De Ritswand - De oplossing voor een flexibele kantoorindeling

About us

With Zipperwall products, you as a company can flexibly and quickly adjust your workspaces. Regardless of the developments your organization is going through, thanks to Zipperwall, your work environment is becoming really agile. Even when moving. From meeting room, workplace to phone booth: we help you organize business spaces in a circular and flexible way. Easy to assemble and reuse, fully modular and without architectural intervention or loss of value. The idea for Zipperwall didn’t just happen. Founders Sasja Fransen and Hans Kok explain how this innovative and maximum circular product was created.

Origin of zipperwall

“A few years ago we spoke to a customer who wanted to do business sustainably. The question was whether we could supply a partition wall system that contributes to the circular economy. At that time, there was nothing available in the market that met those requirements. A certain degree of sustainability was available, but not (completely) circularly. When we started talking about this with other parties, the creative entrepreneurial spirit started to bubble up. What if we start developing this ourselves? What other requirements should this system meet, in addition to being circular and sustainable? What exactly are sustainability and circularity? What else should we be able to do with this system? In short: plenty of questions!”

100% Circular and cradle-to-cradle

“For the circular and cradle-to-cradle aspect, we started looking for materials and suppliers that meet this requirement. In order to keep transport and delivery times to a minimum, we have opted for local products: almost everything is produced in the Netherlands.

Life cycle

First, we mapped the life cycle of walls:

1. The walls are being produced and installed
2. Sooner or later they are moved, modified or removed
3. And when they are no longer needed, we will reuse them

We can do this better

Next step, formulating the requirements:
– It must be 100% circular and fully cradle-to-cradle
– The setup should be easy to install and adjust
– It must be mountable and disassembled without damaging the premises
– It should create a healthy working environment

Fits anywhere

In order to make our product fit into any space, we started to delve into building standards, building decrees, renovation projects, office design and more. Through this research, we knew which conditions our product must meet in order to be the perfect solution for a flexible office.

Easy to assemble & fully reusable

Two demands were the most difficult. How do you make something that is firmly connected, easy to build, but where you do not have to drill, screw or glue in order to make sure that the object itself and the space remain undamaged? And: what is also completely reusable?”

A zipper was born

This is what the zipper of the Zipperwall system was born from. The zipper ensures that the connection is always very precise. Also, the pressure exerted between the panels is always the same, which is very important for the acoustic isolation, for example. The zipper ensures that you can unzip the modules infinitely in and out, the walls remaining in perfect condition. Despite assembly or disassembly. The system is also easy to use. You don’t need a specialist to install or move the walls. In short: the zipper was exactly what we were looking for to complete our requirements.

A healthy workplace for every office

“We have now patented the Zipperwall internationally. But we do not stand still, we are constantly working on the further development of our products. For example, we have developed our wall system for the creation of the healthy workplace in such a way that you can connect it to both the ventilation of the building. In addition, we have added a lighting system, which contributes to an optimally lit workspace. And because the spaces in rooms are made up of modular wall panels of 90 and 120cm, these are more spacious. And also the vertical space is much higher than usual.