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SOLO CSV is the new contemporary art space dedicated to hosting artistic and creative projects promoted by SOLO, and Inercia Tecnología Audiovisual was the company responsible for carrying out the design, supply, integration, and implementation of the audiovisual installation for the entire space. This project, initiated by entrepreneurs Ana Gervás and David Cantolla, seeks to allow not only for exhibitions but also for collaborations, artistic research initiatives, site-specific installations, and interdisciplinary artistic encounters. Designed by the prestigious architectural firm estudio Herreros, the architectural and functional concept of SOLO CSV was based from the outset on the versatility and dynamism of the space. Based on this premise, Inercia designed and then integrated, with the help of Brunelar, various audiovisual technologies, a conventional video and audio production system based on SDI signals, and video and audio over IP technologies, allowing for the distribution and reception of any signal from any point within the space. The aesthetics of the early 20th-century industrial building were adapted to convert what was originally the printing press for major newspapers into a contemporary art space and a venue for events at all levels. One of the main challenges of the project was concealing all the equipment and audiovisual installations to maintain the aesthetics and allow for the integration of audiovisual and corporeal works in multiple ways. Furthermore, the technical control of each area could be separated or combined to carry out these events. Integration Design To enable the distribution of video and audio signals to any point in the space, while maintaining the highest video and audio quality, Inercia worked from the beginning of the project with the architectural firm and the construction company to define the conduit requirements for audiovisual cabling and the design of the different rooms for equipment housing and signal connection points. A centralized star structure was chosen in a rack/data center room connected to four other rooms through multiple tie-lines and network connections. From these five rack rooms, all signals are distributed to the space's connection boxes, including video, audio, data network, and fiber optic cabling, as well as all the speakers serving the different areas. This achieved maximum capillarity to provide audiovisual service at any point. To guarantee IP video and audio services throughout the space, Inercia has installed three data networks, structured in a star pattern as previously mentioned, with central switches connected to the rest via 10GbE fiber optics:
From each of the rack rooms, as mentioned, all the cabling is also distributed to the space's more than 90 junction boxes, which, given the complexity of the architectural project, posed an integration challenge. To address this challenge, the company Pinanson was actively involved in the design of both functional and aesthetic solutions to overcome the integration difficulties. Due to the technical characteristics, in most cases, boxes with minimal depth were required, both in floors and on walls and ceilings, and with a need to fully adapt to the aesthetics of the project. Specific boxes were designed in conjunction with Pinanson for each case that met all the requirements, placing connectors on the sides of the boxes to minimize depth, customizing the paint or silkscreen on the fronts of the boxes, which open and close with magnets to avoid protrusions or anchors, and always maintaining the highest technical guarantees in the signal connections. This has allowed us to reach every corner of the space, with minimal visual impact, with 4K SDI video signals, analog or digital audio, and a 10GbE data network using Cat6A cabling and OM4 optical fiber. Technologies Used One of the client's main requirements when designing the space was the ability to provide a musical atmosphere in the different areas, with the highest sound quality and visually integrating into the architectural design. The solution chosen for this purpose was Bose equipment, which includes several DSP processors, power amplifiers, and more than 120 speakers from the DesignMax range. The pendant models are the most commonly used in the space, and for which a completely customized anchoring system was designed, allowing them to be installed very close to the ceilings without leaving any cables or anchors visible. The sound system includes 37 independent zones, all with stereo audio, managed by two EX-1280 DSP processors, which receive audio signals from multiple music players, various audiovisual playback devices, presentation or videoconferencing computers, and audio signals from the production control room via the Dante network. These processors manage all the signals and distribute them to the PowerShare range of power amplifiers, which also receive audio from the Dante network, simplifying installation. These amplifiers allow the total power to be distributed variably among the different output channels, a key feature in a design of this size, allowing different numbers of speakers to be connected to the output channels without the need for complex calculations, as long as the total power of the amplifier is not exceeded. As previously mentioned, the bulk of the venue's video and audio signal management is handled via IP networks. Crestron NVX technology is used for video distribution, allowing video signals up to 4Kp60 4:4:4 via 1GbE networks, including embedded AES67 audio, and USB and KVM routing. The audio network is integrated with the Dante network, allowing audio from the NVX equipment to be routed to any audio device in the venue and vice versa, providing a high degree of versatility for system signal routing. Several SDI signal routing matrices are also available, which are interconnected to the IP video network via dedicated encoders and decoders, allowing the IP video network to be integrated with the event video production system described below. The space features a complete production control system that can handle events, recordings, or any audiovisual format you wish to produce anywhere in the space. The main systems include a Blackmagic ATEM 4 M/E Constellation 4K mixer, Panasonic AW-UE150 cameras, Blackmagic Hyperdeck recorders and players, and a VMIX software-based production system. The system also includes a Yamaha TF3 audio console with a Yamaha TiO1608 I/O signal cabinet and a Sennheiser EW-DX series digital microphone system, providing radio frequency coverage throughout the space. Auxiliary equipment is also available for audiovisual production outside the control system, such as a second Yamaha TF1 console with another TiO1608 cabinet, lighting systems, and audio, video, and IP signal converters, among others. To complete the full signal integration, the production's video mixer is also integrated into the Dante audio network via a MADI-Dante converter. This allows the audio content associated with all the mixer's video signals to be immediately available on any mixing or sound processing device, without the need for additional equipment such as audio embedders or de-embedders. The production control room also has several computer systems for streaming and a dedicated videoconference system to enable both external broadcasting of events and collaboration from remote locations.
This complete integration capability allows space users to operate the space through multiple channels, as the project also contemplates the possibility of holding simpler events without production control by using custom-designed control interfaces based on a Crestron control system. To this end, complete user-customized programming has been implemented, both visually and functionally, allowing the operation of the space's audiovisual systems and is designed for use by non-technical personnel. First, there is background music control, allowing the selection of different sound sources for each zone, with individual volume controls for each zone and grouped if desired. Video signal routing over the IP network can also be easily controlled to define the content to be displayed on each screen or projection, and detailed video and audio control is available for each zone likely to host events in the space. Furthermore, the system allows for the storage and recall of space status presets, allowing for the immediate and easy loading of different usage scenarios. All of this has contributed to the final result, a versatile and dynamic space that allows, in addition to the exhibition of works, the holding of any type of event, collaboration, installation, or interdisciplinary artistic gathering.
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