Vogl Ceiling Systems are Fit for School

In September 2009, 250 pupils moved to the new quarters of the Franconian International School in Erlangen. The eager students are accommodated in a 9,600 m² school complex, adjoining to which is a 1,650 m² gymnasium. The interior design is accentuated by appropriate acoustic design ceilings and individual moulded elements. They were supplied by the Emskirchen-based ceiling manufacturer Vogl Deckensysteme.

The new building was long overdue. The old premises were about to burst at the seams. So the Franconian International School e.V. seated in Herzogenaurach assigned the project to the djb association of architects in Erlangen. The first step was to find a suitable location. In the vicinity of Herzogenaurach, Nuremberg and Erlangen, a suitable site was found in the east of Erlangen – a former US military base. The terrain borders Kurt-Schuhmacher-Straße to the east, the boulevard of Röthelheimpark to the south and a public walkway to the property of the commercial college to the west, where office and residential buildings are presently being erected.

Construction of the new two-storey building was started with the ground-breaking ceremony on 5 March 2007, with the space allocation programme approved by the government of Middle Franconia comprising space for 480 to 500 pupils, including the kindergarten. The building was designed as a so-called reinforced concrete skeleton construction with flat roofs and stiffening shear walls. It is planned to cover the complete roof of the school and gymnasium with grass or plants. Most remarkable are the bright rooms with the window front allowing plenty of daylight to enter the interior. The harmonious room atmosphere has made the 250 pupils feel comfortable ever since they moved here in September 2009. This is also a result of the ceiling design oriented to these needs which was manufactured by Vogl Deckensysteme in Emskirchen.

Room ambience with acoustic design ceiling and moulded elements

The high-performance acoustic design panels and moulded elements were installed by dry construction contractor Ruben Peter from Floh-Seligenthal. The integrated systems meet the highest demands in functionality and aesthetics. An area of nearly 3,900 m² was covered with acoustic design panels (1188 x 1998 x 12.5 mm) with perforation pattern 8/18Q and a perforation area of 19.8% mounted edge-to-edge to a rigid ceiling framework. To facilitate the dry construction work, the scope of delivery of these panels includes the complete VoglFuge system kit. This all-inclusive package contains everything you need – from the sponge to the screws and tools, to a detailed installation guide. After the framework and panels have been mounted, any discrepancies in height in the ceiling panels can be compensated by adjusting the Vogl perforated panel screws. The screw heads in the joint area can be spot-filled using Vogl screw head and repair filler. Any protruding plasterboard edges are removed with a sanding pad working in direction of the joint. The joint area is then slightly moistened with a sponge, again in the direction of the joints, the Vogl liquid joint coating (ready-mix product) applied with a lambskin roller, and the VoglFuge strip placed rubber side down in the middle of the joint. The strip is affixed to the joint using both thumbs according to the Vogl-Zwei-Daumen-Prinzip, whereupon the joint area can be generously covered with liquid coating. The two hours of drying time can be used to fill the screw heads in the middle of the panels. All that is left to be done is smoothing the joint surface with sanding paper working in direction of the joint. Sanding and cross-sanding are not necessary!

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