Services Solutions Case Studies About News & Trends Contact Us Support Careers Search Lang English German +44 (0)1784 487000 Previous Next Centenary Building Redevelopment Sector: Education Consultant: Cundall Contractor: BAM Architect: Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios Home Case Studies University of Southampton Centenary Building Redevelopment The University of Southampton, on the south coast of England, has an enrolment of up to 25,000 students and is ranked in the top 20 of UK universities. The university received planning permission to develop a new teaching and learning centre on its Highfield Campus. The Centenary Building has been named ‘100’ in celebration of 100 years of teaching at Highfield Campus and boasts an impressive range of facilities across 8 floors. This project was tendered by the main contractor BAM construction. The brief was to provide a state-of-the-art teaching and learning centre to improve the student experience and help ensure the University of Southampton maintains is position as one of the top 100 universities globally (QS World University Rankings 2019). The consultant specified the project required the latest audio and visual solutions for a number of specific AV spaces including two lecture theatres, a 250 seat main lecture theatre and 100 seat Harvard lecture theatre, nine seminar rooms, two flat floor spaces, a computer based training room, MBA learning and common spaces with five additional meeting spaces and 9 group study pods all providing a variety of options for teaching, learning and study away from the main campus library. "proAV undertook a comprehensive audio-visual installation in this new learning and teaching building at the university of Southampton. This included provision for collaborative teaching spaces and a computer workstation room. A Harvard style lecture theatre was equipped to a higher level of provision than standard teaching rooms. proAV worked in a collaborative manner with the university and resolved technical issues that arose for the comprehensive array of audio visual integration that was delivered. " Mike Powell Senior Project Manager IT and AV, University of Southampton Previous Next Our solution The Centenary Building has redefined the focus of the Southampton University campus, marking its 100 year history with a building that is technologically advanced and offers a variety of flexible spaces of varying sizes for both staff and students as well as excellent study areas for students to focus and revise. Both the large 250-seat lecture theatre and the 100-seat Harvard style utilise Epson 12000 lumen projectors to display content onto DNP Supernova Infinity projection screens chosen because of their high contrast standards. Two 4.5 x 2.813m screens in the large theatre and one 3m x 1.875m were installed to match the bespoke requirements of the space. Based on two globally recognised standards to create the system and performance metrics it was decided at system design stage that DNP screens would provide the best result for the space. The DISCAS standard covers image size, resolution, viewing positions and angles and when used together with the PISCR /ISCR standard from AVIXA, which concerns image quality and contrast, the specification results in the best possible outcome. In addition to the projection solution in the Harvard Lecture Theatre, Sony displays are used as repeater screens to support the alternative layout. Audio balance in these lecture theatres is managed through a Biamp Tes... Read more Key contact Richard Everard Education Specialist Surrey Services Enterprise Management Professional Services Project Delivery Looking for a similar solution or just want to learn more? Let's talk More case studies & scenarios See all case studies Previous De Montfort University Bede House, Education Transformation LSE Centre Buildings Redevelopment Next Contact Us +44 (0)1784 487000 Join our mailing list Enter your email Sign me up Services Professional Services Project Delivery Enterprise Management Solutions Audio Visual Solutions Unified Communications & Collaboration Solutions Environments Sectors Case Studies About Who We Are Our Ambition & Values Global Reach & Capability Our Partners Our Accreditations News & Trends Latest News & Resources Industry Trends Careers Corporate Social Responsibility Policies Privacy Policy GDPR Policy Disclaimer Copyright © 2021 proAV Limited. All rights reserved