AV News Awards AV News Awards 2018 Finalists:


Part 2 – Project Award Finalists Last month we previewed the product and solution finalists for the AV News Awards 2018. This month, it is the turn of the project categories – education and commercial. The following have been selected as finalists for the categories and will go through to the final stage of the process – the selection of the eventual winner and the presentation of the Awards at a ceremony to be held in Amsterdam on the opening morning of ISE 2018.


Category: AV Project of the Year (Education) The Finalists


The Linden Academy


Part of the Shared Learning Trust, The Linden Academy opened in September 2016 from a new, purpose built building in Luton. With a gov- ernment grant of £5.5-million, the state-of-the-art school was able to


install a new server,


audio-visual solution, Wi-Fi, improved Internet connection and Plus Series 3 interactive touchscreens from Clevertouch in every classroom. With a ‘walk up and use’ ex- perience that lets teachers fo- cus on managing a class rather than the incumbent technol- ogy, Headteacher Carrie Mat- thews chose the Plus Series from Clevertouch to enable her teaching staff to be more flex- ible and creative in the class- room: “We’ve been on an incredible journey at The Linden Acade-


my, recently opening a brand- new school building. As part of that investment we’ve moved from having pretty much no technology in the school to be- coming one of the most effec- tive and efficient schools within our Shared Learning Trust.” “I was sold the minute we compared the Clevertouch screens side-by-side with the other leading brand. I could see that the Clevertouch screen had more functionality, it was better looking, and it just felt more intuitive. We were im- pressed with the large, bright screen, plus the Android inter- face, meant our teachers could just go into a room and bring something up to show the chil- dren – which was really useful when we’d just moved into the new building.”


London Metropolitan University perior,


London Metropolitan University is a socially diverse higher ed- ucation establishment, and is currently undertaking a multi- million-pound refresh to create a single and unified university campus in Islington, London. Their One Campus, One Com- munity (OCOC) initiative in- cludes the complete refurbish- ment of the current campus based in Islington as well as the creation of new buildings and a significant investment in tech- nology and resources. London Met has chosen to standardise with Avocor interactive display across the campus to enhance the student experience and en- able collaboration across the university, a fundamental ob- jective of the venture.


One of the main objectives of the One Campus, One Com- munity initiative was to deploy technology which enhanced the student experience through col- laborative learning. By choos- ing Avocor F series interactive display, the University could create learning spaces where lecturers could move seamless- ly from lesson delivery to small collaboration workgroups. After seeing the Avocor In- telligent Touch using InGlass Technology, delivering a su-


The 3D Projection Video Map is the signature element of the small,


but impactful exhibi-


tion “Stolen Heart: The Theft of Jewish Property in Berlin’s Historic Centre, 1933–1945.” The three-dimensional pro- jection map designed by C&G Partners, tracks the theft of Jewish homes and business by the Nazis during the Third Reich. The maps feature ae- rial views of homes and other properties from 1933 to pres- ent day, incorporating archival images and topographic time- lapse elements projected onto the 3D-printed 1: 1,500 scale model. Projection-mapped ef- fects, including tiny details like moving period-automobiles,


The Oculus, Warwick University


A £19 million flagship teaching building, The Oculus at Univer- sity of Warwick is an impressive sight. This stunning building was designed exclusively for its purpose as the university’s first completely dedicated teaching structure. It boasts two audi- toriums, 12 state-of-the-art flexible teaching spaces, and a number of social learning and network spaces. The


auditoriums, the 500


seat OC1.05 and the 250-per- son OC0.03 both use tvONE CORIOmaster mini C3-510 to edge-blend the output of the Panasonic PT-RZ12K projec- tors onto the screen. A CORIO- master mini video wall proces- sor is also driving a spectacular


16K video wall in the foyer of the Oculus. Ian Mason, AV An- alyst at the University of War- wick, said:


“The video wall in the en- trance area is our showcase for what is happening in the University. It can be used for anything from promoting de- partmental events and sporting successes to streaming gradua- tion ceremonies and the annu- al Coventry v Warwick Varsity match. The tvONE CORIOmas- ter has given us unique flexibil- ity – we can use each screen as an individual display, or com- bine all four into one massive, and hugely impressive, 16K resolution show screen.


University of Leeds Collaborative Lecture Theatres responsive touch ex-


perience which is perfect for collaborative learning environ- ments, London Met felt that ‘the writing experience of the Avocor Intelligent Touch is outstanding’. Five times more responsive than other screen technologies available on the market, the intuitive pen to pa- per, natural writing experience delivers crisp and clear annota- tions with no more wasted time waiting for the ink or pen to catch up.


Oliver Holmes, Deputy Di- rector, of Technology and Op- erations, London Metropolitan University said: “We needed to ensure that lecturers had access to


display technology


which was interactive yet sim- ple to use alongside wireless connectivity to enable students to contribute to lessons from their own device, we have seen a great response to the interac- tive displays from the teaching staff with the number of teach- ers requesting to be timetabled in classrooms that have the displays already increasingly weekly. Overall we are delight- ed with the Avocor solution and how it is helping us transform our teaching here at London Met.”


Stolen Heart: The Theft of Jewish Property


were prototyped at actual size throughout production using BrightSign equipment in test- ing.


The exhibition had to have the right mix of technologi- cal innovation and traditional exhibit elements in a small space with a comparatively low budget. BrightSign’s 4K1142 player was easy to use and 3D projectors attached simply. The installation has been extreme- ly well received and has been viewed thousands of times each week by Institute visitors. The exhibit has been covered extensively by the press includ- ing The Wall Street Journal and The Forward, Sixteen: Nine, AV Network and more.


The project focuses on the re- design of three, tiered lecture theatres that replace traditional lecture theatre seating with new style collaborative ‘booths’. The solution combines the revised seating layout with embedded digital technology to create a new space to support group working and accommodate a ‘flipped’ learning approach to large group teaching.


The design retains a tiered structure


but seats students


in small groups around desks. Each ‘Booth’ is equipped with a laptop and audio conferenc- ing to support effective cross- room communication. BYOD is also supported. The lecturer can share content from any of the Booths to the wider group. The system is also integrated with


the University’s lecture


capture system. This is a sector leading proj- ect as evidenced by requests from other universities to visit


and emulate the rooms within their own institutions. From the University’s point of view, they have been contacted by a significant number of external organisations keen to visit the rooms and understand what the University has been doing. “It was a complicated design and brief, both technically and conceptually that has been de- livered, and everything works according to the principles that I set out. To have these devices all linked to a single front system and for it to be user-friendly is very challeng- ing, particularly with academ- ics that are nervous about new technology. The feedback from the staff is that they are able to control the facilities and deliver their teaching effectively using the technology, so I think that demonstrates that the princi- ples, the design and the execu- tion of the project are of very high quality”.


Durham University, Calman Learning Centre


Saville Audio Visual are proud to be the main AV installation and maintenance provider to Durham University, with a long relationship that spans many years. The Calman Learning Centre project was a major change to AV infrastructure for the University as it was the first time they have used AV over IP, realised by using the new AMX SVSI System. The project demanded close relationship planning involving Harman, the AV team at Durham and overall project management and in- stallation by Saville. Featuring the largest lecture facilities on Campus, delivery and comple- tion had to be strictly adhered to with installation starting in August and having to be back up and running by the 1st Sep- tember.


The innovative AMX SVSI


System allows the University to send video and presentation content from any lecture the- atre to any other lecture theatre in the Centre. With the addi- tion of the Skype for Business licence they can make both standards-based and Skype calls from the theatres. Chris Pearson, Technical Spe- cialist (Audio Visual) and AV Team Lead, Computing and Information


Services Durham University, (CIS) said: | “In


a building such as the Calm- an Learning Centre, which hosts large scale teaching and high-profile events, with a small AV team supporting teaching spaces across the University, it is vital that we install systems that are highly reliable and the AMX SVSI system has delivered this requirement excellently.”


University College London


University College London (UCL) is London's leading mul- tidisciplinary university, with a well-deserved reputation glob- ally as one of the finest seats of learning in the UK. Since 1826, it has championed inde- pendent thought by attracting and nurturing the world's best


minds, and today it is the sec- ond largest physical University in the UK, home to 38,000 students and 12,000 staff. As a leading university at the forefront of teaching, it is a pi- oneer in the way it uses modern


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