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ENSEMBLE™A SOUND CHOICE

USG BORAL ENSEMBLE™ ACOUSTICAL PLASTERBOARD CEILING OFFERS A SEAMLESS LOOK WITH TRUE ACOUSTICAL PERFORMANCE

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Architects, interior designers and their clients look for a clean, seamless ceiling finish in impressive public spaces. Acoustical ceiling solutions with a smooth plasterboard appearance have been traditionally costly to install.

Now USG Boral Ensemble™ Acoustical Plasterboard Ceiling System offers the clean, elegant aesthetics you want with the sound performance you need. A cost-effective solution for lobbies, atriums, galleries, educational and other spaces with multiple hard surfaces and ambient noise, Ensemble is a sound choice.

A NEW INTEGRATED CEILING SYSTEM WITH A MONOLITHIC APPEARANCE AND SUPERIOR ACOUSTICS

One of the Perth CBD’s most impressive buildings, National Trust-classified Chancery House was constructed in the late 1920s. During 2017, the ground floor with its magnificent marble floor and atrium skylight was renovated to create an imposing foyer for office tenants and visitors. Heritage listing puts restrictions on altering a building’s interior as well as its exterior – which presented a real challenge, as acoustic ceiling products typically have a ‘modern’ perforated tile look.

Roger Gregson of Oldfield Knott Architects says, “We were looking for an acoustic ceiling material for this project, but it had to have the uniform appearance of a heritage ceiling. Once USG Boral showed us the possibilities of the Ensemble™ system, we realised the entire surface had the necessary acoustic properties. We could then apply a finished product over everything that’s up there to make it uniform and achieve the monolithic look we were aiming for. Ensemble fitted the bill perfectly.”

“To get a monolithic ceiling looking like that, and it’s also acoustic – we are very, very pleased with it.”ROGER GREGSON, OLDFIELD KNOTT ARCHITECTS

Project Refurbishment of Chancery House, cnr Howard Street & The Esplanade, Perth

Architect Oldfield Knott Architects

Builder Finlay Group Constructions Pty Ltd

Year 2017-18

Products USG Boral Ensemble System – including 220m2 Ensemble Panel, DONN® Drywall Grid system, Fletchers 90mm-thick, 14kg/m3 glasswool and Ensemble Spray-Applied Finish

ENSEMBLE™ ENHANCES A HERITAGE BUILDING

Case Study – Chancery House

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Simplicity of installationBarry Milne, Site Supervisor for Finlay Group Constructions, seconds Roger Gregson. “The reason we chose Ensemble™ is for the simplicity of the installation, as it still gives the same acoustic qualities as a tile-and-grid ceiling system.” The refurbishment had to take place over the Christmas period when the building could be closed, which made the Ensemble six-step installation process preferable to comparable systems which involve 10-14 steps.

Musicians impressedMichael Goldschlager of String Musicians Australia, who played at Ensemble’s Chancery House launch, was surprised by the acoustics of the foyer, given its marble floor and lofty central atrium. “In a space like this you would expect all sorts of problems with reverberation and it seemed to just drink it up in an appropriate way and leave just enough for warmth. I’ve played all the great halls of the world… it does it just beautifully!”

Architect’s intention metStanding in the impressive heritage Chancery House foyer on a busy afternoon, Roger Gregson says, “You can just hear the difference in the voices; they just quietly get lost. The sounds of people coming in and out of the lift fall into the background, whereas before they were very resonant. That was the intention.”

“In a space like this you would expect all sorts of problems with reverberation... I’ve played all the great halls of the world… it does it just beautifully!”MICHAEL GOLDSCHLAGER,

STRING MUSICIANS AUSTRALIA

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ENSEMBLE™ ACOUSTICAL PLASTERBOARD CEILING

Ideal for high-end ceiling applications, including lobbies, atriums, executive or

board rooms, museums and other spaces with multiple hard surfaces.

• Non-directional, monolithic appearance with fine texture

• Special acoustical perforated USG Boral Ensemble™ Panels to optimise sound performance

• Installs and finishes similar to plasterboard

• High light-reflective finish (LR-.85), reduces fixture and energy use

• Acoustically transparent spray-applied finish allows sound to pass through

• Meets or exceeds minimum ceiling performance requirements for traditional acoustical ceilings

Today, building owners and occupants desire high-performing acoustical solutions with clean and elegant finishing. The ceiling is a critical surface that can manage the acoustical performance and enhance the overall aesthetic of a room.

USG Boral has created a new integrated system that offers the uninterrupted look of plasterboard with high-performance acoustics of traditional lay-in ceiling panels.

Highly engineered USG Boral SHEETROCK® Ensemble panels are uniformly perforated to absorb sound at low to mid frequencies, upwards into the plenum space. The porous acoustical veils laminated to the front and rear of the panel helps with high frequency absorption.

After panel installation, the system is completed with USG Boral Ensemble Spray-Applied Finish – creating a monolithic appearance with tiny irregular perforations which allow sound to pass through into the plenum.

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