Qantas Airways Limited, nicknamed ‘The Flying Kangaroo’, is Australia’s largest airline. Their headquarters, built in 2012, aimed to rejuvenate the existing campus, consolidating and upgrading four existing office buildings and joining them together with an interconnecting hub. Selected areas of the existing building floorplate were extended into the new atrium space creating balconies and office pods. These improved physical and visual connections were created to encourage interaction and engagement between workers.
With a brief for high acoustic performance, SAS International was an obvious choice for Hassell Architects due to their vast portfolio of high acoustic rated metal ceiling tiles. SAS provided 7000m² of SAS310 metal ceiling tiles. The acoustic challenge was to control the reverberation time in a large volume space accommodating a PA system and a very high acoustic performance target. The reverberation time was significantly reduced with the addition of absorptive material and purpose-designed acoustic ceiling panels.
Qantas Headquarters was constructed with longevity in mind so the durability of the tiles was key – a requirement that was met with the use of metal ceilings. The finish completely meets the performance demands, and is extremely functional and cost effective for the A Grade corporate campus that incorporates the latest developments in sustainability and energy efficiency.
Project details
Project: Qantas Headquarters, Mascot, Australia
Sector: Commercial
Client: Qantas
Architect: Hassell Sydney
Main Contractor: FDC
Sub-Contractor: Nalebirch Interiors
Completion Year: 2012
System Type: SAS310 metal ceiling tiles
Area: 7,000m²
