Workplaces and studios · West George Street, Glasgow

Material Source Studio, Glasgow: audio, video walls, conferencing and Lutron for a design studio

Material Source Studio at 180 West George Street is where architects, interior designers and their clients meet, present and learn. Lairds designed and installed the technology that runs it: Sonance audio through the property, LED video walls and large screens, Yamaha professional audio, Sennheiser microphones, video conferencing and Lutron lighting and blinds.

Date

2024

The building

Material Source Studio occupies a city-centre building on West George Street in Glasgow, a studio and events space for the design community: a theatre for talks, presentation rooms, meeting rooms and the space for conferences and CPD sessions. The people who use it look at buildings for a living, so the technology had to be as considered as the materials on the walls, and it had to work for an audience without a technician in the room.

What we designed

Audio runs through the whole property on Sonance loudspeakers, zoned so a presentation in one room does not spill into a conversation in the next. LED video walls and large screens carry the presentations and the design content; Yamaha professional audio and Sennheiser microphones handle talks and panel events; and the meeting rooms are equipped for video conferencing. Lutron controls the lighting and the blinds, so a room can go from showroom to presentation at a touch.

Lairds provides ongoing technical support to the studio. For a space that hosts a different event most weeks, that matters as much as the installation. The same approach applies to the commercial spaces we design and install across Scotland.

On site

What went in

• Sonance loudspeakers throughout the property
• Theatre and presentation rooms with LED video walls and large-format screens
• Yamaha professional audio
• Sennheiser microphones
• Video conferencing in the meeting rooms
• Lutron lighting control and motorised blinds
• Ongoing technical support

Ubiquitous Chip, Glasgow

Zoned audio from courtyard to rooftop terrace

A studio, office or event space?

Presentations, conferencing, lighting and blinds that work as one system, for people who notice when they do not. Tell us about the space.