University of Greenwich GSU Bar

Media Wall

The University of Greenwich is a public university, established in 1890. Greenwich University has three campuses; two campuses are based in London and one campus is based in Kent. The largest campus is Greenwich Campus, which can be found on a World Heritage Site on the banks of the River Thames. The three baroque buildings used by the university at Greenwich Campus were designed by Sir Christopher Wren for the Royal Navy at the end of the 17^th century.

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The Brief

The Lower Deck is the student union bar situated in the basement of the University of Greenwich’s Dreadnought Building.

The venue hosts regular events and parties and is a popular place for students to meet and hang out, offering a good selection of food, drink and entertainment.

The main event space has a 3×3 video wall situated on the back wall with a stage area in front, the video wall is used to promote upcoming events.

A problem had arisen that the media wall is at risk from people bashing into, or spilling drinks onto, the monitors, meaning some screens had already been replaced.

Mark from the Information Services team at the university was asked to try and find a solution to this problem. This is where Reflex, working in partnership with Quadra AV, first came into the conversation. After having an initial meeting with Mark, the media wall was shown to us and we were asked if we could think of a solution to the problem.

We followed this up with a full site survey, which was essential to understanding the sizing of the screens and the very tight space in which they were mounted. Also, the Audio Panel that is situated snug up to the lower right bottom corner needed to be taken into consideration.

Design Process

We proposed a design that would offer a boxed enclosure with strengthened Perspex panels in front of the screens, the type used on external advertising units to ensure maximum strength.

From the outset the design was a collaboration between the University, Quadra AV, and Reflex. The design evolved throughout the discussions, this was to cover all considerations for the final design, such as plenty of air circulation for the screens, this was solved by adding more air grill extrusions on all sides of the unit.

Finally we ensured the perspex panels didn’t compromise the screens viewing area.

Client Feedback

‘Quadra provided a professional bespoke design, build and installation that was very impressive. They ensured that they understood our client requirements fully before accurately measuring the existing video wall hardware and providing full CAD drawings showing the design and construction of the solution, ensuring that maintenance of the video wall was possible. Once approval had been provided, they quickly supplied a schedule of works and fabricated the Student Union Bar Media Wall ensuring that it was fully constructed offsite before being sent to the university for installation.

The installation team were able to fit the solution without any issues and demonstrate how access was available for ongoing maintenance.

I am very happy with the final result and believe that this will protect and extend the life of the video wall for many years.’

Mark Affection – Senior Service Development Specialist

University of Greenwich