Calma
The Calma by Nurus manufactures performance-led acoustic booths for phone calls, one-on-one work, video conferencing, client meetings and teamwork. Designed using 10+ years of extensive
Calma by Nurus office furniture provides a flexible range of purpose-built acoustic spaces designed to bring privacy, comfort and focus into modern workplaces. The Nurus Calma collection combines Class A soundproofing, constant fresh-air circulation, considered lighting, and ergonomic interiors to create spaces where people can work, make calls, hold meetings, and collaborate without unnecessary distraction.
From individual-focused work and confidential conversations to video conferencing and team meetings, Calma pods provide a flexible alternative to creating permanent enclosed rooms within an office. Different sizes across the range allow businesses to select an acoustic pod based on the number of users, available space, and intended activity.
Designed around wellbeing and acoustic performance, Calma Acoustic Spaces combine privacy, fresh air, lighting, and comfort to create a more considered environment in open-plan and flexible workplaces.
For organisations considering Calma as part of a wider workplace project, J.S. Office Environments can incorporate acoustic spaces into an office design strategy, alongside space planning, furniture, and broader employee requirements.
The Calma by Nurus manufactures performance-led acoustic booths for phone calls, one-on-one work, video conferencing, client meetings and teamwork. Designed using 10+ years of extensive
Calma Acoustic Spaces have been engineered around the way people now use modern offices. Open and flexible environments encourage communication and collaboration, but they can also create challenges around noise, concentration, confidentiality and access to private space.
Calma creates enclosed acoustic environments within the wider workplace, giving employees somewhere to step away from surrounding activity without becoming disconnected from the office.
Individual pods can support focused work, private calls, and online meetings, while larger Calma spaces provide room for meetings, collaboration, and team activities. This flexibility allows businesses to introduce privacy exactly where needed, rather than relying exclusively on permanent meeting rooms.
The Nurus Calma range can also complement other office furniture to create a varied workplace containing spaces for focus, interaction, meetings and everyday desk-based work.
Businesses comparing Calma with other solutions can also explore our wider range of acoustic office pods and pod systems.
Acoustic performance is fundamental to the Calma range.
Calma has been developed to provide certified soundproofing, helping reduce the transfer of conversation and surrounding workplace noise between the pod and the wider office.
The range achieves Class A soundproofing under ISO 23351-1, the standard used to measure speech-level reduction in furniture ensembles and enclosures. This provides businesses with a meaningful measure of acoustic performance rather than relying on general claims that a pod is simply quiet or soundproof.
The internal construction uses carefully engineered walls and acoustic materials to absorb and control sound, creating a more suitable environment for conversations, calls, meetings and concentrated work.
For open-plan workplaces in particular, effective soundproofing can create greater privacy without compromising the flexibility and connectivity of the wider office.
Effective noise reduction can significantly influence how people experience a busy workplace.
Background conversations, telephone calls and general office activity can interrupt focused work and make confidential discussions more difficult. Calma provides employees with a defined acoustic space where surrounding distractions can be reduced and greater privacy created.
This makes Calma ideal for concentrated individual tasks, sensitive conversations, online calls and work requiring greater focus.
By giving employees a choice between collaborative environments and quieter spaces, businesses can create workplaces that better reflect different tasks, individual preferences and working styles.
Privacy should not come at the expense of comfort.
Calma incorporates continuous fresh-air circulation to help maintain a comfortable indoor environment while the pod is occupied. Its engineered airflow system continually exchanges air rather than relying solely on the air already inside the enclosed space.
Effective air circulation is particularly important for acoustic pods used for longer meetings, focused work, or video calls, where ventilation directly contributes to the comfort of the people inside.
The combination of acoustics and controlled airflow means Calma is designed as a genuine workspace rather than simply an enclosed acoustic booth.
Calma places fresh air and excellent air quality at the centre of the user experience.
The ventilation system has been designed to deliver a high air exchange rate, continuously introducing fresh air while the space is occupied. This helps prevent the enclosed environment from becoming uncomfortable during use and supports a healthier, more pleasant workspace.
Calma components and interior materials have also been selected with indoor environmental quality in mind. The use of VOC-free materials helps limit volatile organic compound emissions inside the pod.
By combining ventilation, carefully selected materials and acoustic performance, Calma ensures privacy does not require businesses to compromise on comfort or air quality.
Hybrid working has made dedicated spaces for calls and video conferencing increasingly important within modern workplaces.
Calma pods provide a private environment where employees can participate in online meetings without disturbing colleagues or being distracted by surrounding workplace noise. Acoustic treatment helps control sound, while lighting, airflow and ergonomic interior options create a space designed for practical everyday use.
Certain configurations can also accommodate technology and a media wall option, allowing the space to support virtual meetings and digital collaboration more effectively.
Whether someone needs a short private call, a longer video meeting or a confidential conversation, the Calma range provides different pod sizes and configurations to suit the activity.
The environment inside an acoustic pod is about more than sound.
Calma incorporates carefully considered lighting to create a comfortable workspace for focused tasks, conversations and video calls. Light temperature and brightness affect the atmosphere inside the pod and can influence how comfortable the space feels during extended use.
Warm light can create a calmer internal environment, while adjustable lighting allows the pod to respond more closely to individual preferences and different activities.
Considered lighting can also help create a more natural working environment, supporting comfort and well-being throughout the working day.
Combined with acoustics and fresh airflow, these features create a more complete workplace environment rather than treating privacy as a purely sound-related problem.
The Nurus Calma range has been designed around different workplace activities and group sizes, rather than offering a single pod for every situation.
Smaller configurations provide private spaces for individual work, telephone calls and online meetings, while larger Calma pods support one-to-one conversations, team meetings and collaboration.
Calma Large provides a more spacious acoustic environment for group activity, giving teams an enclosed area for meetings and collaborative work while retaining the acoustic performance, fresh airflow and considered internal environment found throughout the wider range.
Other sizes and configurations allow businesses to create a mix of acoustic spaces throughout the workplace according to their available space, team requirements and intended use.
J.S. Office Environments can help identify the appropriate Calma size and configuration as part of a wider furniture procurement project, considering product specifications, workplace requirements, and individual users’ needs.
Unwanted noise, interruptions and a lack of privacy can make busy workplaces more difficult to navigate.
By providing dedicated spaces for calls, focused work and confidential conversations, Calma allows employees to choose an environment that better matches the task they need to complete. Greater control over where and how people work can support concentration, comfort and overall well-being.
Rather than attempting to remove interaction from the workplace, Calma creates a balance between collaborative open space and access to privacy and silence when required.
This human-centred approach helps businesses create an environment where employees have greater flexibility over their working day, potentially reducing stress associated with constant distraction and a lack of suitable private space.
One of the advantages of acoustic pods over permanently constructed rooms is their flexibility.
Calma provides an enclosed workspace without requiring every need for privacy to be a fixed architectural feature. This gives organisations greater freedom to adapt their environment as teams, working patterns and space requirements change.
Depending on the selected configuration, mobility features such as castors can support easy relocation, allowing the workplace to evolve without completely rebuilding its internal layout.
This makes acoustic pods particularly relevant to flexible workplaces where future change needs to be considered alongside immediate requirements.
Businesses planning a wider workspace transformation can incorporate Calma into an office fit-out, ensuring acoustic pods are considered alongside furniture, circulation, meeting areas, and the wider workplace layout.
Sustainability has been considered throughout the Calma concept, from material selection to the finished product’s flexibility and longevity.
Calma uses carefully selected materials and manufacturing principles designed to reduce environmental impact while maintaining acoustic performance, quality, durability and comfort. VOC-free materials also contribute to the focus on healthier indoor environments.
The modular nature of acoustic pods can provide another long-term benefit. As workplace requirements change, flexible furniture-based spaces may be repositioned or reconfigured rather than requiring the same level of demolition and reconstruction associated with permanent internal rooms.
For organisations developing broader environmental objectives, Calma can therefore form part of a more considered approach to sustainable workplace design.
The ideal Calma pod depends on how the space will be used, how many people it needs to accommodate, and the available floor area.
For individual employees, a smaller pod may provide the perfect environment for focused work, confidential calls or online meetings. Larger Calma spaces can accommodate face-to-face meetings, video conferencing and collaborative sessions involving several people.
When specifying a pod, businesses should consider:
J.S. Office Environments can assess these requirements and help identify an appropriate Calma configuration rather than selecting a pod based on size alone.
J.S. Office Environments can support businesses looking to introduce Calma Acoustic Spaces as standalone products or as part of a larger workplace project.
Our team can help assess where pods should be located within the office, how they interact with surrounding furniture and circulation routes, and which size and configuration best suit the intended activity.
For more complex projects, Calma can be integrated with space planning, furniture specification and wider workplace requirements through our office refurbishment services.
Whether you require one private pod or a range of acoustic spaces across a larger office, contact J.S. Office Environments to discuss current product details, options, availability and price.
Calma Acoustic Spaces are purpose-built workplace pods by Nurus designed to provide quieter, more private environments within modern offices. The collection combines acoustic performance, fresh airflow, considered lighting and flexible interiors to create spaces for focused work, calls, video conferencing and meetings.
One of the strengths of the Calma concept is its simplicity. Rather than requiring businesses to construct a permanent room every time they need additional privacy, the range provides flexible enclosed spaces that can be integrated into the wider workplace.
The collection has been developed in multiple sizes to accommodate different people and activities, including options designed with accessibility in mind, such as Calma For All. This allows organisations to select spaces according to their users rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach.
Calma has been developed around Class A soundproofing and certified acoustic performance in accordance with ISO 23351-1, providing a measurable basis for assessing speech-level reduction.
The engineered walls and acoustic materials help control the flow of sound between the pod’s interior and the surrounding workplace. This creates a better environment for private conversations, video meetings, telephone calls and focused tasks while reducing disruption to colleagues outside.
Rather than relying solely on acoustic foam, Calma’s acoustic performance comes from how its components and materials are engineered to work together. This helps create a more comprehensive noise-reduction solution for modern offices.
For businesses comparing products in the acoustic pod market, certified performance makes more sense than relying solely on subjective descriptions of how quiet a booth feels.
Calma uses an engineered ventilation system to provide constant fresh air circulation while the space is occupied.
Air is continually exchanged to help prevent the enclosed environment from becoming stuffy during longer calls, meetings or periods of focused work. The system has been designed to combine airflow with acoustic performance, helping maintain privacy without compromising user comfort.
The exact air exchange rate may depend on the selected Calma configuration, so J.S. Office Environments can confirm the appropriate technical specification when helping you choose a pod.
This combination of air circulation, acoustics and carefully selected materials helps make Calma a workspace designed around both performance and user health and well-being.
Calma has been designed with air quality as an important part of the overall user experience rather than treating ventilation as an additional feature.
Alongside constant fresh airflow, carefully selected VOC-free materials help reduce VOC emissions in the enclosed environment. This is particularly relevant in a pod where people may spend an hour or more working, talking or attending online meetings.
By considering materials, airflow and comfort together, Calma creates an internal environment intended to feel pleasant and usable throughout the working day.
For J.S. Office Environments, this is one of the features that makes Calma particularly interesting: acoustic privacy has been engineered alongside the quality of the space inside, rather than soundproofing being considered in isolation.
Yes. Calma pods can provide an effective environment for video conferencing because they combine acoustic privacy with fresh airflow, integrated lighting, power and technology options.
A suitable configuration can provide a quieter setting for Teams calls, virtual client meetings and confidential conversations while reducing disruption to colleagues elsewhere in the office.
Lighting is another important consideration. Calma’s dimmable lighting allows users to adjust brightness according to the activity and their preferences, helping create a comfortable environment for screen-based work and video calls.
This considered approach to light, sound and air reflects the wider innovation behind Calma: the pod is designed as a complete workspace rather than simply a box for blocking noise.
Calma’s approach to lighting is designed around user comfort, with adjustable brightness that helps people adapt the indoor environment to their activities and preferences.
Light has an important relationship with circadian rhythms, visual comfort and how people experience an enclosed workspace. Adjustable lighting gives users greater control, rather than forcing every person and activity into a single fixed lighting condition.
For focused work, video conferencing, or longer meetings, this flexibility can help create an environment that feels more closely aligned with the user’s needs.
I would not claim the lighting itself “mimics natural biorhythms” unless we have that wording confirmed in the Calma technical documentation. The paragraph above captures the useful search concept without overstating what the product does.
The Calma collection has been crafted for different numbers of users and workplace activities, offering a range of sizes rather than a single standard acoustic pod.
Smaller spaces can be used for individual focus, calls and video conferencing, while larger configurations provide room for meetings and collaboration. The wider collection also includes Calma For All, which has been developed with accessibility and inclusive workplace use in mind.
This gives businesses greater flexibility when planning acoustic spaces and makes it easier to create a mixture of individual and collaborative environments throughout an office.
J.S. Office Environments can help compare the available Calma configurations according to capacity, dimensions, accessibility, intended use and the wider office layout.
Calma’s modular approach is designed to provide greater workplace flexibility than permanently constructed rooms.
Its components are engineered around efficient assembly and installation, while selected configurations can support easier relocation if the workplace changes in the future. This can be particularly useful for businesses expecting growth, changing team structures or evolving hybrid working patterns.
The ability to adapt the workplace over time is an important part of the Calma concept. Rather than designing every space around today’s requirements alone, businesses can consider how privacy and meeting areas may need to change in the future.
Yes. J.S. Office Environments can help identify the most appropriate Calma solution based on the number of users, intended activity, available space, accessibility, privacy requirements and wider workplace layout.
Our team can discuss the different Calma sizes, acoustic performance, air circulation, lighting, materials, technology requirements, installation, availability and pricing. We can also help businesses understand how individual pods will work alongside surrounding furniture and existing workplace environments.
Where required, Calma can be incorporated into a wider office design, furniture procurement, refurbishment or fit out project, creating a solution that makes practical and commercial sense for the organisation rather than selecting a pod purely on size or appearance.