Expona style for super Silverjet lounge
Project Data
Location: Silverjet private terminal, Luton Airport, UK
Specifier: Area Sq - part of the Fourfront Group
Project Description
The warmth and style of rustic mahogany effect luxury vinyl tiles from the Polyflor Expona art & design collection provide the perfect complement to the coolly elegant décor of the Silverjet private terminal at Luton Airport.
Silverjet is the first British airline to provide an exclusive private jet style business class service from Luton to New York and the 9000 sq ft passenger lounge was conceived by the Area Sq design and build team to reflect this new approach to long haul travel.
Area Sq - part of the Fourfront Group and a leading UK office interior design and fit-out specialist - specified Expona as the feature floor for the lounge and also chose Polysafe Standard safety flooring in black for the food preparation area and the airline’s crew quarters.
Combining stunning designs with quality materials and proven functionality, the Expona art & design collection has been specially developed to widen the horizons of creative interior design, offering a balanced choice of 20 timber and 20 stone/design effects.
Suitable for very heavy commercial use and ideal for a variety of leisure, education, retail and specific healthcare installations, Expona features a polyurethane surface treatment, aiding maintenance and removing traditional restrictions on freedom of design choice.
Polysafe Standard offers a choice of 16 fresh, modern colourways and a surface emboss which hugely enhances its cleanability. Coloured quartz, aluminium oxide and silicon carbide particles are incorporated within the product for improved traction and safety underfoot.
As well as meeting the performance requirements of EN13845 and being BBA Agrément certified as G5ws, Polysafe Standard conforms to HSE guidelines, achieving a sustainable slip resistance value of 36 on the RRL Pendulum wet test (Four-S/Slider 96 rubber) and a surface roughness of Rz 20µm.
Fully tested to fire safety standard EN 13501-1, Polysafe Standard is certified as Class Bfl-S1, achieving the criteria EN ISO 9239-1 8kw/m˛ and the mandatory requirement of EN ISO 11925-2 pass.
In common with all Polysafe vinyl floorcoverings, Polysafe Standard is flexible, for easy fitting, welding and site-formed coving and can also be welded at the seams and to coved skirtings to create continuous, impervious surfaces.
Area Sq
Part of the Fourfront Group, Area Sq are one of the leading UK office interior design and fit-out specialists. The group also includes 360 Design Consultancy and Sketch Furniture Dealership. Our team of 85 operate from our Egham (Surrey) and London (Mayfair) Offices.
We undertake office relocation and refurbishment projects of 5000 sq ft up to 100,000 sq ft throughout the UK.
As a group we view sustainability in all our working practices and internally with paramount importance and are near achieving the ISO14001 accreditation (April 2008).
Area Sq clients include Reed Elsevier, BAA, easyJet, Sungard, Travelport, Nintendo, Silverjet, Microsoft, Thomson Wealth Management, Epson, Budgens, Mitsubishi, TATA, Pharmion, Infosys and Capita.