A Ceiling System that Provides BOTH Light and Sound Attenuation

A Ceiling System with Purpose: Visual Impact and Acoustic Comfort for Boston Scientific's Arden Hills Executive Conference Room Hallway w l hall company 1

For the executive conference room hallway at Boston Scientific Arden Hills, (Building 5, Floor 3) RSP Architects (Minneapolis) and Cobeck Construction (St. Paul) project teams established clear priorities from the outset: to create a visually striking, polished ceiling experience appropriate for a high-visibility executive corridor, while also providing effective acoustic sound absorption to control noise transfer from the adjacent conference room.

We worked closely with the RSP and Cobeck project teams to bring their design goals to life through a refined, high-performing ceiling solution.

A Ceiling System with Purpose: Visual Impact and Acoustic Comfort for Boston Scientific's Arden Hills Executive Conference Room Hallway w l hall company 12

Following their design effort, a Barrisol Stretched Ceiling system, A15 NANOPERF® in Blanc Coton 01070 was successfully installed, delivering an architectural system that balances aesthetics, acoustic performance, and long-term maintainability. The A15 NANOPERF® incorporates ultra-fine perforations that remain visually imperceptible at normal viewing distances, preserving a clean, uninterrupted ceiling plane while allowing sound energy to pass through the surface. When paired with Knauf glass mineral wool acoustical insulation featuring ECOSE® Technology above the membrane, the ceiling assembly functions as a high-performance sound absorber rather than a reflective surface.


This integrated approach significantly reduces reverberation, limits speech buildup from nearby conference spaces, and improves overall acoustic comfort throughout the hallway.

A Ceiling System with Purpose: Visual Impact and Acoustic Comfort for Boston Scientific's Arden Hills Executive Conference Room Hallway w l hall company 14

Visually, the Blanc Coton finish delivers a soft, matte white appearance that minimizes glare and creates a calm, polished aesthetic under architectural lighting. The stretched ceiling system eliminates grid lines and tile joints commonly associated with traditional lay-in acoustic ceilings, resulting in a continuous, monolithic ceiling expression well suited to an executive environment.


This seamless appearance complements adjacent glass fronts, wood finishes, and clean corridor sightlines, while allowing precise coordination with linear lighting, downlights, sensors, and other integrated ceiling elements.

For your ceiling design projects where aesthetics and acoustics are essential, our project team will work closely with you to bring design intent to life through a high-performing, visually refined solution. Contact us for a no-cost consultation—we’re here to help.


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