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Berghs School of Communication equips new home with Genelec Smart IP loudspeaker system

Established in 1941, Berghs School of Communication offers a curriculum that covers everything from brand strategy to content design, illustration, marketing and art direction. When the school made the move to the newly developed Gasverket - a former gas plant in Stockholm, Sweden, that is now home to a growing community of cultural, educational, and social enterprises - it required a new audio solution. Working alongside Stockholm-based integrators Scan AV, Berghs chose a Genelec Smart IP loudspeaker system for its new venture.

The Berghs project began with a network that spanned all three storeys of the building, allowing Scan AV to cover the required areas with ease whilst offering the flexibility to adapt the sound system as needed. Berghs’ previous campus was powered by over thirty Genelec 4020 installation models. The new system at Gasverket comprises twenty-four Genelec 4430 Smart IP loudspeakers, alongside eight of the previously used 4020 models that were brought over to be used as auditorium fills.

The Smart IP loudspeakers are distributed throughout the building, with a Xilica FR-1 DSP connected via Dante to the loudspeakers - giving Berghs full control over the system. Zone one covers an open area between the entrance and the classrooms, as well as an informal hangout space and study area for students. Zone two covers the reception area and café, while zone three is a large open workspace. Zone four covers Berghs’ co-working area, and zone five plays audio over an open elevated office space that is used by teachers, academics and their administration team. To configure and calibrate the new system, Scan AV made use of Genelec’s Smart IP Manager software.

“The entire building that Berghs now inhabits is equipped with integrated networked AV systems”, says Dragan Nedeljkovic, audio integrator at Scan AV. “Audio, video and system control are all placed on Berghs’ physical network and supply large meeting and auditorium functionality to the school’s bigger events. Everything is connected on one PoE+ powered network that spans four server rooms. This was key to the brief that we first received from Berghs. Their system includes a variety of AVoIP units, mixing consoles, cameras, projectors, control systems and Dante audio connections, all living on one network that integrates with the Smart IP range.”

(Photos: Peder Carlsson/Berghs School of Communication)

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