Nike

Delivering Acoustic Privacy Without Compromising Design 

One of the greatest complexities of a modern workspace is acoustic privacy. The ability to balance sound proofing with team collaboration is a challenge, especially Nike office in Shanghai, featuring seven floors and 137 meeting rooms. At this level, even small detailing decisions can be amplified and systems that perform well in a single room often break down when deployed across full floors. However, JEB Group has figured out the key to keeping the sound barriers adapting efficiently from small, confidential meeting rooms to large, collaborative discussions. 

The Challenge: The Fishbowl vs. Bunker Dilemma 

One of the most persistent challenges when it comes to big workspace design is the “fishbowl vs. bunker” dilemma. Fully glazed meeting rooms supports openness and natural light flow but often don’t provide adequate speech privacy. On the other hand, solid partitions achieve the level of ideal acoustic barriers but rejects spatial continuity and the visual aesthetic that modern workplaces demand. Striking a balance between these opposite ends becomes increasingly difficult as the number of rooms grows. 

Key challenges: 

• Maintaining natural daylight and spatial continuity without compromising acoustic isolation. 

• Preventing sound leakage across large workplaces that is typically caused by system vulnerabilities like vertical joints, and door integrations. 

• Eliminating bulky, rigid partitions that achieves higher acoustic privacy but disrupts clean and open workplace aesthetics. 

• Balancing between performance, speech privacy and visual appeal, aesthetics as the volume of rooms increases. 

The Solution: A Fully Integrated System 

Spanning seven floors with 137 meeting rooms, this project required a scalable approach to workplace acoustics that was achieved by a fully integrated system combining JEB X-Series double-glazed partitions (STC 45-rated) with high-performance Plus doors. This approach is not just about the STC-rated glass partitions, but how the entire system works together. From eliminating common weak points by establishing continuity between glass, frame, and doors where sound leakage typically occurs. In large-scale environments, the inclusion of high-performance Plus doors is particularly significant as they prevent the common issue in acoustics in traditional office fit-outs by directly aligning door performance with the partition system. This comprehensive acoustic integrity was achieved without introducing heavy or intrusive framing elements, by utilizing a classic white frame finish to provide a clean, neutral aesthetic that maintains visual consistency across the floors. 

Key highlights: 

• Consistent acoustic privacy across 137 meeting rooms. 

• Fully integrated double-glazed office partition system (STC 45). 

• High-performance door alignment to eliminate weak points. 

• Clean, minimal aesthetic through classic white framing. 

Scalable Workspace Integration 

Every product selected for this multi-story workspace operates as a unified architectural system from mitigating sound leakage to preserving the open flow of the office environment. 

Architectural Component	Specification Detail	Operational Benefit
Acoustic Partition	JEB X-Series Partitions	Premium double-glazed isolation (STC 45) for consistent privacy.
Operable Door	High-Performance Plus Doors	System-aligned engineering that directly eliminates common acoustic weak points and sound leakage.
Frame Aesthetic	Classic White Finish	A clean, modern alternative that maintains visual consistency without heavy framing.

JEB’s Design Takeaway

Balancing between performance and aesthetics requires moving away from isolated product specifications. By implementing a fully integrated partition-and-door ecosystem, large-scale workspaces can successfully guarantee absolute speech privacy without disrupting clean, modern visual appeal. 

Balancing Performance & Aesthetics 

Projects like the Nike office, in Shanghai, demonstrates how commercial office fit-out solutions must evolve to meet the demands of scale, performance, and design simultaneously. It is no longer sufficient to specify products in isolation, as success depends on integrated systems that perform consistently across entire floors. 

JEB Group supports this approach with globally available solutions across Asia, the UK, Europe, and North America, providing architects and designers with the technical resources needed to execute high-performance projects with confidence. 

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