In 2013, the management decided to renovate 700 m² of Aarhus Business College to provide optimal working conditions for students and teachers. The College had previously been dark and difficult to navigate.

Aiming particularly to make the college appear more welcoming, including bringing in more and better lighting, Aart Architects designed the renovation and apointed to DAMPA as the supplier of ceilings for all 700 m².

Besides being the architect’s preference, DAMPA’s ceilings were chosen for three other, main reasons: The ceiling panels needed to be demountable and practical to work with – both during the construction process and for future maintenance; the ceiling had to fit with the upcoming light fixtures, and, finally, long, straight lines were desired to ensure a clean and uniform look visually.

The installed panels are white DAMPA^® 300 Panels in aluminium. To meet the acoustic requirements, the panels are perforated and fitted with black acoustic felt.

The renovation began in June 2013 and was completed in October, making it a very efficient construction process.

Michael Jacobsen, the site manager from the carpentry company Poul Nielsen, who measured the ceilings himself and sent the measurements to DAMPA’s technical department, states:

“And then they delivered the ceilings with cutouts for the new fixtures. Everything was to the millimetre; there was not a finger to put on anything.” and continues:

“The collaboration with DAMPA has worked perfectly. It was a major rebuild with many different professional groups and many craftsmen and suppliers and a very short time to carry out the work, so we were dependent on everything going well. 

That is why we were also picky about who we invited as partners. Fortunately, everything went as it should, and we were able to hand over a super nice school, only about a month and a half into the new semester.”