When a major global fashion retailer upgraded its headquarters, the organisation encountered significant acoustic challenges in newly refurbished meeting rooms. Advania worked with the business to design and implement a solution that improved usability and supported modern collaboration tools.
🔎At a glance
- Global fashion retailer
- 2,000+ employees
- UK headquarters deployment
- Acoustic optimisation for meeting rooms
🚨The challenge
Following renovations, meeting rooms suffered from poor acoustics due to industrial-style design elements such as exposed ducting and metal surfaces.
This created problems including:
- Poor audio quality during meetings
- Ineffective use of new conferencing technology
- Board-level meeting spaces becoming difficult to use
- No supplier able to resolve the issue effectively
💡The approach
Advania conducted a detailed acoustic assessment and designed a targeted remediation solution.
Key steps included:
- Site surveys and acoustic testing
- Custom acoustic panelling design
- Testing panel placement and configuration
- Managing deployment and installation logistics
☑️The outcome
- Dramatically improved meeting room usability
- Better audio quality for conferencing
- Increased adoption of meeting technology
- Expansion plans to roll out solution across additional rooms
⚡️Why this matters
Workplace design often prioritises aesthetics over functionality. This case highlights how thoughtful technical design can ensure collaboration spaces deliver the performance organisations expect.
