Acoustic Solutions

Making a hard office quieter

Acoustic products for offices where hard surfaces make everything louder: wall tiles, hanging screens and ceiling baffles. Modern fit-outs favour glass, concrete and hard flooring, all of which reflect sound rather than absorbing it.

Spread it around, do not concentrate it

The instinct is to buy one large panel and put it on the loudest wall. Sound bounces between every surface in a room, so a single panel treats one reflection and leaves the rest.

A mix of formats spread across walls and ceiling does considerably more than the same area of absorption in one place. That is why this range covers three different mounting types rather than one.

The three formats

• Wall tiles mount flat and double as a wall finish, so they earn their place visually as well as acoustically.
• Ceiling baffles hang overhead, which is often the only free surface in a glazed office and puts absorption directly above the noise.
• Hanging acoustics suspend without fixing to walls, which matters in a leased building where alterations are restricted.

What panels will not do

They absorb sound within a space; they do not block it between spaces. A panel will make a room less echoey and take the edge off conversation. It will not stop a phone call being audible across an open floor.

For that you need enclosure: privacy booths and pods, or desk and floor screens at the desk itself.

Matching the look

Acoustic panels are visible by design, so consistency matters. The SCH! Acoustic Collection covers all three formats in one design language.