Month: September 2021

As part of the new university campus in the city, designed throughout by Studio Valle, LAMM has successfully completed the supply and installation of its award-winning E4000 study desk systems for the fit-out of the auditorium in the congress centre of Padua University, the latest part of the project.

 

The University of Padua, one of the most prestigious universities in Italy (ranking equal second with the Sapienza University of Rome in the international Best Global Universities ranking) and one of the oldest in the world, has recently expanded its buildings and facilities with a new conference centre in the heart of the university’s city campus, located between Via Venezia and the banks of the Piovego Canal.

The work, carried out by Studio Valle Architetti Associati, which designed all of the university’s new city campus, offers the world of teaching, research and culture a multifunctional building, featuring an extremely modern modular auditorium, equipped to host conferences and lectures for varying numbers of people. The auditorium comprises stalls and a gallery with steps, which can also be used separately, in compliance with the requirements of acoustics and maximum visibility, thanks to a system of foldable sliding walls and two skylight windows that can be darkened.

Both the stalls and the gallery – which share a large screen and the central projection booth – are fully equipped with E4000 study desks, supplied and installed directly by LAMM, for a total of 465 seats. In particular, for the 220 seats in the stalls, installed in straight rows, the version with a tip-up writing table and armrests was chosen. Those in the front row have only the right armrest and an anti-panic writing tablet. The a tip-up writing table and armrests are also a feature of all 245 gallery desks, which also have electrification ducts underneath the work surface and are positioned in straight rows on steps. All the elements feature upholstered seats and backrests covered in Climatex Ultra fabric. Each seat is also equipped with a shock absorber for controlled closure and a storage basket placed under the seat.

This is another prestigious project that once again underlines the leading international role LAMM has been playing for over sixty years in the supply of furniture for universities and teaching environments.

Project University of Padua
Place Padua, Italy
Client University of Padua
Year of completion 2020
Architectural project Studio Valle Architetti Associati
Contractor I.TEC. – Costruzioni generali
LAMM Supply 465 desk seats E4000 – Lucci e Orlandini

 

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The set-up of the new theatre hall with 318 Futura seats mounted on two telescopic stands facing each other, has been successfully completed in the residential area that has developed along Istanbul’s Asian coastline.

 

The project, which is the result of a long and complex consultation between authorities, artists, consultants and architects, bears the signature of Bingöl Barka Architecture & Consultancy. It started in 2016 with the desire to provide the citizens of Kadıköy, a municipality in the metropolitan city of Istanbul, with a contemporary cultural facility featuring a multi-purpose theatre hall (located on the first floor – there are four levels in total, one of which is underground), capable of adapting to all kinds of needs, contemplating different relationships between space, audience and actors. Thanks to its solid shell, the building can be seen as an artefact that resists the effects of time on the outside while changing over time on the inside.

The flexibility of the interior design was made possible by the systems supplied by LAMM: telescopic grandstands and armchairs chosen specifically to accommodate the need to quickly remodel the space whenever appropriate. A total of 318 seats from the Futura series were supplied, arranged in two facing telescopic stands, one consisting of 9 rows of 22 seats for a total of 198 seats, and the other of 6 rows of 20 seats for a total of 120 seats. All seats have a wheelbase of 54 cm and were chosen in the version with the seat and backrest in black faux leather and polyurethane armrests in the same colour featuring the seat and row numbers. The metal structures that attach them to the respective stands are also painted black with epoxy-polyester powders with a scratch-resistant finish.

The seat and backrest open and close synchronously thanks to a gravity device. In particular, the closure, cushioned by a special dumper concealed inside the die-cast aluminium side panel, is extremely silent. The entire room can be remodelled in just a few minutes using a fully automated system which includes the tilting of the chairs (from a horizontal to an upright position) by means of gas shock absorbers.

The Kadiköy Theatre has been awarded the Işıklar Brick Awards 2021 by the brick manufacturer of the same name, which rewards architecture and interior design characterised by the use of exposed brick. It is also mentioned in Turkey’s Architecture Yearbook 2020 (Türkiye Mimarlık Yıllığı 2020) which, each year, selects the country’s most prestigious achievements.

Project Alan Kadıköy / Kadiköy Theatre
Location Kadıköy (Istanbul), Turkey
Client Kadıköy Municipality
Year of completion 2020
Architectural design Bingöl Barka Architecture & Consultancy
Local dealer Koc Mobilya, Istanbul
Consulting Aksu/Suardi, Milan
LAMM Supply 318 Futura armchairs
2 telescopic grandstands

Photos: Cemal Emden Photographer

 

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