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L–R: Chimelong engineering department mangager Yi Linfeng and Guangzhou Chuangyi general manager Yan Furu
Chinese tourism group Chimelong’s new headquarters feature the latest in cutting-edge building, AV and lighting technology. Sue Su reports from Guangzhou FOUNDED IN 1989, GUANGDONG CHIMELONG GROUP HAS become one of the key players in China’s tourism industry. It owns two well-known tourist resorts, Guangzhou Chimelong Tourism Resort and Zhuhai Chimelong International Ocean Resort, which welcome tens of millions of tourists each year. According to data released by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), Chimelong ranks as one of the top 10 theme park groups in the world. In order to keep pace with the rapid development of the group, the Chimelong Group officially opened the Chimelong Building in the Guangzhou Chimelong Tourism Resort as its new headquarters in 2019. The building was designed by architect and academic He Jingtang, the man behind the China Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo (now the China Art Museum), with engineering survey and design specialist Fang Xiaodan presiding over the structural design. The construction area of 94,000m2 includes a 20-storey main building and a five-storey auxiliary building. The Chimelong Group has invested more than RMB100 million in intelligent integration, aiming to build an environmentally friendly, modern and intelligent building. Guangzhou Chuangyi Information Technology provided AV and lighting systems integration for 83 meeting rooms and a lecture hall in the building. Chuangyi is the long-term partner of both Harman (China) and Ruisheng, TW Audio’s Chinese distributor. As such, it has supplied and worked on many high-end projects. A 271-seat lecture and multifunctional hall connects the main and auxiliary buildings. In addition to internal conferences, movies and corporate events are also held here, and its sound system has been carefully concealed in the interior décor. “The lecture hall is a high-end venue, and Chimelong required that external speakers could not be seen,” explains Yan Furu, general manager of Chuangyi. “Keeping up good communication with the interior décor company, Studio HBA, we were able to work out a design that preserved the beauty of the interior without sacrificing directional sound.”
TW Audio’s M6 speakers are used for the surround sound system The hall is installed with a theatre-style sound reinforcement system – an L-C-R system of three TW Audio T20 compact speakers, supplemented by three TW Audio M15 speakers, also in L-C-R configuration. All speakers are hidden in the ceiling decoration, with a decorative panel kept open so that the seats are targeted by directional sound. A total of 10 TW Audio M6 speakers are used for surround sound with five along each side wall hidden in a black decorative strip. Together with a lighting strip, this complements the simple and bright style of the hall. Low frequency is handled by two B30
subwoofers installed behind acoustically transparent cloth on both sides of the stage. All the speakers are driven by three RAM Audio Zetta Z440 and two T 1204 amplifiers. Monitoring is provided by two TW Audio M12s driven by Zetta Z440 amplifiers, and two JBL LSR305 powered speakers. Audio sources include Shure MX418D/C gooseneck microphones on the podium and two sets of Shure ULXD2/B58 wireless handheld microphones. For meetings, five sets of Bosch Dicentis digital wireless conference systems have been provided for portable use. A Blu-ray player and Denon DN-700AV 7.1-channel AV receiver are also available. A 12m x 5m Chimelong custom-branded LED screen with 1.9mm pixel pitch has been installed across the back of the stage. Stage lighting from local brand Nightsun includes SPC051H, SPC049K LED PAR and GPS006G LED tri-colour fixtures. A camera on either side of the stage and another that is ceiling-mounted in the centre of the auditorium can record important meetings and events, and can also be used for monitoring on a display in the control room by lighting and sound engineers. The camera can also be linked to the Bosch Dicentis microphones to display images of guest speakers on the large LED screen. The core of the video system is an Enova DGX 1600 Enclosure (DGX1600-ENC) digital media switcher, which handles audio and video signals provided by the HDMI and VGA interfaces, the Blu-ray player, the camera and the giant LED screen. With a maximum matrix of 16x16, this supports 4K and HD video content. Multimedia boxes with three audio inputs and outputs and two Ethernet ports are provided around the hall and on the stage, allowing audio and video content to be output to the LED screen from different locations. Audio, stage and ambient lighting, air conditioning, matrix switching, LED screen and other systems are connected to an AMX NX-3200 integrated controller and can be controlled from a wall-mounted AMX MXT-1001 10-inch touchscreen. Four
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