A+V Office, Wrocław

During company meetings, a Sony laser projector (mounted on a lift) displays the image on a large-format screen. and DMX stage lighting illuminates the presenter or sets background colours. The lobby space is complete with a hot desk for quick ad-hoc meetings and spontaneous brainstorming sessions. When planning our office, we also included a work area for our guests and employees visiting from other branches. The office has a lobby, but to make working comfortable, it has been separated from the rest of the space using lockers and dense vegetation. As the individual zones serve a different purpose, each has a separate lighting controlled by means of a Crestron panel from the reception desk or from an app installed on employees’ mobile phones.

A vibrant open space is a heart of our company. This is where our specialists work at full tilt. The common space has been divided into sections by furniture and vegetation, both used as acoustic screens. The area for our design department includes a 65” interactive board which facilitates cooperation on projects. It can be used to put comments on presentations and drawings, as well as to write down interesting ideas, which can then be sent to the rest of the team or colleagues. This space also offers a quieter corner with a sofa and books, separated from the rest of the office by acoustic panels. This is a place for less formal meetings, phone calls or just relaxation.

The central part of the office, next to the client area and along the open space in the employee area, includes conference rooms of various sizes. They are arranged to allow for different meetings to be held in the office at the same time, including large conferences and training sessions, smaller meetups, videoconferences and teleconferences. On a day-to-day basis, the small rooms are places for focused work. Once the acoustic partition is removed, the main conference room is used primarily for trainings and large presentations. It has a 107″ screen, which displays image from a projector placed on a lift, installed under the ceiling. If needed, the room can also be divided into two smaller conference rooms by setting up a soundproof partition wall. This wall can also serve as a large dry-wipe whiteboard on which you can write with markers.

When divided, each room is equipped with a large 75” display screen. An all-in-one multifunction device has been installed under the screen. The device is equipped with a 13-degree wide-field-of-view camera, a microphone matrix and a speaker. After connecting the USB cable to a portable laptop with any videoconferencing software (MS Teams, Skype for Business, Zoom, and others), the multifunction device will take over the role of the camera, speaker and microphone in the portable computer, ensuring clear communication and lucid speech sound. The camera with zoom option in the videoconferencing set can transmit the image of the whole room and the speaker. The sound system uses in-ceiling speakers.

Each room has a connection equipped with HDMI cable, USB-C, USB and LAN cable and two 230V power sockets. The connector has a retractor, so any excess cable is rolled up and hidden to keep the room tidy. The AV system is turned on and off with maximum simplicity and automation. Once the HDMI or USB-C cable is connected to the computer, the monitor and the entire AV system are automatically switched on. The AV system and the screen are automatically switched off once the cable is unplugged (after a specified time). In addition, the entire AV system can be controlled by means of wall-mounted keyboards located at the door, or using the Crestron application installed on a wireless iPad, or on our employees’ mobiles.

The rooms are booked using a wall-mounted panel placed in front of each room, or using the calendar on a computer or smartphone. In this way, users can also check availability of the room and book it from any place with internet access. Depending on whether the room is booked or free, reservation panels are illuminated green or red.

Employee break rooms are equally important as the office space. They are not only our space for relaxation, but also the centre of the company’s informal life. Employees can relax in the chillout room located in the central part of the staff area. They can use a PlayStation console complete with their favourite games, connected to a 70” monitor for the highest image quality. With built-in smart functions, children visiting us can enjoy the screen for their favourite cartoons, while the in-house music band gladly uses professional musical instruments, sound system and stage lighting.

The lighting and AV systems throughout the office are operated by means of dedicated panels, which are used to manage the system without any additional devices or remote controls, and through a mobile app on employees’ smartphones.