Latin America. Until October 11, voting is open to choose the winning project of the third version of the AV Latino Contest, organized by AVI LATINOAMÉRICA magazine and will be delivered within the framework of TecnoMultimedia InfoComm Colombia.
The finalist works, as well as all the postulates, are a faithful reflection of the Latin audiovisual industry, with a wide range of solutions for different industries. This year the five finalist projects come from Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.
The finalists are:
Alboa Prime Santa Fe
Gonher PRO
Vía Santa Fe Shopping Center, Cuajimalpa
Mexico City, Mexico
Project Description: The avant-garde project of audio, video, lighting and operability of Alboa Prime Santa Fe, began with the main objective of devising a centralized high-tech system that would allow to control the enclosure at all. Home automation encompasses elegant lighting scenes, professional audio zones, video direction and exact stage control. It has a powerful ambient sound that harmonizes the spaces of the whole. The luxury, style and comfort of visitors merits the integration of sophisticated audio systems, which include impressive image displays, which have the largest Multi-Image Videowall in Mexico and Latin America, in addition to having Mega HD LED Screens, which allow guests to see and listen to a large selection of content.
Corporate communication at Microsoft
Riegner Technology Solutions
Microsoft
Bogota, Colombia
Project Description: The 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th floors of Microsoft's new corporate facilities in Bogotá had a demanding AV integration with global ARUP designs to Microsoft's corporate guidelines to the local project. The client's goal was to have diverse, dynamic and innovative spaces for the collaboration and productivity of its more than 300 employees, to work on site in a comfortable and also remote way. They have 4 different rooms for between 4 and 20 people, as well as a multipurpose room divisible in two. The rooms are equipped with audio, video, automation, videoconferencing and telepresence systems, all with HDBaseT connectivity . The digital signage system has several monitors in the open work areas, as well as in the reception of the VIP floor and the void shared by the 7th, 8th and 9th floors of the offices.
Musical Mapping "Franciscus"
Proyecciones Digitales S.A.
Franciscus S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Project Description: The project involved mapping the entire scenery, of approximately 480 m2 of projection on 8 different levels: two side walls that advance from the stage to the stalls, the mouth, 4 levels of legs, a Peroni tull and a break in the middle of the stage. In addition, integrate to the mapping a LED screen of 12x6.5mts located in the background of the stage. With the mapping, two types of effects had to be generated, mapping the entire scenography asentuando the depth of it and in some moments of the work they had to generate the illusion of being seeing a single projection screen in a single plane. The work was to design the entire technique, from the generation of the templates for the deformation and adaptation of the videos to the mapping, as well as the choice of projectors and their technical conditions.
Faculty of Arts Building Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Construcciones Acústicas S.A.S.
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana – Faculty of Arts
Bogota, Colombia
Project description: In the more than 17,000 M² distributed over 7 floors of the new building of the Faculty of Arts of the Pontifical Javeriana University, 1 multiple classroom, 1 gallery and 2 rooms for master classes were implemented as the most representative spaces. In addition to this there are 6 rooms for teaching and rehearsal of performing arts, 1 rooms of collective percussion with 5 rooms of individual percussion included within the same space, 1 room for the teaching of piano, 2 rooms of collective rehearsal, 3 rooms for musical ensembles and 1 exclusive for chamber ensembles, 35 spaces destined to the individual musical practice distributed in 2 floors, 4 music theory rooms and 4 more rooms for keyboard teaching and if that were not enough 6 two-dimensional workshops, 2 audiovisual workshops and an engraving workshop. Each of these spaces has a specific audiovisual integration.
Monitoring Room-Warship
Channelsmedia
Chilean Navy
Valparaiso, Chile
Project Description: A video wall monitoring system, an interactive display and a visual support monitor were implemented inside a warship in the Chilean Navy, specifically in the Admiral's room. A large project was developed within a space of 2x5 m2, it was a great challenge due to the number of signals and the little space to distribute them. In simple words, the Admiral can control and monitor all his radar signals and others without moving from his chair, having a wide visual by the efficient solution horizontally, considering that the height of the room is only 2 meters high. Inside, a Polycom HDX7000 satellite videoconference was also automated with Crestron.
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