apn® The office and its acoustic possibilities

The new worlds of work are environments in which physical and digital space merge. Flexible work locations and hybrid workplace models are dissolving the fixed workplace. The office becomes a place that captivates people, inspires and conveys appreciation. The design of the location plays an important role and the company's identity must be incorporated down to the last detail.

Communication is a top priority in the office. The constant buzz of voices, the conversations of colleagues or loud calls can reduce concentration. In the long term, poor acoustics in the office can severely impair employees' performance and even damage their health.

The new locations - large rooms, reverberant surfaces and different acoustic requirements due to flexible usage characteristics - bring with them the highest expectations for room acoustics. A sound analysis of current and future requirements is indispensable in order to create truly future-proof, suitable working environments. In addition to a high quality of stay, the office must above all be multifunctional and multi-media applicable. Every room is different, every area used and every company has its own acoustic requirements profile. Good, flexible room acoustics play an important role in the new working worlds and are much more than just a nice-to-have.

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Coworking / Meeting Point

Coworking spaces and meeting points promote communication and collaboration among employees. The focus is on an inviting feel-good atmosphere and pleasant basic acoustic attenuation, as well as shielding to the outside, if necessary, to ensure privacy. In open areas, the acoustic shielding additionally serves to protect other work areas. In this way, acoustic stress factors can be reduced, the ability to concentrate can be increased and absences from work can be avoided.

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Conference / meeting room

In conference rooms, the focus is on undisturbed communication. Speech intelligibility should also be given over greater distances. In the process, basic room acoustic attenuation is achieved via the ceiling and wall surfaces. Here, it is important to create a good balance between the reflective and absorptive surfaces to ensure less listening effort. This allows the reflecting surfaces to carry the sound into the room and the absorbing surfaces to prevent the direct sound from being superimposed by the diffuse sound.

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Reception

Speech intelligibility over short distances as well as ensuring privacy are top priorities in the reception area in order to be able to maintain a certain level of confidentiality. Wall, ceiling or shielding elements serve as room acoustic solutions for this purpose.

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Conference / meeting room

In conference rooms, the focus is on undisturbed communication. Speech intelligibility should also be given over greater distances. In the process, basic room acoustic attenuation is achieved via the ceiling and wall surfaces. Here, it is important to create a good balance between the reflective and absorptive surfaces to ensure less listening effort. This allows the reflecting surfaces to carry the sound into the room and the absorbing surfaces to prevent the direct sound from being superimposed by the diffuse sound.

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Single office

Even if the acoustic requirements for the space are lower for individual offices, a minimum amount of absorbent surfaces is necessary. Here, too, work equipment and telephone or written communication can cause disturbing noises that impair the employee’s well-being.

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Multi-person office

In multi-person offices, there are usually no sound levels that are harmful to hearing, although speech is the greatest disturbance factor. This noise stress (extra-aural noise effect) can be reflected by, among other things, an increased error rate, reduced performance, and health-related work absences. Therefore, appropriate measures should be taken to reduce reverberation and sound propagation.

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Open plan office / New Work spaces

For open-plan offices and New Work spaces, the requirements for room acoustics are very high. In addition to reducing reverberation times, the shielding of individual areas and workstations should not be disregarded under any circumstances. Shielding and room dividing elements help to minimize sound propagation. Care must be taken to leave a diffuse reverberation as a masking, as sounds can be perceived too clearly in an overdamped room.

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Suitable product worlds
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Acoustic baffle – our apn® Lamella series

The apn® Lamella acoustic baffles can be optimally used in the office thanks to their outstanding acoustic properties. Especially for buildings with thermally activated ceilings, the apn® Lamella acoustic baffles are ideally suited for improving room acoustics.

  • acoustic high performance
  • optimal air circulation (excellent for concrete-activated ceilings; cooling power reduction ≤ 3.1 %)
  • easy & flexible mounting (infinitely adjustable wire suspension)
  • customized formats & individual sizes
  • customized colors & finishes
  • optionally available as acoustic light baffle
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Ceiling panels – our apn® Vinta series

The apn® Vinta acoustic ceiling panels reduce and optimize reverberation in rooms, lowering sound levels while giving rooms a new aesthetic – and with the highest absorption class.

  • acoustic peak performance
  • easy & flexible mounting (infinitely adjustable wire suspension or mounted directly on the ceiling)
  • customized formats & individual sizes
  • customized colors & finishes
  • optionally available as acoustic light ceiling panel
Wandabsorber Akustikabsorber Akustiklösung für die Wand

Wall absorbers – our apn® Forma series

Whether for basic acoustic damping or as a supplement to the ceiling system – the apn® Forma acoustic wall absorbers shine with enormous absorption and set colorful accents in the room through a variety of design options. Colorful, discreetly homogeneous or in house colors – in addition to improving room acoustics, our wall absorbers offer individual wall design options.

  • acoustic peak performance
  • easy & flexible mounting (apn® sys-z profile, apn® sys-d anchor plate, apn® sys direct mounting or project-specific solutions like apn® sys-mc magnetic mounting)
  • customized formats & individual sizes
  • customized colors & finishes
  • usable as pinboard
Wandabsorber Akustikabsorber für die Wand in unterschiedlichen Tiefen

Wall absorbers – our apn® Regatta

The design element: Like colorful sails of a regatta, our high-performance absorbers unite on the wall. A combination of geometric surfaces with three different depths gives our absorber 3-dimensionality. The selected colors form a harmonious overall picture and can also be customized. Acoustics and aesthetics combined in one design product.

  • acoustic peak performance
  • easy & flexible mounting (apn® sys-d anchor plate)
  • six formats, suitable for any room situation
  • Surfaces in various color combinations, each consisting of three selected colors from the apn® fabric collection
  • usable as pinboard
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Room division – our apn® Area Flex series

Room acoustics for eyes and ears. With the apn® Area Flex product family, you not only improve the acoustics, you can also separate certain work areas from each other and structure larger rooms visually and acoustically. The great flexibility of the design and fastening offers many design possibilities.

  • acoustic peak performance
  • easy & flexible mounting
  • Greatest flexibility (free-standing, hanging or as an attachment)
  • customized formats & individual sizes
  • customized colors & finishes
  • usable as pinboard
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Flexible room division – our apn® Area Flex Luv series

The sliding acoustic modules apn® Area Flex Luv and apn® Area Flex Luv Wall are innovative solutions that combine flexible room partitioning and maximum sound absorption in one. Here, the products use a sliding system on two guide rails and can divide a large room into two smaller ones or provide acoustic and visual screening for only part of a room.

  • acoustic peak performance
  • Flexible room partitioning (infinitely adjustable on two guide rails)
  • customized colors & finishes
  • optionally available with translucent elements or with viewing window
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Frame with acoustic elements – our apn® Cabin series

The minimalist frame encloses the workstations, providing a mounting surface for various apn® acoustic absorbers. The choice and quantity of absorbers can be selected individually according to the requirements of the workplace – completely independent of ceilings and walls as mounting surfaces.

  • acoustic peak performance
  • Mounting surface independent of ceiling & wall texture
  • plenty of scope for lighting, decoration, clamp lights, side shielding, etc.
  • Two different sizes
  • height adjustable feet
  • customized colors & finishes
  • usable as pinboard
Grafik Akustiksitzwürfel quadratisch, dreieckig und rund akustische Sitzmöbel

Acoustic seating cubes – our apn® Cube series

Our apn® Cube acoustic seating cubes are efficient depth absorbers and at the same time provide a practical seating option, designed primarily for group work and meetings as well as for school libraries, break rooms and waiting areas. A modern design element, which can usefully complement many different room concepts thanks to its restrained and timeless design.

  • acoustic high performance
  • practical & space saving
  • timeless & multifunctional
  • available in three different shapes
  • available in 56 colors according to apn® fabric collection Classic Soul
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apn® product lines for office landscapes

Various factors influence the acoustics in a room. What is the geometric structure of the room? What building materials were used? What is the room used for? What is the underlying spatial concept? All these factors must be thoroughly analyzed in order to offer an acoustic solution that is perfectly tailored to the room in question, like a tailor-made suit. For this reason, we have developed product lines that are specifically geared to modern working environments such as New Work spaces.

apn® product lines Office

Office Line

apn® Office Line

Especially for the needs of the office environment, we have developed a clever line that meets the requirements of a successful and visually appealing room acoustic solution in office spaces. Selected fabrics and colors provide a particularly efficient and pleasant working atmosphere due to their texture and psychological effect. Whether ceiling solution, wall mounting or room dividing elements - with the apn® Office Line everything is possible.

  • ceiling, wall & room
  • selected fabrics & colors
  • easy & flexible mounting
  • own production
Area Flex

apn® Area Flex

Free standing, hanging or as a furniture attachment. The elements of the apn® Area Flex product family not only improve acoustics, but also allow certain areas to be separated from one another and larger rooms to be structured visually and acoustically. The great flexibility of the design and fastening offers many design possibilities. From a single office to an open-plan office, from a small café to a dining room, all scenarios can be served wonderfully. Single-color, multicolor or bicolor: To give the creative freedom even more scope, there are extensive color collections with impressive textiles to choose from.

  • Room
  • extensive color collections
  • versatile
  • easy & flexible mounting
  • own production
Office

apn® Office

Regardless of the room situation - the unbroken trend from individual offices to open office landscapes, the conversion of existing buildings, as well as mobile working in public areas have increased the demand for good room acoustics immensely. Good room acoustics have become a real competitive factor in the office world. The highly absorbent apn® acoustic products enable an ideal coexistence of communication, creativity and concentration.

  • ceiling, wall & room
  • Individual surfaces
  • easy & flexible mounting
  • own production
Lux Line

apn® Lux Line

The effect of light and lighting on the human body is often still underestimated. Light is essential for many physiological and psychological processes. It can promote concentration and lift our mood beyond the mere lighting function. Light and acoustics have a significant influence on us in our everyday lives and at work. When these two factors work together optimally, we can have a positive influence on the well-being, motivation and work performance of the people in this environment.

Discover the wonderful possibilities of merging light and acoustics in our acoustic luminaires catalog.

  • ceiling & wall
  • different versions
  • Workplace & Ambient Luminaires
  • own production