For property developers building multi unit apartment buildings, one of the biggest challenges is creating flexible internal layouts that can adapt to changing tenant needs over decades of use. EPS cement sandwich panel is the perfect material for internal apartment partition walls, because it gives designers far more creative layout freedom than traditional masonry walls, while still delivering all the structural and performance benefits that residents expect.
One of the most popular modern design trends is using EPS cement sandwich panel to create half height feature walls that separate living and dining spaces without blocking natural light flow across the apartment. These half walls can be manufactured to exact custom heights, and they can be finished with integrated floating shelves, hidden cable management channels and built in lighting fixtures that would be extremely difficult to install in traditional block walls. The low weight of the panels means these feature walls do not require any extra structural support from the floor slab, so designers can place them anywhere in the open plan space without needing special engineering approval.
Developers are also using thin 75mm thick EPS cement sandwich panel to create extra flexible storage partition walls inside bedrooms, creating hidden walk in closets that do not take up valuable floor space. The excellent sound insulation performance of these thin panels means that even a 75mm wall between two bedrooms delivers better acoustic privacy than a 150mm thick AAC block wall, allowing developers to create more usable floor area inside each apartment without making the internal walls thicker. Many recent apartment projects that switched to this strategy found they could add 3 to 4 percent more sellable floor area to every unit, directly increasing total project revenue without expanding the overall building footprint.
