Over eighty solid-state FHD Media Players and 10 Wings Engine media servers were
deployed in over seven Pavilions at Milan Expo 2015.
Highlighting includes the work achieved by Leading Technologies SRL, working with
several main contractors to supply, programme, and design AV Stumpfl Wings
Engine Install and FHD Media Players as core multimedia technology throughout
Palazzo Italia, Italy and Iran Pavilions at the Milan EXPO 2015.
Marco Porro, managing director at Leading Technologies SRL takes up the story: “All
AV Stumpfl products are easy to install and have powerful management and show
control capabilities,which makes them the most reliable and functional multimedia
technology outthere.’
“With the talent of Leading Technologies srl and their integration partners, our
multimedia andcontrol technology can be found in what we believe are the most eye
catching, emotive uses of technology for story telling that the world has ever seen!’
says AV Stumpfl CEO, Tobias Stumpfl.
“Palazzo Italia’, located at the Italy Pavilion in Rho Fiera Milano District, is one of the
few pavilions that will remain after the Expo ends. AV Stumpfl technology is used in
across four levels that are dedicated to the four ubiquitous elements of Italian
culture including beauty, knowledge, power and the future.
Visitors start their journey on the ground floor level at Newstand immersed in
Italy’s biggest fruit and vegetable markets. AV Stumpfl FHD Media Players are
integrated to manage video on to a 3 x 3 meter LED video wall cube.
The first floor is dedicated to perspectives of 21 influential Italian people. Three
Wings Engine Install media servers integrated with 12 large-format projectors to
manage video playback onto a wooden carved background, wall as well as on to
carved wooden figures brought to life using projection mapping. “Wings Engine
Install enabled us to map and pre-programme content for each surface using the
Avio automatic camera alignment control solution. The system is designed to switch
into animation once the audio is triggered bringing the figure to life,’ explains
Porro.
The second floor takes visitors to Chaos and Environmental Disasters. 21 AV
Stumpfl FHD Players manage looping content across 21 LCD screens, using a
combination of archive video footage.
Perhaps a highlight of the Italy Pavilion, Kaleidoscope uses giant LED screens that
are reflected onto mirrored floors and ceilings. “Three Wings Engine Install media
servers manage content including scenic panoramas, monuments, art and
architecture with accompanying soundtracks. Kaleidoscope gives the audience the
impression that they are suspended in a surreal dimension in front of magnificent
architectural masterpiece which is amplified by the audio system we have
designed,’ adds Porro.
Also on the third floor, at Earthquake Assisi, audiences are challenged by the
personal accounts of the devastation left by an earthquake that destroyed the
famous Basilica. An AV Stumpfl FHD Media Player acts to loop video and the audio
across a LCD screen.
Mediterraneo Senza Italia uses 8 FHD Media Players to drive content across LCD
screens where four famous architects provide a narrative about art and
architecture.
Two AV Stumpfl Wings Engine Install manage content across curved video wall
projection using sixprojectors at Card Milan.
Additional FHD Players are used throughout the building for signage and video
displays.
At the Iran Pavilion, two AV Stumpfl Wings Engine Install media servers are used to
manage video content on a static 42-meter long curved LED screen that is designed
into the curvature of the Pavilion.
The Iran Pavilion flooring has 2-square metres of underfloor LED, which acts as a
running river that appears and disappears into the ground. There is approximately
140 square meters of video surface that is used to tell the past and present story of
food, agriculture and cultural history of the Iranian people.
“The visual impact of this incredible display creates great emotion and atmosphere.
Visuals are accompanied by traditional music and light on the walls and that reflect
on the mirrors,’ adds Porro.
