Double Diamond Concertina Security Shutter for Club Amenities
The Australian Trellis Door Co’s (ATDC) double diamond concertina security shutter is a revelation.It is not a frequent occurrence that a truly new and innovative security shutter is launched on the Australian commercial door market.
The double diamond concertina security shutter is sheer class-it has a dual pivot rotation as well as a concertina folding action all in one depending on your site requirements. It offers both through vision and ventilation whilst also limiting a person’s ability to reach through the screen mesh to reach merchandise or stock secured behind it. A great loss prevention tool. And it lends itself to compliance with the BCA for egress in emergency. And to top things off this versatile screen complies with the stringent Temporary Fencing and Hoarding provisions of the Australian Standards for each of dynamic impact, foothold aperture and no simulated climbing/anti-tip testing. The screen is fabricated from heavy duty steel sections, it is robust, lockable and secure and is of sound engineering design. For further product information refer to ATDC’s website at https://www.trellisdoors.com.au/product/commercial-security/security-screens-and-screen-doors/security-gates-s04-dd
The photograph shows a recent installation for Bankstown City Netball Association at their grounds in Condell Park, NSW, where the NSW Office of Sport funded the purchase of these concertina security shutters to lock of the Association’s BBQ area. The shutters have proven an immense success in preventing vagrants from sleeping in the enclosed area with all the previous negative consequences including theft and damage to the goods and property. Furthermore the screens alleviate the expense of having to constantly clean the area which was previously open to anyone to enter. When unlocked and open the screens fold back and pivot flat against the side walls completely out of the way so as to be almost invisible.
ATDC’s concertina security shutters are now sold in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, and in all regional areas across the country including Newcastle, Geelong, Sunshine and Gold Coast Areas, Hobart, Darwin. They are also exported to the UAE, SouthEast Asia, The Asia Pacific Region and the Pacific Islands. www.trellisdoors.com.au/export/Singapore
For further information on ATDC’s full range of commercial and industrial concertina security shutters visit ATDC’s website at https://www.trellisdoors.com.au/products/commercial-security/security-screens-and-screen or contact them toll free on 1800657435 from anywhere within Australia.
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Enhancing Workspace Flexibility at Hipages Pitt with Bildspec
Hipages is Australia’s largest online tradie marketplace, connecting Australians with trusted tradies to simplify home improvement.
Bildspec recently installed four operable walls for design and construct firm Palm Projects, at Hipages Pitt St, Sydney Office, to enable a multi-use space to be turned into two smaller spaces whilst at the same time having acoustic separation from the adjacent Rumpus area. These folding walls allow maximum flexibility of the office footprint and facilitate an easy switch between small and large format meeting rooms, or alternatively a full open town hall environment.
Three of these acoustic folding walls are Bildspec Konnect Double Glazed with a Rw46 rating, two of which leading with one panel finished in Autex Vertiface and the third with one panel in Autex Custom Etch. The fourth wall is a Rw49-rated Series 100R solid wall and is finished in Autex Vertiface one side with Vitreous Enamel Magnetic Whiteboard panels other side.
Operable walls are acoustic folding walls which are perfect for when a wider entertainment or event space is needed. Dividing panels can be opened up to connect various spaces into a larger more collaborative environment whilst still providing acoustic separation and privacy from adjacent spaces.
For more information on the folding walls installed please click here or for any further information please contact our office on 1300 967 672 or email us at sales@bildspec.com.au.
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Creating Dynamic Meeting Spaces with TAL’s Installation of Bildspec 100R Walls
TAL is one of Australia’s leading Life Insurance companies. Bildspec have recently installed a series of Bildspec 100R remote and side stacking operable walls over 7 levels at TAL’s George St, Sydney CBD Head Office.
These movable acoustic walls were installed between meeting rooms as well as in TAL’s many collaboration hubs throughout the building. Collaboration hubs include meeting spaces, telephone spaces, quiet spaces and lounge spaces. Each meeting or collaborative space can be made bigger or smaller according to TAL’s requirements as needed.
The design of the areas was in collaboration with TAL, and designer Generate Interiors, to achieve both the desired layout and acoustic and budgetary requirements. The installations were carried out on behalf of a number of reputable building companies including Built Complete and Framecorp.
Operable walls are movable acoustic walls which assist in the creation of larger or smaller spaces for collaborative working environments. Operable walls allow larger spaces to be transformed into flexible environments that suit the working style of one’s employees or the intended purpose and function of the relevant space. Dividing panels can open up and connect various spaces helping staff feel they are part of an inclusive and supportive team or closing to provide private workspaces when needed.
For more information on the movable acoustic walls installed, please click here or for any further information please contact our office on 1300 967 672 or email us at sales@bildspec.com.au.
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Safeguard Against Bullying
When it comes to commercial washrooms, a fundamental element provides essential functionality and privacy to users is the toilet partition. This sometimes forgotten fixture is essential for preserving comfort, cleanliness, and hygiene in these communal areas.
A toilet partition is a barrier system created to separate distinct toilets or urinals, protecting users’ privacy and defining their personal space.
For a variety of reasons, full privacy partitions are required in school bathrooms, including:
- To ensure the utmost privacy to students and staff members who use the facilities;
- To lessen anxiety that some students may experience when using the restrooms, especially if they are being bullied or harassed by their peers;
- To create a safe and comfortable space for students who may have different gender identities or expressions; and
- To prevent anyone from outside the room from inadvertently entering.
As mentioned, there is a growing need in schools particularly secondary schools for full-height or full privacy restroom partition systems. Bullying is common in school bathrooms, mainly because these areas are often an extremely private part of the school building and are not supervised by teachers and staff.
A lot of anti-social behaviour occurs when students congregate in the washroom, which has brought about the need to rethink washroom design. Along with specifying full privacy partitions, the aim is to reduce the space around toilet cubicles whilst moving handwashing facilities into open spaces such as hallways. This allows for passive monitoring, helping students feel safer when using the restroom.
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Children’s Campus Zuidas
Robust and clean: Children’s Campus Zuidas Amsterdam
Children’s Campus Zuidas accommodates a primary school, day-care centre, after-school care facilities and sports hall. Fact Architects and Hund Falk Architecten jointly designed this light and airy, spacious school with a vibrant heart. An open structure of raw wood components in steel frames has been placed in front of robust external walls with large aluminium windows and sheet material.
Phased build
The building was constructed in phases, with a section of it being moved on the site. Architect Floris Hund explains why: ‘In 2014, there was an urgent need for a new school in the Zuidas. The only suitable location, between De Boelelaan and Antonio Vivaldistraat, wouldn’t be available until 2015. A phased build and the subsequent move of a section of the building was cheaper than temporary accommodation. But the main reason for a phased build was that this way, the children immediately got a really good building.’
The first phase was built behind an existing sports hall. After the existing structures, including the sports hall, were demolished, the second phase was completed. The first section of the building was then moved 30 metres and almost seamlessly linked to the second. Both sections of the building consist largely of prefab components and were constructed within a very short time on site. ‘If the number of children continues to grow as expected, an extra level will be added to the lower section of the building mid-2017,’ hopes Peer Glandorff, who co-designed the school with Hund.
Wide bleacher stairs connect the ground floor with the library above.
Clear layout
At Children’s Campus Zuidas, children aged 0 to 12 can learn and play from 7:30 to 18:30. The education offered is based on continuous learning. Hund explains how the architects translated this into their design: ‘We designed the building such that children of consecutive ages can come in contact with each other in a natural way. For example, in the large central area, which serves as an assembly hall and play room. This is a space for all ages.’ Wide bleacher stairs connect the ground floor with the library above. Glass walls and a big vide (open space) with glass roof allow lots of natural light to enter the central space.
In addition, the school has a clear spatial layout. There are four clusters of four classrooms, grouped according to age ranges. After-school care is provided in the large areas between these rooms. ‘The school layout and connection with surrounding outdoor areas ensure that this is a special, pleasant space for the children and teachers to work, learn and play in,’ Hund assures.
The gym on the top level of the school is also used by other schools and sports clubs. The gym can be accessed via a stairwell with lift, which can be closed off from the school.
The whole of the ground-floor wall consists of glass panels. The group areas and gym on the other floors have extra-large windows; the gym even has a window of 3.6 by 5 m.
Peer Glandorff (Facts Architects )
Robust façade
Raw wood, shiny aluminium and large windows characterise the external walls. They are made of standard components, both in terms of composition and dimensions. Depending on the rooms behind them and the orientation of the sun, the wall components have been fitted with glass or aluminium sheet material.
Glandorff: ‘The whole of the ground-floor wall consists of glass panels. The group areas and gym on the other floors have extra-large windows; the gym even has a window of 3.6 by 5 m.’ One type of slimline aluminium window profile by Reynaers was chosen. The anodised aluminium goes well with the wood and steel. Soundproofing was also important in the choice of windows because of the busy location. Finally, price was also a consideration, as the building had to be completed within a tight budget. D’n Boeij Aluminiumbouw was responsible for all the windows.
In the short video below, the architects of Fact Architects and Hund Falk Architecten talk about their design for Children’s Campus Zuidas.
Adventure outdoor areas
All sides of the building overlook a variety of outdoor areas. Surrounding the building are several natural and paved outdoor areas with play areas. Glandorff: ‘Natural play areas border directly on classrooms and group areas. On the side of the future Boelegracht, we designed steps with integrated containers for school gardens.’
The other outdoor areas, including nature gardens with climbing trees, waterfall and small beach, a sports fields and kiss & ride zone were designed by the Department of Planning and Sustainability of the municipality of Amsterdam, Het Wilde Land and Zandraket.
The finish of the interior is uniform, with identical acoustic screed floors in a light grey hue throughout the school.
Good indoor climate
The finish of the interior is uniform, with identical acoustic screed floors in a light grey hue throughout the school. The walls are clad in a patchwork of wood plate materials of different types of hardwood.
The ground floor has floor-to-ceiling windows all around for maximum contact between indoor and outdoor areas. Every group has a door here that leads to its own outdoor area. Hund: ‘Between the pillars directly behind the glass, we created work tables and seats. This way, the children have a direct view of the outdoor areas.’
The rooms and gym have been created with as much ceiling height as possible. Wires have been concealed in the openings behind the lower ceilings.
The windows behind the wood façade grids can be opened. Children’s Campus Zuidas has a good indoor climate. Overall, the school meets the Clean Schools category B standard and even the highest possible category A standard for air quality.
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Flexible Spaces
Hawa Sliding Solutions offer a range of sliding solutions for educational institutions, including classroom dividers and movable partitions. These sliding applications are designed to create flexible and open learning spaces that can adapt to different teaching styles and group sizes.
As education facilities evolve into more flexible spaces, operable walls and sliding doors are more frequently specified. An operable wall divides available space enabling flexibility whilst sound rated panels still allows for effective noise control. When sound waves strike a partition, some are reflected from the surface staying in the same room as the source of the sound. Some are absorbed by the material of the partition, being converted to heat energy and some are transmitted to the other side.
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Marian College Catholic State Integrated School for Girls
Architects: Sheppard and Rout CHCH
Constructors: Armitage Williams CHCH
Treatment: 4,500 M2 Concrete curing, harden permanent moisture control, and deep matrix capillary protection.
Permanent Concrete Protection
Protect Crete NZ X200 Densi-Proof
Essential deep matrix curing, harden, permanent relative humidity (RH) moisture control, and protection, enabling rapid installation of flooring systems.
X200 Densi-Proof™ a single pack one application spray on system that deeply penetrates new or existing concrete, provides curing, permanent waterproofing, and protection. The application of X200 Densi-Proof™ at time of the concrete pour will cure concrete to provide the hardened properties equivalent to that of water pond curing, permanently waterproof concrete from any direction, making the concrete impermeable and increasing its longevity whilst providing a penetrative moisture barrier system for impervious coatings and coverings. System included in AS1884:2021.
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Curved Retractable Security Screens to Lock off Public Buildings
ATDC’s increasingly popular S08 retractable curved steel security screen has recently been installed to secure the new General Learning Centre at Brisbane Central State School.
Specified by Queensland based Towill Design,this very large 14 metre wide x 3.7 metre high curved screen traverses two different radius turns to conform with the curvature of the building.
This top hung door system has no floor track and is instead secured through a system of multiple intermediate up/down locking mechanisms along its span.
Project managers for this job were Badge Constructions (QLD).
For further information visit ATDC’s website at https://www.trellisdoors.com.au/product/commercial-security/security-screens-and-screen-doors/stacking-doors-s08
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Bildspec Provides Light
Inaburra School at Bangor, NSW, is proud of their strong commitment to a number of key areas including media, computing, pastorally-caring relationships and academic excellence, and being driven by a future-oriented mindset has enabled Inaburra to become a leader in independent education in NSW.
There are approximately 350 students in the Inaburra Junior School; there are two classes for each year from Kindergarten to Year 6. Recent refurbishments to the school, designed by NBRS Architecture, included the installation of a Bildspec Series 100 Double Glazed Side Stacking Operable Wall between the two Kindergarten classrooms.
The acoustic moving wall includes 4 separately moving double glazed panels, with the 2 central panels being white glass. This not only aids privacy between the two classrooms, but also serves as a versatile whiteboard for both class rooms at the same time.
Bildspec’s glass movable walls combine the elegance of glass with the reliability of a Bildspec Operable Wall. It allows for see-through connection of spaces with acoustic reduction properties.
Bildspec Acoustic Moving Walls have the ability to divide class room learning spaces at will. When made of glass, these movable walls allow maximum light transfer, creating an open, airy feeling in class rooms, which in turn provides an enhanced learning experience.
Bildspec were proud to deliver yet another quality project for esteemed builder Trinity Quality Interiors. For more information on the acoustic moving walls installed or our wider range of folding doors click here or for any further information please contact our office on 1300 967 672 or email us at sales@bildspec.com.au
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Deventer Library -The Netherlands
The new public library in Stromarkt, Deventer is contemporary in design and use of materials, while blending in beautifully with its historical context. An impressive feature of this design by BiermanHenket architects for a building of this size. With its large glass windows, the new library building extends a welcoming invitation to the city.
Since its opening in 2018, the new library in Stromarkt has been popular with Deventer residents of all ages. All of the 500 seats are occupied on an almost daily basis. And that was exactly the intention. Janneke Bierman of BiermanHenket architects: ‘This building has to appeal to young and old; it has to be an accessible place for people to meet, study and engage in literary activities. That’s why we designed an open-plan building, in every direction, with a cosy café-restaurant on the ground floor. We deliberately didn’t put the staircase right behind the entrance, so that people would spend a bit more time on the ground floor. Along the façade, there is an inviting wide oak staircase leading to two further library floors.’
This building has to appeal to young and old; it has to be an accessible place for people to meet, study and engage in literary activities.
Janneke Bierman – BiermanHenket architects
Fits in the historical context
With the height, articulation and choice of materials, the architect has managed to create a building that fits in well in the historical city centre. ‘It replaces a bank from the 1960s. But the bank’s fine grid of concrete columns meant that it couldn’t be repurposed as the new library because this had to have an open-plan design. The basements were retained, though, and the columns of the new building have been placed partly on the existing basement columns and partly on new screw piles. The new volume is 15.5 metres high and more or less follows the contours of the old bank, except on the east side, where the building extends a bit further than its predecessor. The result is that the L-shape Stromarkt now comprises two clear, urban spaces. Fortunately, the tall plane trees in Stromarkt could be kept.’
The famous 12th century neighbouring building, the oldest surviving stone house in the Netherlands, has been partly incorporated into the library. This monument now houses a quiet area, an exhibition space and an office space.
Glass and ceramic
The side walls consist largely of steel curtain walls. The glass is set in slim aluminium profiles by Reynaers Aluminium, fitted on the steel construction directly behind the wall. Other parts of the façade have been clad with ceramic panels. ‘We designed these panels specifically for this building in six versions. We chose the colour ochre because it’s so common in the buildings of Deventer. The elements have vertical lines, with smooth ridges and grooves alternating each other with two different comb structures.’
Set in the wall surfaces with ceramic panels are windows in clean-lined aluminium frames in a variety of sizes. Particularly eye-catching are the large diagonal windows on two corners of the building. In the entrance wall, narrow wall openings have been created across two floors. Floor-high steel frames made the large glass section above the entrance possible.
Spacious and bright
The ground floor is open plan, which allows for a flexible layout. It is a continuous meeting space, which is also used for workshops, debates and lectures. Next to the entrance, there is a café-restaurant. The south wall by the garden is largely made of glass. Along this wall, there is a vide (an open space) leading to a glass connection, which creates a visual separation between the now-connected new and historical building.
The wide staircase and open space on the north side provide a sight line all the way up to the second floor. Here, too, there are vides and skylights flood the space with natural light.
Open spaces, stairs and windows create connecting views through the library and to the outside. On the second floor, glass windows and a large corner window offer wide panoramic views of the old city centre.
From auditorium to smart lab
Apart from the usual library functions (being a facility where visitors can research, borrow books and read), the new building is equipped for a whole host of extra activities. For instance, in the basement, there is a small cinema and auditorium with 80 seats, among other things. In addition, there are book archives and a bike shelter for staff. ‘To create a pleasant height in the basement auditorium, the floor was raised by 1 metre. We were already dealing with differences in height in this space anyway: from the entrance, the floor level rises gradually towards the historical building by 1 metre,’ Bierman explains.
On the ground floor and on the first and second floor, there are a wide variety of consultation, chill-out and study areas, namely the quiet area in the historical part of the building, dining tables, armchairs, high and low tables, alcoves for sitting and lying down, stools, bleacher stairs, windowsills, long tables in the open spaces, benches and play tables, the garden and roof terrace.
And, of course, there are bookcases with books, films and music. These modern bookcases are transparent frameworks, sometimes filled but they often also provide views.
The office spaces are concentrated in the southwest part of the first floor of the new building and on the first and second floors of the old building.
On the top floor, a smart lab was created with a focus on making things, complete with 3D printers and benches. Adjoining the lab, the roof terrace offers spectacular views of the old city centre.
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