Open-plan areas and enclosed cabin offices are acoustically different problems. They sit on the same floor, often share a material palette, and both need acoustic treatment, but what works for one tends to underperform for the other. The post-handover feedback from these projects follows a consistent pattern: “the open area...
Office Acoustics: How to Reduce Echo and Improve Speech Privacy in Open-Plan Spaces
The open-plan office was supposed to solve something. Collaboration, the energy of a shared workspace, and visibility across teams. In many ways, it delivered. But the acoustic side of things? That's where the problems started piling up. If you've ever handed over an open-plan office and had the client call...