13 Projects from 2017 That Showcase the Power of AV Integration
Children’s Museum Enhanced by Vibrant Technology Tree
In an effort to expand the Children’s Museum of Denver, the most crowded children’s museum in the country, the museum looked to add on two new wings with a climbing tower, art studio, teaching kitchen, water and energy exhibits, plus a new entrance and a 30,000-square-foot outdoor adventure park. The whole museum is based on the idea of “sophisticated whimsy,” where children and adults learn through play.
To help foster this expansion, Lone Tree, Colo.-based Logic Integration designed a 20-foot tall, abstract copper and steel tree-like structure that included:30 46-inch Planar Simplicity LED-lit LCD displays, forming a canopy; Mac minis attached to back of each display, linked to a Mac mini server in the cabinet at the trunk via IP network; Chief ceiling mounts and Panamax power.
The “trunk”of the tree includes a digital camera, another Planar display that shows visitors’ image, and a timer counts down to snap pictures of visitors.
The Children’s Museum required that the system be serviceable remotely and also needed to be safe and reliable 18 hours per day, seven days per week. Computers and control system are hidden away behind the actual screens, accessible remotely for admin and updates. Logic Integration ran the wires to all the displays inside the copper pipes from the picture station all the way up to the displays.
The company installed 46-inch Planar Simplicity Series SL4650 LED-lit LCD displays, which are built for 24/7 operations.A Crestron RMC3 3-Series room media controller ties together the integrated systems.
