A ROCKWOOL office that doubles as a showroom

A compact Warsaw office designed for staff comfort, built to show the full Rockfon range in a real workplace.

Rockfon acoustic solutions within the ROCKWOOL open office in Warsaw.

Rockfon Eclipse Colour circular islands above the reception, absorbing corridor sounds while matching the moss wall elements.

A calm office, and a working showroom

The renovated ROCKWOOL GBS office in Warsaw was designed to feel calm. Comodo Group mixed plants, moss and soft pastels, greens, sand yellows, pale blues and muted pinks, with oak veneers and upholstered furniture.

But an open-plan office full of people talking, typing and meeting builds up noise that makes it hard to concentrate.

And because the office belongs to ROCKWOOL, Rockfon's parent company, it had a second job on top of solving that: to show the full Rockfon range working in a real office, not a showroom, so clients and staff could see and hear how it performs.

Comfort for staff, and proof for clients

The first job was staff comfort. An open-plan office full of people talking, typing and meeting builds up noise that makes it hard to concentrate, so the space needed real sound control.

The second was to prove what the products can do.

The office had to show the full breadth of the Rockfon range, ceilings, walls and zoning, working in a real office rather than a showroom, so clients and staff could see and hear it for themselves.

Meeting both meant using almost the entire range across a single floor.

Project info

Project name

ROCKWOOL GBS Warsaw Office

Location

Warsaw

Architecture

Krzysztof Draber, Comodo Group

Photography

Bartosz Makowski

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Products used

Rockfon Color-all®

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Rockfon® Eclipse Colour

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Rockfon® Lamella

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Rockfon Canva® Hanging divider

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A closer look at the circular Rockfon Eclipse Colour panels, absorbing sound above the reception.

The reception hallway again, with Rockfon Lamella wood-veneer panels lining the wall below the Eclipse ceiling.

The full range, across one floor

Almost every Rockfon product appears somewhere in the office, each chosen for its space.

Pastel Rockfon Eclipse Colour floating panels hang across the reception and corridors, paired with matching circular lights. Rockfon Lamella wood-veneer wall panels warm up the reception and conference rooms.

Suspended Rockfon Canva hanging dividers split the open-plan floor into zones while absorbing sound, so staff can move between busy and quiet areas without an abrupt change.

In the smaller meeting rooms, Rockfon Color-all is used on to match the walls in a single colour. In one meeting room, a Rockfon Canva wall panel is printed with solidified lava, a nod to the volcanic stone that stone wool is made from, while working as a large sound absorber.

And Rockfon Senses panels, pressed from moss, alpine flowers and grasses, add texture you can touch and a faint natural scent.

"There is a balance in this project. The office is not exaggerated or candy-coated. It provides employees with comfort within several senses: sight, hearing, touch and smell. The atmosphere here reduces stress and anxiety by creating space for quiet work," said Krzysztof Draber, interior designer at Comodo Group.

A Rockfon Canva hanging divider separates two rows of desks, keeping the open office workable.

Another view of the same open-plan floor, the Canva divider zoning the space without closing it off while absorbing unwanted sound.

A meeting room where Rockfon Color-all wall tiles match the paint, with a white modular ceiling above.

Another meeting room using the same Color-all wall tiles for a clean, single-colour effect.

A meeting room finished in Rockfon Color-all, with a Rockfon Canva wall panel printed with custom artwork.

Three Rockfon Senses panels line the walkway, pressed from moss and dried plants for an organic texture.

Comfortable to work in, built to showcase

The Warsaw office does both jobs at once: a calm, comfortable place to work, and a real demonstration of what the Rockfon range can do. The same approach carried on into ROCKWOOL's later office in Poznań.

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