Hunter Douglas’s new light-weight sound-absorbing ceiling solution, TechStyle Islands, is now available in the Middle East.
Reducing reverberation to comfortable levels, TechStyle Islands can absorb 75% of sound at frequencies between 250 and 4,000 Hertz, which includes the frequencies for human speech and the sound of a telephone.
“TechStyle Islands was developed in response to a need for an affordable, simple and flexible solution for acoustic problems in existing buildings. It certainly is a simple solution; for small-scale application, you don’t even need an architect or installer. The next step, as far as I’m concerned, will be to integrate lighting in the islands,” said Adrian Stieger, director of Hunter Douglas Switzerland and inventor of TechStyle.
Consisting of fibre glass tiles attached to U-shaped aluminium, TechStyle Islands weigh 25% less than traditional ceiling islands, making them easier to install and reducing the overall load on the building structure and cost to transport.
Sound-absorbing ceilings can be used in both existing buildings, and new buildings with concrete core activation.