Healthcare spaces

Hospitals and clinics need interiors that look orderly. Acrylic solid surface suits counters, nurse stations and work areas, with joins you do not see. Fluted panels add a fine linear texture to interior walls.

Soffit panels give entrances and overhangs a wood-look ceiling line. Outside, WPC louvers give the façade a regular, repeated line, and timber tubes add a timber accent to entrances and outdoor waiting areas.

Reception counters and nurse stations are usually the first things specified. Acrylic solid surface is shown in 6 mm and 12 mm sheets, in whites, greys, warm neutrals and deeper tones, and pieces can be joined so a long counter reads as one. For the range, see Tristone - acrylic solid surface in India.

Corridors and waiting areas are mostly floor, wall and ceiling. Vinyl flooring comes as sheet rolls 2 m wide, or as planks and tiles, in wood, stone, concrete, marble, terrazzo and carpet looks. Fluted panels give a wall a regular vertical line, and WPC baffle ceilings are shown for healthcare receptions.

Specifiers usually ask for three things: samples of the counter colours and floors, the catalogues, and a viewing of the shortlist side by side. Catalogues are shared on WhatsApp, the full range can be seen at the Choolai showroom, and samples can be sent to offices in Chennai. A sample request holds up to 12 samples.