The aim of WAVE Design Solutions was to present a powerful, innovative, and timeless design based on the aesthetic language of nature itself. Waves are omnipresent in nature. Our senses are stimulated by waves in different ways. The fascination of watching water in motion, with its ever-recurring but never identical patterns, is an experience familiar to everyone.
At WAVE Design, combining these natural aesthetics with a specific functional application in the acoustic and visual enhancement of interiors leads to a dynamic, yet subtle aesthetic language. Frequently, we are confronted with and annoyed by poor acoustics in rooms. In contrast, an acoustically balanced room can significantly improve the quality of work, learning, and life in general.
That is why the field of acoustics is gaining importance in architecture, both in new buildings and renovations. Noise-absorbing ceilings or panels help, but they are often less than attractive or do not harmonize with the existing decor. What's more, retrofitting them is costly and time-consuming.
WAVE Design Solutions offer intelligent, good-looking solutions to this problem. Easy to install retrospectively and customized to the room, they verifiably improve the acoustics and appearance of interiors. In recent years, the WAVE Design product range has repeatedly won the most important German design prizes for this innovative and dedicated approach.
Intelligent room acoustics from WAVE Design Solutions
The product family currently consists of acoustic absorbers, partitions, sculptural objects and baffles. The modular system with various basic forms covers most acoustic requirements for interiors. The standard forms are coordinated with each other and can be freely combined to create continuous structures from several modules. The waveforms of the standard absorbers can be combined in a mirrored, repeated, broken or continuous manner, thus offering an almost infinite number of variations.
The spatial form of the WAVE absorbers is complex and curved. All individual parts are made from commercially available panel material. The production by water jet systems is according to the latest state of the art.
Safety standards › Unobjectionable use in schools and kindergartens thanks to certification in
accordance with Öko-Tex® Standard 100 › The acoustic material is prepared without the use of halogenated hydrocarbons,
flame retardants and/or toxic heavy metals. › Adheres to European guidelines RoHS and REACH › Meets fire protection class B1
The WAVE Design Solutions product family
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Determination of the sound absorption coefficient in a reverberation chamber in accordance with DIN EN ISO 354 on a WAVE Acoustic Absorber; The manufacturer’s specifications for raw material of equal strength that is lying directly on the floor; Reference of the measured equivalent sound absorption area A on the one-sided surface of the assembly S.
Diagram and measurements by Tobias Behrens, ADA Berlin Acoustics + Media Consultants GmbH
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Acoustic Absorbers Single Pattern
» A successful symbiosis of design and function. The base material used already provides good acoustic properties, which are then significantly improved by the combination with the WAVE geometry. «
Hannes Bäuerle, interior designer and co-founder of the materials agency raumprobe, Stuttgart, about WAVE
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Project shown: Conference room at Lucerne trade show
Other projects implemented: Schwanenhöfe complex, Burkhardt Leitner constructiv, BayWa AG, ESCAD AG, and many more on our website
wave-acoustics.com/single
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Graphical representation of the calculated sound absorption coefficients from ADA Berlin Acoustics + Media
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Acoustic Absorbers Connected Pattern
» Harmonious design from the field of bionics. This is absorptive art in an attractive dress that is relevant to interior architectural design. «
Jury of the pro-K competition 2014 about WAVE, winner in the category "House Equipment and Technology"
Project shown: Trade show hall in Lucerne
Other projects implemented: VEMA, Skylab (Geneva, Switzerland), and many more on our website
wave-acoustics.com/connected
Effect
Diagram and calculation by Dipl.-Ing. (FH) D. Straub, Ravensburg
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* Noise reduction by additional absorption areas
Baffles » As can be seen from the diagram below, the acoustic situation for the cafeteria operation after the renovation, in terms of the reverberation times, can be classified as very good. Due to the suspended acoustic ceiling, a noise level reduction of 1 to 4 dB was achieved, which is clearly perceptible. «
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) D. Straub from bau8sam – Ingenieur-büro für Bauphysik [ENGINEERING OFFICE FOR BUILDING PHYSICS], Ravensburg, about WAVE
Project shown: Dining hall of Überlingen high school
Other projects implemented: Deutsche Bank, Robatherm, Karl Späh GmbH & Co. KG, various school projects, and many more on our website
wave-acoustics.com/baffles
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Determination of the room divider’s scattering and absorption factor with sound incidence from all angles. Measured in a sound room in compliance with ISO 17497-1. Diagram and measurements by ADA Berlin Acoustics + Media Consultants GmbH
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» With the WAVE system, the combination of a very aesthetic object with a specific functional application while using modern manufacturing processes leads to an unusual, dynamic and elegant aesthetic language. «
The AZ / Architekturzeitung [English: Architecture Newspaper], Stuttgart, about WAVE
Project shown: PurPur Interior Concepts offices in Frankfurt
Other projects implemented: FELTEN Dichtungstechnik, KATHREIN-Werke KG, Cessaro GmbH, Haworth GmbH, youth hostels, and many more on our website
wave-acoustics.com/dividers
Room Dividers
Wall Sculpture » Close up they [the WAVE designs] seem to have an industrial heritage ... but from further away they metamorphose into a strong architectural statement. The tiles ... can be used in many different formats to produce whatever the users demand of it: to absorb, mirror and reflect or simply be. «
DesignCurial FX Magazine (GB) about WAVE
Project shown: Trade show cooperation with interior design agency at Vitra stand, ORGATEC trade show, Cologne
Other projects implemented: DataVard GmbH, Wiiv Interiors (Vancouver, British Columbia), and many more on our website
wave-acoustics.com/sculpture
Our recommendations are given to the best of our knowledge. They are however without obligation, and we cannot accept any liability for damage or disadvantages of any kind, including in relation to third-party property rights.
Properties of Basotect® foam (acoustic material, Absorbers, and Baffles)
Standard designation: Melamine resin
Bulk density: 8–11 kg/m3
Cell type: open-celled
Temperature range: 220 °C
Reaction to fire: DIN 4102-1 EN ISO 13501-1
FMVSS 302 and UL94 HF1
B1 (white, gray, 5–200 mm – due to expire)Material complies with at least C–s2, d0 (equivalent to B1 according to DIN 4102-1)complies
Tensile strength ISO 1798: > 90 kPa
Elongation at break ISO 1798: > 10%
Compressive strength EN ISO 3386-1: 5–10 kPa
Thermal conductivity DIN 52612: < 0.035 W/mK (10 °C, d = 50 mm)
Sound absorption coefficient DIN 52215: > 0.9 (d = 40mm; f = 2000 Hz)
Compression set DIN EN ISO 1856: 5 - 30% (22 h, 70 °C, 50%)
Resistant to: acetone, ammonia water (25%), gasoline, butyl acetate, butyl alcohol, chlorine (low conc.), dichloromethane, diesel, diethyl ether, acetic acid (90%), ethyl acetate, ethyl alcohol, glycerin, glycol, glycol ether, isopropyl alcohol, kerosene, methyl alcohol, lactic acid (10%), sodium carbonate (25%), sodium chloride solution, sodium hydroxide solution (40%), ozone (low conc.), water, citric acid (10%).
Not resistant to: formic acid (90%), chlorine (high conc.), sodium hypochlorite, ozone (high conc.), phosphoric acid (50%), nitric acid (10%), hydrochloric acid (10%), sulfuric acid (10%), hydrogen peroxide.
Basotect® is a registered trademark of BASF.
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Acoustic AbsorbersFormats: Single pattern individual module up to 2,300 mm edge length, connected pattern formats from 700 mm to endless edge length (on request), material: Basotect® acoustic foam in 10/15/20 mm thicknesses, colors: white, gray, light gray
Baffles Formats: from 2,000 mm to endless edge length, material: Basotect® acoustic foam in 50 mm thickness: colors, gray, light gray
Hanging room dividersFormats: up to 2,800 mm edge length, material: hard-foam PVC 3 mm thick, aluminum frame, silver-gray, 25 x 5 mm, colors: lamellas in white, gray, black, red, blue, yellow, green (other colors available on request)
Standing room dividersFormat: 1,800 x 800 mm (length x width, outer dimensions), material: hard-foam PVC 3 mm thick, colors: lamellas in white, gray, black, red, blue, yellow, green (other colors available on request), steel frames in RAL 9006 / RAL color on request
Wall sculpturesFormats: up to 2,800 mm edge length, material: hard-foam PVC, colors: white, gray, black, red, blue, yellow, green (other colors available on request)
Hard-foam PVC (material of Room Dividers and Wall sculptures)
Properties Test method Value
Density: DIN 53479 / ISO 1183 ~ 0.50 g/cm3
Tensile strength: DIN 53455 / ISO 527 > 10 MPa
Elongation at break: DIN 53455 / ISO 527 ~ 12 %
Tensile modulus of elasticity: DIN 53457 / ISO 527-2/1A/50 ~ 600 MPa
Bending strength: DIN 53452 / ISO 178 ~ 20 MPa
Impact strength: DIN 53452 / ISO 179 (similar to) > 8 kJ/m2
Roughness: DIN 4768 < 5 μm
Ball impression hardness: DIN 53456 / ISO 2039-1 ~ 5 MPa
Dimensional stability under heat: DIN 53461 / ISO 75 (Ae process) ~ 58 °C
Vicat A: DIN 53460 / ISO 306 (A50 process) 72 °C
Printing, painting, digital printing, laminating: very good
Color: 667 simil. to RAL 9003, de < 2.3
Deep drawing: no
Fire classification: DIN 4102 (D) NFP 92-501 (F)
B1 for 2-5 mmM1 for 2-5 mm
Weather resistance and color fastness according to DIN EN 513 for a duration of 3 years
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In advance of every WAVE project, we not only view and record the current situation at the installation location and work out the specific, optimum acoustic solutions together with the customer. We also create plans and 3D models to visualize light effects and the optical impression. WAVE acoustic absorbers, room dividers, and wall sculptures consist of individual lamellas manufactured in a water-jet pro-
cess. Each lamella is unique. A standard absorber (single pattern) is assembled e.g. from 22 different lamellas. They are slotted together and (apart from the wall sculptures) stabilized in an aluminum frame. The undersides of the individual lamellas and modules have serrations/elevations and grooves/depressions which make it possible to identify each one during assembly. The baffles consist of
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various elements, whereby here again each part has its exact position in the overall structure. In the same way, the position is determined with the help of serrations/elevations and grooves/depressions during slotting together, and the rows of baffles are joined together with aluminum rods. Another variation of the acoustic absorber features a puzzle-type connection for direct joining together. This creates a row of
modules that suggests a single module with a seamless wave form and appea-rance. The modules are easy to suspend from the ceiling because they are very lightweight (a fully assembled module with frame weighs 360g).
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Contact: Wave Team · Karl Späh GmbH & Co. KG
Industriestraße 4–12 · 72516 SCHEER, GERMANY
T +49 7572 602-248 · F +49 7572 602-5190· [email protected]
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