iGuzzini uses Christie technology to provide 3D capabilities to its renovated conference room
iGuzzini modernizes its headquarters in Recanati by providing it with the most innovative audiovisual technologies and where Christie projection solutions have been a key element in the redesign of its conference room.
iGuzzini It is a family business founded more than half a century ago, with a sales network spanning sixty-four countries, and which focuses its activity on the manufacture of luminaires for architecture and urban installations. Its products are highly appreciated for their innovative nature., its design and its environmental sustainability, three characteristics that have presided over the concept followed to modernize the company's offices.
This Italian company decided to renew its headquarters in Recanati, in the transalpine region of Marche (Italia). Facilities that have 150.000 square meters and where a new four-story Light Laboratory has been built, designed by the Genoese architect Maurizio Varratta in line with the company's spirit of sustainability and energy efficiency. The ecological character of the building has earned it a score of 3,5 in the Construction Sustainability Protocol, the highest grade obtained to date in Italy for an office building.
Christie in the conference room
In addition to an R&D department, offices and a showroom, The building houses a high-tech conference room and a large state-of-the-art audiovisual display installed by the systems integrator Videoworks. Müller BBM, from Munich, was in charge of the acoustic design of a room designed to function as a multipurpose space adaptable to the needs of each moment.
The conference room, twenty-four meters long by ten meters wide, can accommodate up to three hundred people comfortably seated, and if the occasion requires it, The room can be divided into two spaces thanks to a mobile acoustic wall of sound-absorbing acoustic panels made of wood and mounted on a metal frame.. The two smaller rooms, approximately twelve by ten meters, Each one has a capacity of one hundred and thirty attendees..
For the audiovisual display of this conference room, iGuzzini opted for the technology of Christie y, more specifically, by the Mirage WU12K-M projector already offers high capacity and guarantees a higher number of pixels, in addition to the power to project high-impact 3D images.
The Mirage WU12K-M is a device that offers dual image processing capabilities and features three 3D input modes.: native 3D, Double 3D and double frame 3D content. This ensures maximum source compatibility and flicker-free, high-performance operation that does not require a passive-active converter.. The challenge that arose was how to position the projectors and screens so that, when the room was divided into two independent spaces for small events, projectors and screens match.
The possibility of dividing the conference room also imposed a considerable reduction in the space available for the main projector, which also required lens flexibility to provide image clarity when the projection screen was moved to accommodate a different space layout..
“The company also wanted to use 3D film materials that attendees could view with customized iGuzzini glasses.. A Christie Mirage WU12K-M DLP projector 3 Chip provided the solution, since it is not only suitable for 3D projection but also allows the incorporation of a lens 1.1:1, “which offers the possibility of several remote-activated lens position changes”, explains Carlo Bellocchio, Videoworks Systems Engineer.
The Christie Mirage features cinematic quality with active 3D and reaches 10.500 ANSI lumens, WUXGA resolution and contrast up to 10.000:1. “This implies that, depending on the event that takes place in the rooms, the image adapts to the required screen level”, comments Bellocchio.
Signal distribution
To respond to customer needs, Videoworks also recommended the use of a DigitalMedia modular switch Creston, capable of managing a large number of signals in diverse formats and different distances with a single integrated system, including the distribution and extension of signals on fiber and STP cables. The signals are HDMI, VGA for PC connections, HDMI high-definition signals from video sources, HDSDI signals from cameras and standard analogue definition signals for AUX connections.
The second projection device in the room is a Christie DWU670-E digital projector, capable of projecting up to 6.000 ANSI lumens with native WUXGA resolution (1920 x 1200) and interchangeable zoom lens 2.0-4.0:1. The Christie DWU670-E is a DLP projector 1 chip that is part of the Christie E Series and provides exceptional brightness and image quality in a compact housing. This flexible platform operates with single or dual lamp modes and is capable of generating higher light levels with a single lamp than other projectors achieve with dual lamps..
The main projection screen is a screen Da-Lite Fixed Frame Cinema Contour, purpose-built with measurements of 600 x 375cm, and with high gain projection surface. The smallest model (332 x 187cm) consists of a Comm-Tec Electric Master tensioned screen with Da-Lite projection surface. The 3D projector is installed at the back of the room and the other in the middle, just after the partition wall.
Quartet of motorized cameras
The room's video installation is completed by a quartet of integrated HD motorized cameras from 0.3 inches, managed by a remote camera controller. Video conferencing needs are served with a dual HD codec display Cisco 1080p HD.
Video sources consist of a customized 3D workstation with dual output playback software and stereo card, a Gefen high definition personal video recorder and a Full HD 3D Blu-ray/DVD player. Regarding the audio, two beamforming arrays Duran Audio Axys Intellivox DS-180-2 have been mounted on the wall behind the speaker's table, with two DS-115-2 arrays on the wall in the middle of the room.
Acoustic system
The same can be said for compact bandpass subwoofers. Tannoy VS 10BP, ground mounted, hidden behind room partition panels, and equipped with acoustic ventilation. When the room is divided into two, a pre-programmed configuration is used on the Biamp AudiaFlex digital audio platform that, plus routing possibilities, It also has mixing functions, equalizer, filters, crossed, dynamic, delays, and more.
Being a company that sells its products all over the world, At iGuzzini they do not expect their visitors to always speak Italian. For this reason, The conference room has been equipped with a digital interpretation system Sennheiser, equipped with three five-channel FM modulators and a pair of high-power radiators and with an SDC interpretation unit 8200 ID in each of the two booths that overlook the room. Control is via a Crestron dual-bus system and an Apple iPad WiFi LCD with custom GUI and wireless access point, plus two Ethernet switches (everything from cisco).
“If we compare it with the systems that we have previously designed and installed, What differentiates the iGuzzini project is its great flexibility. The conference room can be used as a single space or as two smaller spaces. A large number of high-definition sources can be mounted exactly where they are needed. Besides, when required, the simultaneous translation system into eight languages can be divided into the two smaller rooms, allowing two events that require translation to be held at the same time. The 3D capacity of its conference room allows iGuzzini to differentiate itself from the rest since it is a unique application”, concludes Looker.
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