Aircraft construction dry construction in aircraft moulds for a Berlin children's dental practice

The waiting room is equipped with real aircraft seats. A part of the ceiling was designed in the form of a ceiling sail as an aircraft wing.

A visit to the kidsdocs-air children’s dental practice in Berlin-Steglitz is intended to be a positive experience for the little patients, so that fear of the dentist does not arise in the first place. Accordingly, the entire appearance of the new practice was imaginatively designed under the leitmotif “Flying”.

The planning of this extraordinary practical concept was carried out by the interior architects planbar 3 from Berlin. The finishing work was carried out by the specialist company Möbel Damm GmbH with the aid of dry construction systems made of sheetrock, with which the special shapes of the aircraft elements could be expertly created.

From the hallway directly into the cockpit

As soon as they enter the 650 m 2 large practice, the little patients are amazed: the reception area is a replica of an aircraft cockpit. The cockpit was specially made from a wooden construction by the dry construction experts at Möbel Damm GmbH. After successful check-in, the way leads to the spacious waiting lounge, which is equipped with a suitcase band made of MDF panels and genuine aircraft armchairs.

Gypsum fibre as substructure

Eight treatment rooms as well as the operation and rest rooms are located along rounded walls, which are also modelled on the outer shell of an aircraft fuselage. For the construction of these curved aircraft walls, a straight drywall with a profile substructure and planking with RB construction panels (thickness 12.5 mm) was first constructed. The drywall professionals then milled individual rounded elements from Rigidur H-gypsum fibre boards (15 mm) and mounted them on the flat drywall rotated 90 degrees with angle profiles at 600 mm intervals. These gypsum fibre elements thus served as a skeleton-like substructure for the construction of the bend. “Due to their high stability, the gypsum fibre boards used were particularly suitable as a substrate for the construction of the bend,” says interior designer Harald Zenke of Planbar 3. CD profiles were then attached horizontally to the gypsum fibre boards, which were then double planked with RB building boards.

The remaining walls to separate the individual practice rooms were constructed in wall thicknesses of 100 and 125 mm respectively. 50 or 75 CW and UW profiles were used as substructures. A 40 mm thick partition wall panel provides the necessary insulation, the planking was carried out according to fire or moisture protection requirements with a 12.5 mm thick, double planking of construction boards RB, impregnated RBI boards or Rigips fire protection boards RFI. All dry construction walls in the practice were filled with a quality grade Q 3 filler. A fleece was additionally laid on the curved walls and then filled to a smooth surface with the joint filler and the ready-to-use filler ProMix Plus. Finally, the craftsmen applied a coat of latex paint.

Comprehensive fire protection concept

The fire protection measures prescribed by law for practice rooms with a floor area of more than 200 m 2 were safely implemented with a specially developed fire protection concept. In addition to a fire protection system with smoke detectors and the installation of escape routes, special attention was also paid to fire protection during the dry construction work. For example, during the installation of the windows in the curved “aircraft wall”. The aircraft window openings were first inserted into the straight drywall with profiles measuring 450 x 1000 mm each. A frame consisting of “Glasroc F (Ridurit)” panels was then created, milled to size and inserted into the opening. “By using these fire-resistant panels, we were able to achieve a fire resistance class of F 30. An additional fire protection of the glazing of G 30 provided sufficient fire protection”, explains Harald Zenke.

Special fire protection measures (F 90) had to be taken into account by the craftsmen when constructing a partition wall to the adjacent rental party. The wall was constructed with the plasterboard system 6.70.10 F as a double stud wall with 2 x 60 mm mineral fibre insulation. The planking was carried out with a sheet steel panel on which a layer of “Rigips Die Dicke 20” and a layer of RF fire protection panels (12.5 mm) were screwed.

Suspended ceilings with perforated panels

The suspension height of the ceiling systems used in practice averaged 500 mm. For the substructure, UD and CD profiles mounted in cross bracing were used. Then the substructure was connected to the bare ceiling with loop wires. For safe planking, the drywall professionals at Möbel Damm GmbH opted for plasterboard in various designs. For optimum room acoustics, some ceilings were additionally fitted with Rigiton perforated panels with regular square perforations. In the treatment rooms, 2000 x 600 mm fields were integrated and the waiting room was equipped with five 3000 x 600 mm perforated panel areas.

No aircraft without wings

A special eye-catcher in the paediatric dentist’s practice are the ceiling sails of the model aircraft, which are designed as wings. These are located above the waiting room and the corridor crossing. The curved edges of the wings were constructed – similar to the curved “aircraft wall” – with a bulkhead construction of Rigidur H-gypsum fibreboard. The leading edge was assembled from several milled Glasroc F (Ridurit) strips. The prefabricated components were placed by the craftsmen at the construction site and filled with the panel joints.

Martin Büsch is head of communication and marketing, Karin Melder, project manager for trade fairs, events and promotion at Saint-Gobain Rigips GmbH in Düsseldorf.

Imaginative practice design to take away children’s fear of dentists

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