When Open Design Meets Fire+Smoke Protection

Architectural rendering of Bakersfield College’s modern science building, with students outside and inset photos showing bright interior corridors.

Open circulation and clear sightlines can create coordination challenges at elevator and stairway openings. Different openings may require different levels of smoke and fire+smoke protection, and those requirements can affect framing, housings, side guides, power, fire alarm interfaces, and surrounding construction. Deployable smoke and fire+smoke curtains can provide opening protection while remaining concealed during normal […]