From Atria to Gymnasia: Acoustishield is teh Design Solution for Acoustic Performance

Lafarge’s AcoustiShield plasterboard encapsulates the very best in superior noise solutions while maintaining an appealing aesthetic look that can be used in a number of applications.

In fact, you are just as likely to find AcoustiShield in the foyer of a five star hotel as you are in a gymnasium or modern home.

With a NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient) of up to 0.85, AcoustiShield is the most efficient acoustic plasterboard on the market. Which is why acoustic consultants consistently specify AcoustiShield because it provides more than 12% open surface area, which optimises NRC.

This distinctively marked perforated plasterboard has been used by architects and designers across Australia to suit the language of the interior of many buildings. And to ensure that designers have a whole spectrum of options available when it comes to achieving a certain designer look, AcoustiShield comes in three patterns: round, square or rectangular.

The Hotel Realm in Canberra knew it had to achieve the very highest standard of design and comfort as one of only a handful of five star hotels in our capital city. Nestled amongst the nation’s cultural icons including the National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia and Parliament House, Hotel Realm offers 158 hotel and suite style accommodation rooms, complimented by an in-house day spa and state of the art health club.

Not only did the atrium of the hotel need to exemplify the very best in beauty, it also needed to accommodate the movement of many people, which is why AcoustiShield was chosen for the ceilings and walls of their lobby, to absorb the noise and echo of its spectacular open space.

To ensure that their health club offered the highest standard of sound insulation, AcoustiShield was also used on the walls; so the noise of its busy gymnasium does not intrude on the peace and quite of Hotel Realm’s luxurious rooms.

The pressures of contemporary living also means that the uses for AcoustiShield have gone beyond the commercial environment and into the home.

With the ever-increasing demand for home theatres and media rooms leading to a corresponding increase in noise, AcoustiShield is being designed into the walls and ceilings of the house as a smart solution for modern home living.

From controlling noise and echo in commercial buildings to providing an excellent sound solution for the hallways and home theatres of the modern house, AcoustiShield provides a modern day solution to the frantic elements of today’s fast moving world.

In accordance with Lafarge’s commitment to sustainability, AcoustiShield’s low maintenance design ethos is both durable and long lasting. This is important to Lafarge Plasterboard. For as part of a global company seeking global solutions their efforts have seen Lafarge selected for the fourth year running for inclusion in the 2008 Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world.