work locations.
We will soon tell you how to successfully approach this restructuring in our new project story.
Acoustic attention to the eye
For December we have opened a very special door for you. Behind it is our new apn®
Lux Line Acoustic Luminaires catalog!
Light – whether as natural sunlight or as an artificial light source – has a great influence on the human body. It can promote cognitive performance and influence mood beyond its mere lighting function.
The right light, colors and contrasts as well as the interplay of direct and indirect lighting can increase our well-being and have an effect on our health. You could say light serves as an inner and outer orientation. At the same time, it exudes its own aesthetic power of fascination.
In interaction with room acoustics, it significantly influences us in our everyday life and at the workplace. Both play an important role in the design of a room. If the components work together optimally, we can have a positive influence on the satisfaction, motivation and work performance of the people in this environment.
Let yourself be enchanted by the wonderful world of acoustic luminaires and discover our acoustic design luminaires, illuminated ceiling sails and baffles as well as acoustic accent and pendant luminaires in our new apn® Lux Line acoustic luminaires catalog.
SCHULBAU Fair 2022
SCHULBAU – International Salon and Fair for Educational Construction is the trade fair throughout Europe that deals with the concrete investment volume for schools, daycare centers and campuses.
It takes place on 23. and 24. November at the Loewe Saal in Berlin and we will be there! Look forward to many product innovations and a high-quality program, including delicious snacks and great trade fair gifts.
The education sector is an integral part of our fleet. Thanks to our expertise through countless successful projects, we have developed acoustic products that are specifically tailored to the educational sector.
You can experience some of them live at our booth no. 15:
apn® Kids Graphics:
The child-friendly product combines top acoustic performance with imaginative design – acoustic design for little people.
apn® Cube:
The colorful seat cubes absorb sound and at the same time serve not only as seating, they also inspire the imagination and stimulate play and creativity.
You can find detailed information in our product brochures and data sheets in the download area.
Ahoy, have a good trip and always a hand’s breadth of water under your keel – see you at booth no. 15!
Full speed ahead into the future!
Exactly one year ago our Ideenwerft started to redesign our web presence.
So it was time to set sail, weigh anchor and look to new shores. Because “only those who know where they want to sail set the sails correctly.” (Jürg Meier)
No sooner said than done. Many ideas, even more ideas, work and time went into creating the prototype to the finished website. And today we can announce full of joy and with a proud chest: It is done – our new website is online!
Dive into the wonderful world of room acoustics – just click in.
Ahoy, your apn® crew
Moin and Tach och from the ARCHITECT@WORK fair in Berlin!
Full of pride we present: our exhibition stand. From the Baltic Sea to the stars, our award-winning innovative acoustic design luminaires apn® Lux Flunder and apn® Lux Flunder Wall illuminate the halls of STATION-Berlin! Our crew can’t wait to introduce them during a no-obligation chat at booth #73.
Over 230 other innovative products, applications and services are waiting to be discovered. We are already looking forward to the presentations on the topic of “Healthy Materials”.
Ahoy, have a good trip and always a hand’s breadth of water under your keel – see you at booth no. 73!