Creating a new City Hall for 600 office staff at Leicester City Council, a centrally located 1930’s art deco building has been completely refurbished by main contractor Willmott Dixon, and Franklin Ellis Architects.
Challenged to maximise the use of space in the ground floor meeting areas, Style recommended installing a DORMA Variflex moveable wall system.
Offering outstanding Rw58dB acoustic integrity, enabling meetings to run concurrently in exceptional privacy, the sliding partitioning panels are finished in a stylish high pressure laminate that perfectly complements the period décor.
Quick, light and effortless to manoeuvre into place, the partitioning wall creates individual rooms or an open-plan meeting space at a moment’s notice.
With a population of more than 300,000, Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands and the tenth largest in the country. Leicester City Council is the city’s biggest employer with more than 15,000 staff responsible for delivering services to a diverse range of customers.
“DORMA Variflex is a hugely versatile moveable wall system, ideal for complicated room proportions and older buildings,” explains Mike Fine, Style’s director for the Midlands. “In addition, it delivers phenomenal acoustic performance.”
Variflex panels are manufactured separately to the frame, which means if one is damaged or scuffed, or the interior design of a room changes, they can be swapped at much lower cost. It also comes with an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) in accordance with ISO 14025 and EN 15804, making it a truly sustainable solution for almost any location.
