Shhh.

Ceiling and walls clad with Troldtekt acoustic panels effectively absorb the sounds of splashing, shouting and playing, thus contributing to pleasant acoustics in swimming centres.

Photos (3):
Münster-Kinder­haus Pool, © Torben Weiss

Escape from ever­yday life and expe­ri­ence rela­xing moments. This is what today’s guests expect from an indoor swim­ming pool. To offer this, not only attrac­tive features are required — the quality of the buil­ding mate­rials used also deter­mines the well-being of the guests and thus the success of the pool.

Ceiling and walls clad with Trold­tekt acou­stic panels effec­tively absorb the sounds of splas­hing, shou­ting and playing, thus contri­bu­ting to plea­sant acou­stics in swim­ming centres.

Cement-bonded wood wool panels are also durable, with a natural resis­tance to mois­ture. The flexible design options also offer considerable archi­tec­tural freedom.

Choo­sing mate­rials is a parti­cu­larly chal­len­ging process for archi­tects desig­ning swim­ming centres. Of course, the mate­rials have to aesthe­ti­cally match the archi­tec­tural idiom. But a number of func­tional requi­re­ments also need addres­sing.

Swim­ming centres are usually large spaces, high-ceilinged and with many glass or concrete surfaces. In combi­na­tion with the excited shrieks of children having fun in the water, this calls for acou­sti­cally exac­ting solu­tions. It is ther­e­fore important that the large ceiling and wall surfaces are clad with mate­rials that have a high absorp­tion coef­fi­cient – so they effec­tively soak up the sounds.

Cement-bonded wood wool retains the essential qualities of the components used to produce it – the strength of cement and the natural breathability of wood.

Photos (3):
Nauti­land in Würz­burg, © Olaf Wiechers

Supe­rior acou­stics

The open struc­ture of Trold­tekt acou­stic panels absorbs sound effec­tively. The result is shorter rever­be­ra­tion times, mini­mi­sing unplea­sant noise – in the swim­ming pool areas and in the asso­ciated faci­li­ties (chan­ging rooms, café etc.).

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Natural strength

Cement-bonded wood wool retains the essen­tial quali­ties of the compon­ents used to produce it – the strength of cement and the natural breat­ha­bi­lity of wood. Trold­tekt acou­stic panels are mois­ture-tole­rant and ther­e­fore extre­mely suitable as acou­stic ceilings in wet rooms. The panels cannot rot and do not attract fungal growth or other micro­or­ga­nisms.

The Danish Tech­no­lo­gical Insti­tute has docu­mented that Trold­tekt acou­stic panels are suitable for instal­ling in rooms with:

• mois­ture levels of up to 98 per cent (+/- 2 per cent)
• high tempe­ra­tures of up to at least 40 degrees.

Trold­tekt has thus achieved the highest CE marking level (D) for water resis­tance.

The docu­men­ta­tion shows that Trold­tekt is a robust choice for even the most humid and warm rooms such as swim­ming pools, shower rooms and well­ness depart­ments.

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Troldtekt panels can be used to create a unique look on large ceiling and wall surfaces, adding to the whole as sound-absorbing design elements.

Photos (3):
Kusel Swim­ming Pool, © Olaf Wiechers

Flexible design

Trold­tekt panels offer a number of diffe­rent design options. Through special instal­la­tion, colours or CNC machi­ning, the panels can be used to create a unique look on large ceiling and wall surfaces, adding to the whole as sound-absor­bing design elements.

Trold­tekt design solu­tions come with the same great tech­nical proper­ties as the classic Trold­tekt acou­stic panels.

» See the design options

Docu­mented sustaina­bi­lity

Trold­tekt is certi­fied in the silver cate­gory under the inter­na­tio­nally reco­g­nised Cradle to Cradle scheme.

The certi­fi­ca­tion was attained in part because the panels contain no subs­tances that are harmful to humans or the envi­ron­ment. They can ther­e­fore return to the biolo­gical cycle as nutri­ents, or to a tech­nical cycle as a raw mate­rial in cement produc­tion.

Ramboll has also outlined how Trold­tekt speci­fi­cally contri­butes points to areas such as total cost of owner­ship, indoor climate and mate­rials in the leading sustaina­bi­lity certi­fi­ca­tions – DGNB, LEED and BREEAM.

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