CH2’s distinctive vaulted concrete ceilings perform a variety of functions including providing thermal mass.
CH2’s main floors feature distinctive pre-cast concrete ceilings which bring a number of benefits, including:
- enhancing air stratification in the offices by keeping warmed air further away from occupants
- optimising natural light by locating windows at the highest point of the vault
- increasing the surface area of the ceiling, thereby increasing the thermal mass of the concrete and improving the heat absorption characteristics
- providing a void for the collection of the exhaust air, avoiding the need for an array of surface-mounted metal ducts.
The vaulted ceilings are pre-cast concrete and the floors above are poured in-situ, with both tied to form the structural floor system for the building.