About The Project
The pilot phase of the Department of Health’s “New Ways of Working” project involved the re-fit of two floors of the Sirius building in Woden.
Since the completion of this project, the New Ways of Working project has been rolled out nationwide. The remainder of the Sirius building has been fitted out to match this project, and Aluform has completed similar projects for the Department of Health in Sydney and Brisbane.
Photographs used with permission of AMA Projects and Adam McGrath – H Creations Photography.
Series 9000 Partition Suite
In an interesting detail, COX Architecture specified the Series 9000 and Square Set & Shadowline system to be used on this project.
This meant the creation of a 10mm shadow around all door and window frames, thanks to the use of Aluform’s NSDJA92 adaptor. This adaptor allows a square-set plaster finish on the back, while accommodating a snap-in N901C door frame on the front.
In this project, N901C centre-glaze sections were used, and where doors were required, a Raven Products perimeter seal was used to improve acoustic performance.
Autex Acoustics Cube
To provide sound absorption on this project, Aluform supplied the Autex Acoustics Cube™ panels. In a beige colour known as Opera, these panels were used on ceilings as a method of inconspicuously dampening noise reverberation and transfer.
The 24mm panels achieve a Noise Reduction Coefficient of 0.8 / 1 – a high-level rating. Additionally, their rigid nature makes them easy to cut, hence they are used as the base panel for Autex’s print options as well as groove and laser-cutting designs.
This same specification was replicated on the next projects conducted in the Sirius building, and in the Sydney and Brisbane offices.