Style has successfully completed the installation of London’s first ever, stepped-dividing wall system. Using the only viable solution, Style recommended the revolutionary Skyfold automatic moveable partitioning wall to divide the 450-seat auditorium of the prestigious Francis Crick Institute.

Installed within a cavity in the ceiling, the Skyfold wall descends effortlessly into place, at the press of a button. With the bottom edge customised to form a firm seal with the staircase rising through the auditorium, the wall delivers a phenomenal 49dB acoustic performance on site, comfortably allowing two events to take place simultaneously, in complete privacy.

Working with HOK architects and main contractor Laing O’Rourke, sub-contracted to EE Smith, Style was specified to install a moveable partitioning wall in the main auditorium of this remarkable building. Perfectly adaptable to a tiered room layout, the Skyfold vertically-rising, fully automatic, acoustic moveable wall, was the only option for dividing the main auditorium. Due to the sheer size of the room, three Skyfold units were used to create a single wall.

The speed and efficiency with which the units divide the auditorium delivers flexibility to the space and, when not in use, they occupy zero floor space and are virtually invisible.