Venture Fund of Roman Abramovich

When I worked on a project for the company ImpulseVC, it was faced with a very common problem: a high level of reverberation and poor sound insulation, due to the large amount of glass in the interior. The starting point for solving the problem were two factors: I like natural light, I did not want to deprive him of the people working in the office. In addition, the landlord asked not affect communication. Therefore, Ecophon on the ceiling and wall panels to glass partitions were rejected. At the same time we are part of the walls plastered acoustic wallpaper.

Few people know, but the use of standard techniques such as carpet in such a situation is not enough. The best traps sound waves is the furniture in the room. The fact that the sound is absorbed by a porous material and back is not coming out, lost in the thickness of the furniture. To wave faded completely sufficient thickness traps 8 cm, and in the case of office furniture, almost all its components can be converted to trap sound.

I opted for upholstery desk chairs a special acoustic material from it were made interpersonal partitions. The backs of cabinets special felt pasted wallpaper - the sound reflected from the glass falls into a trap of the cabinet. Carpeting we too have chosen, the thickness of 7 mm, the most effective for acoustic performance. All of this has helped us to achieve the most comfortable acoustics.
For the rest in the project — it was decided not to bind men to employment, and to provide them with a wide range of work areas. Part of the workstations, we have chosen a mobile triangular table on wheels in which one can comfortably use a laptop or tablet, but that does not involve folding pile of personal belongings in the workplace, due to its compact size. All the tables are arranged in such a way that people were facing each other and face conversations do not interfere. At the same time, it is possible to change the configuration and take their seats separately.

So I provoke people to communicate more often both in the workplace and in the common area, as well as to change the angle and more to move around the office. Compact countertop will not allow the employee to fill up the table things work reclining and inefficient to spend time. And the desk chairs were selected in accordance with the ideas: they can not lie back and take a nap :) This is an ambiguous allusion to the fact that we should move over!

Moreover, it is possible to move to a multi-functional area of ​​increased efficiency when people work in a creative environment, it is extremely important to maintain comfortable communication. And sometimes employees have to push for this. So I asked the general area of ​​a few options: Bar communication at the high table with a cup of coffee, a private lounging in a chair in the sitting room and the general area. Furniture design allows you to combine the zone depending on the task.

There are sometimes arranged lectures and seminars, so you are always aware of what the speaker says, without changing a comfortable position. If you need to take an urgent call for this here is provided an acoustic phone booth. Portable Acoustic baffles help to temporarily separate from his colleagues to play tennis.

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