Kvadrat Acoustics: Pioneering Custom Acoustic Solutions for Visionary Architecture

Kvadrat Acoustics provides bespoke, high-performance acoustic solutions that emphasize aesthetic quality and are tailored to enhance comfort and acoustic control in spaces, such as offices and auditoriums. These solutions often address common acoustic challenges in modern architecture, where materials like glass and concrete increase sound reverberation.

Moreover, Kvadrat Acoustics collaborates with architects to blend sound control with visual elegance, using a selection of Kvadrat fabrics that feature a range of textures, colours, and tested acoustic performance per EN ISO 354 standards.

Below, can be found a selection of Kvadrat Acoustics' latest and most significant projects and innovations.

Bjarke Ingels Group: BIG - Copenhagen HQ

In 2023, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) opened a 7-storey HQ located in Copenhagen’s harbour Nordhavn, a district known for its rich history of warehouses and factories. BIG selected a Kvadrat Acoustics solution to improve the acoustic environment of their workspaces and meeting rooms, tackling the challenges posed by the hard materials typical of the interior, such as large windows, stone, raw aluminium, and hot-rolled steel.

By integrating Kvadrat Acoustics' solutions, the design team was able to enhance both the acoustics and the aesthetic harmony of the space. These solutions not only address the acoustic issues but also complement the material palette chosen by BIG, creating a productive and comfortable meeting environment for everyone working there.

Baffle by Kvadrat Acoustic

Baffle is a pioneering acoustic concept for ceilings that allows for vertical suspension created to meet client demand for an aesthetic solution that caters to the growing interest of industrial ceiling designs. The tidy design of Baffle integrates a single textile layer and is ideally suited for large gathering spaces and areas between skylights. Thanks to Baffle’s highly stable aluminium core, it offers limitless horizontal panel extension possibilities. Baffle offers a streamlined architectural aesthetic and exceptional creative freedom. It offers a comprehensive choice of Kvadrat textiles, ensuring a seamless fit with virtually any interior theme.

Functionally, Baffle offers sound absorption ranging from Class-C to Class-A according to ISO 11654, depending on the spacing and dimensions used. It also ensures easy access to building services as it neatly integrates detachable sections.

Salmon Eye

Salmon Eye is an offshore interactive exhibition area and art installation that explores sustainable aquaculture industry. The venue emerges, like a glistening pebble, from the waters of Hardanger Fjord in southwest Norway.

Commissioned by Eide Fjordbruk, Salmon Eye has integrated Kvadrat Acoustic solution across its interior and takes visitors on a journey through design, interaction, dramaturgy, facts, terms, and experiences. In doing so, it adopts a global perspective on local challenges, solutions, and innovations – especially the sustainability issues concerning global aquaculture.