Product: Mondéco Earth, Peran STB & Peran SL
Market Sector: Education
Location: UK
Client: Minster School
Flowcrete floors have helped to create a showcase school, which utilises the latest in innovative design to create an inspirational learning environment. Minster School’s new centre is a blueprint for the 21st century, which sets out a plan for world-class centres of education.
The specification included Flowcrete’s seamless terrazzo floor Mondéco Earth, which was used in the main entrance and central heartspace, to create a highly attractive yet durable finish for an area that is the first point of contact with the schooling environment. Able to take all the knocks and bumps encountered in educational buildings, Mondéco also scores well in the environmental stakes, due to its longevity - avoiding reinstallation costs, disposal costs of old flooring and disruption associated with shorter life-cycle products.
Flowcrete’s Peran SL smoothing floor finish was applied throughout the corridors, to brighten up the areas with a strong splash of colour. Turquoise, sky blue and green were used for each floor level, and an orangey red was also used to identify other zones. The quartz system Peran STB – coordinating with the individual colour schemes - was applied for classroom areas. This system was also used on 14 flights of stairs within the school, complete with noses and raisings.
“The architects have realised the school’s vision for an exciting and challenging educational environment for the 21st Century, through the use of natural and long lasting materials that will age gracefully over time. Finding the right flooring to provide high quality, low maintenance finishes was therefore critical in realising this vision.”
(Rafael Marks, Project Architect)