Photo: © Andreas Schüring Architekten BDA
Office & Interior

Library University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration - Cologne, Germany

Customer

North Rhine-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration

Location

Cologne, Germany

Building owner

State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Architect and structural engineering

Andreas Schüring Architects BDA

Acoustic curtains as a tribute to "Café Samt & Seide" from the 1920s

Project data

The straight and curved acoustic curtains in the library of the North Rhine-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration are reminiscent of the world-famous "Café Samt & Seide", which was designed by Lilly Reich and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1927. The sound curtains create flexible and acoustically separated quiet zones:

  • Three 5-layer OFFICE sound curtains in wave look.
  • Outer layer made of SATIN CS contract fabric; in the colour signal white.
  • Installation of the TRUMPF 95 OFFICE track system on a suspended ceiling made of white metal grid elements.