Hunter Douglas’s expertise for complex projects saw it designing a logistically challenging – and eye-catching – ceiling for the main hall in the new railway station in Delft, the Netherlands. Amsterdam’s Benthem Crouwel Architects wanted the terminal to be uncluttered and well-lit and the design of the ceiling, particularly the baffles, played an integral role in this vision.

Combining hand-crafted and polished tapered baffles of extruded aluminium with a fixed, perforated baffle above the ceiling means optimal sound absorption and a reverberation time of less than one second. The baffles’ exceptional light reflection, at 100 gloss units, has also enabled maximum artificial lighting to be installed between the baffles.