Emyria is a Leederville biotechnology company that uses live patient data to drive clinical care and research. Privacy matters in that work, so the office needed to be both comfortable and confidential.
The problem
The open-plan office was full of hard, reflective surfaces, so noise carried and built up. Conversations in private rooms could also be overheard, partly because sound was travelling over the top of the walls through the ceiling space.
What we did
- Acoustic panels across the open-plan area to reduce reverberation, including one custom-printed panel that doubles as company signage.
- Acoustic doors and upgraded walls on the private rooms.
- A rigid baffle in the ceiling space above the walls, so sound can’t flank over the top.
The result
A calmer open-plan office, better privacy in meeting rooms, and a branded feature panel that looks the part.
Tip from Nigel: a wall that stops at the ceiling tiles often lets sound straight over the top. Blocking the ceiling space is cheap compared with the privacy it gives back.
