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LEONARDO HIMSELF WOULD HAVE LOVED THE DA VINCI AV INSTALLATION
Next time you are driving south on the
N1 remember to glance to your left as
you pass under Beyers Naudé Avenue.
You will see an imposing structure rising
up from the banks of the Fairland Spruit
like a giant ocean liner. If you think that
First National Bank’s Fairlands Campus
is spectacular, then you will be totally
blown away by the Da Vinci boardroom
contained within that elegant exterior.
The Da Vinci boardroom was not part of the
architects’ original design, but in late 2013
the need for a multi-functional boardroom
arose, and another space was converted into a
boardroom. FNB Online gave Paul Lowther, CEO
of Lowther Communications, the commission
to handle the AV side of the project; in particular
the control and distribution of multiple sources
of Video and Audio with Teleconferencing. “Part
of the brief was to provide for both analogue
and digital inputs to the seated delegates,” says
Paul “so we provided simple to operate fliptop access points for laptops”. Paul’s engineers
integrated a push-button into each of the fliptops; these push-buttons control and toggle
between various functions and inputs, simply
by holding them in for longer or shorter periods.
The desk mount flip-tops offer HDMI, VGA, dual
LAN and dual 15Amp power points.
The perfectly square room and table design,
with seating for 26 people, posed its own
challe