Altro provide high-quality solutions across a range of flooring products and wall cladding for a variety of sectors.
Altro provide high-quality solutions across a range of flooring products and wall cladding for a variety of sectors.
Altro provide high-quality solutions across a range of flooring products and wall cladding for a variety of sectors.
Altro provide high-quality solutions across a range of flooring products and wall cladding for a variety of sectors.
Whether it’s a large hospital, care home or community healthcare centre, you can provide inspirational rooms that don’t just perform and look good but also take hygiene and the safety of your people, patients and residents seriously.
Whether it’s a commercial kitchen or a work’s cafeteria, a five-star hotel or a chain of restaurants and cafes, safety, hygiene, the ease and speed of installation and cost are all top of mind when working with our customers.
When it comes to social housing and home adaptations, the way a home looks is just as important as how it functions.
We partner with designers, companies and industry experts to provide floors, walls and doors solutions across a number of specialist sectors, each with particular challenges.
As the inventors of safety flooring, we pride ourselves on being able to create safe environments for a variety of areas, and transport is no different. We’ve been keeping bus and rail passengers safe for decades on both public and private transport.
Altro's technical services teams are here to help you, wherever you are. They have detailed knowledge of substrate technology and any possible issues that might arise. They can offer you solutions and information on different installation techniques. So, whether you are a contractor, architect, designer or end user, if you need them, please get in touch.
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Experience Altro floors and walls in real-time with Insta-space.
Effortlessly visualise shades and communicate design ideas using your own photo.
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Visit our London, Manchester, and Glasgow Showrooms and also our Possibilities Studio here at Altro Letchworth. Be inspired, explore our samples, and meet with our consultants for design, technical, and specification advice.
Showcasing our services and solutions in a variety of real-world applications, our commercial flooring, walling and doorsets case studies display how Altro’s products can be used to address industry-specific issues across a range of sectors.
Altro Custom floors and walls allow you to design for areas where looks not only count, but can positively affect the views and even the wellbeing of the people who live, work or visit. Imagine classrooms with floors that look like grass or sand; Mexican restaurants with beautiful views of the Mayan Riviera on the walls, or a cutting-edge fashion shop with modern art running from floor to ceiling.
This year the focus was on inclusive design and neurodiversity. After introductions from Joe Hurst, Altro’s Social Care Key Account Manager, it was straight onto our first speaker, Stephanie Kyle of Maber Architects.
Through interactive sessions, we learned the difference between disabled and accessible toilets, the difference between neurodivergent, neurotypical and neurogenerative and the dos and don’ts of design versus practicality.
Maria Luigia Assirelli of Floyd Slaski Architects then spoke about using colour for autism, and how colour can define space, particularly focusing on education environments. An insight into using curved designs to include biophilia was discussed, along with avoiding stimulating colours in classrooms.
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For the second day, Lynsey Hutchinson from DSDC, Stirling University explained how designing for dementia needs to be about seeing the whole building as dementia friendly, not simply a separate wing. The importance of maximising independence through the design, and creating a sense of security, comfort, and personal identity for the residents. Julie Ockerby from Meli Design ended the day with an interactive trends workshop, creating a mood board in small groups with a different topic for each, including Covid-19, climate change and cyber-attack. The groups had a fun time discussing and choosing samples to use for their given topic, and the mood boards were presented back to the forum.
Julie said, “Gathering people in one city from all around the world is no easy feat! Thank you to Altro for hosting this year's care forum in London and having me as one of the speakers.
A packed agenda with fellow speakers Stephanie Kyle, Maria Luigia Assirelli and Lynsey Hutchinson — we all aspire to inspire you to intentionally improve how we design for fully inclusive spaces, best practices with a focus on neurodiversity.
To a global contingent who participated so well in the interactive session. Big thanks for breaking out of your comfort zones.”
Joe Hurst said, “To the incredible guest speakers Stephanie Kyle, Maria Luigia Assirelli, Lynsey Hutchinson and Julie Ockerby. Thank you for your knowledge, passion and fun and for ensuring that we are inspired to continue to improve and design fully inclusive spaces and environments. Hope to see you at the next one!”
