Application scenarios

Universities, campuses and training environments

Environments dedicated to education require technological systems capable of supporting teaching, collaboration and outreach. Multimedia design helps create flexible spaces that encourage interaction and the sharing of knowledge.

The case studies below present real design experiences and contexts, useful for highlighting recurring challenges, design approach and the skills involved.

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University campus

University campus

Padua
ContextMultimedia equipment for a new university campus comprising dozens of classrooms and one large conference hall.
Typical challenges of the context
  • already-built environments
  • need for ease of use
  • requirement to use the existing network infrastructure
Design interventionAudio, Video and Controls design with an AVoIP solution. Integration with existing audio systems.
Skills involved
AVC designNetworkingIntegration
New university pavilion

New university pavilion

Milan
ContextMultimedia equipment for new teaching classrooms.
Typical challenges of the context
  • low-ceiling environments
  • need for ease of use
  • integration of a voice-lift system
Design interventionAudio, Video and Controls design with an AVoIP solution. Selection of the components to be fitted into the lecterns chosen by the client.
Skills involved
AVC designNetworkingIntegration
UniMoRe Terzo Polo – Former Seminary

UniMoRe Terzo Polo – Former Seminary

Reggio Emilia, Italy
Context1954 historic building converted into a university campus with 3 auditoriums, 10 classrooms and 2 computer labs. Priorities: ease of use for teaching staff and energy savings.
Typical challenges of the context
  • Usability for teaching staff without specialist technical skills
  • Consumption reduction: switched power strips and scheduled power on/off
  • Mechanical and electronic robustness for intensive university use
  • Working within a valuable historic building with architectural constraints
Design interventionExecutive design of the AV and control system for 3 auditoriums, 10 classrooms and 2 labs: rugged equipment, simplified interfaces, automated power on/off scheduling for energy savings.
Skills involved
AV designControl systemsEnergy managementAV over IPAV infrastructureProject management
Meyer Health Campus

Meyer Health Campus

Florence, Italy
ContextInternational university campus for paediatric training with 2 auditoriums, 8 classrooms, centralised control and surgical simulation rooms. Critical redundancy of equipment.
Typical challenges of the context
  • Centralised control for auditoriums, classrooms and simulation rooms
  • Classroom acoustics optimised for beamforming microphones
  • Hybrid over-IP/point-to-point system for live events with external service providers
  • Critical redundancy in a medical-university setting
Design interventionFinal and executive design of an AV-over-IP system on a 10Gb LAN with centralised control; architectural acoustics for intelligibility and beamforming microphones; DMX, fibre-optic, SDI and Dante infrastructure for the auditoriums and main lecture hall.
Skills involved
AV over IPArchitectural acousticsAV designControl systemsBeamforming audioAV infrastructure
UniMoRe IV Polo – Reggiane Workshops

UniMoRe IV Polo – Reggiane Workshops

Reggio Emilia, Italy
Context1904 industrial pavilion of the former Reggiane Workshops converted into a digital campus with a 290-seat auditorium, 9 classrooms and labs. First installation of the patented INNER system by Cavea Engineering.
Typical challenges of the context
  • Regeneration of an industrial building with structural constraints
  • Auditorium versatility: TED-talk style, frontal lectures, talk-shows
  • Critical reverberation in high-volume industrial spaces
  • Energy sustainability and automated power-on management
Design interventionFirst installation of INNER (a pre-wired recessed multimedia station) for quick, cable-free configurations; vertical line array for voice, USB-C for lecturers, silent Sharp-NEC projectors at 28-30 dB(A), centralised supervision software with STI above the applicable standard.
Skills involved
AV designControl systemsEnergy management
Acoustic comfort at the Carpi Technology Hub

Acoustic comfort at the Carpi Technology Hub

Carpi (MO), Italy
ContextUniMoRe university technology hub with new but acoustically inadequate spaces: hard surfaces and smooth ceilings produced excessive reverberation time, penalising speech intelligibility in classrooms.
Typical challenges of the context
  • Excessive reverberation time in modern spaces lacking sound-absorbing treatment
  • Intervention in occupied spaces without interrupting teaching
  • Compliance with the UNI 11532-2:2020 standard on reverberation time and STI for school environments
  • Non-invasive, reversible solutions compatible with existing systems and furnishings
Design interventionInstrumental surveys with a dodecahedral source and sound level meter across three sample environments; installation of mineral-wool nanoparticle sound-absorbing ceiling panels; post-intervention verification with reverberation time and STI measurements within the optimal values of the UNI 11532-2 standard.
Skills involved
Architectural acousticsSTI / reverberation measurementsUNI 11532-2:2020Materials acousticsAcoustic diagnosticsAcoustic comfort
Bocconi University

Bocconi University

Milan, Italy
ContextSeveral Bocconi University locations across both newly built and historic buildings.
Typical challenges of the context
  • Difficulty carrying out acoustic assessments in pre-existing environments
  • Difficulty integrating audio systems architecturally
Design interventionElectroacoustic design of the Aula Maggiore, the Sport Center and the swimming pool. Acoustic survey of all buildings with a feasibility study for solving the issues found.
Skills involved
Room acousticsRegulatory acoustics