Bene Office Furniture

RF Corridor Wall. Nothing but Glass

Design: Johannes Scherr

Transparency is an essential principle in creating efficient and stimulating office space. Glazed partitioning systems ensure speedy face-to-face communication, customised struc-turing of space and enhanced productivity. The RF Corridor Wall from office furniture pro-vider Bene features continuous, serially arranged bonded glass surfaces that connect to floor and ceiling with horizontal aluminium frames. The product ensures a consistent, har-monious look as glass elements are joined to form a plane surface. Frames are reduced to an absolute minimum, ensuring offices are designed consistent with the architecture of glass building shells.

Innovative engineering, consistent design.
The design of the plane surface, with flat integrated door elements, reflects a clear attitude: transparency with top quality and consistency. Innovative bonding behind the glass surface breaks the traditional employment of visible frameworks that used to surround or glue glass elements together: RF’s loadbearing function is performed by an aluminium pilaster – its characteristic design feature. "The pilaster takes the form of a slim aluminium edge and is a characteristic feature of all RF products", says Bene designer Johannes Scherr. "It high-lights the product’s horizontal contouring and gives it a feel of top quality and contemporary design elegance, especially if combined with black sealant joints", Scherr adds.

RF Cubicle: space as an object within space.
Fully transparent partitioning without any vertical support as well as smart details ensure maximum transparency and lend an exclusive touch to the RF Cubicle: The space within the space can be orchestrated as a glazed object – a visible signal of communication and col-laboration, i.e. a statement on corporate identity. The RF Cubicle provides optimum sound insulation.

Perfection down to details.
Thanks to a patented height levelling system, the all-glass wall extends up to ceiling heights of 3300 mm and easily absorbs building tolerances and structural movements. Wall elements are arranged in customised modules to allow reversible organisation of doors and glass panels. Again, Bene demonstrates its love of detail: The doors are available in hinged or sliding versions and may come with either clerestory ceiling panels or in floor-to-ceiling height. The system is available with single or double glazing, with joints either in anthracite or black upon request. The double-glazed model of the RF Corridor Wall provides excellent acoustic insulation of up to 49 dB.

E.ON.
RF Corridor Wall marks a new standard of transparency, yet meets exacting technical re-quirements. These criteria were crucial in choosing the RF Corridor Wall for the new seven-floor headquarters of EO.N Gastransport in a 1982 building in Essen, Germany, where Bene implemented a sophisticated interior design concept.

Responding to specifications formulated by the different departments, the building was fit-ted out with closed cellular offices, open-space zones and transparent meeting areas. Es-pecially for middle Management, it was essential to demonstrate transparency as a central value of corporate identity. In practical terms, this implied installing approx. 160 running metres of glazed partitioning, of which 85 running metres of RF Corridor Wall, enabling communication at a glance and tailored room structures. Despite the consistent transpar-ency, acoustic specifications are met thanks to excellent insulation. Bene’s concepts and products have also convinced E.ON branch offices in Paris, Milan, Moscow and Budapest.

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