Established to encourage collaboration between creative talents and businesses, as well as promoting innovation and nurturing new ideas on the role of design and architecture, Norway’s Design & Architectural (DOGA) Foundation occupies a 100-year old historical machine hall in Oslo. With the building’s main hall dating back to 1898, a versatile and dependable system suitable for conferencing or seminar purposes was needed to serve events ranging from from single stage solo presentations to larger conferencing situations, with presentations held across the venue from various locations within the building.

The solution took the form of Shure’s Microflex Wireless.

The unique space at DOGA is 340sq2 wide and 8.5m high, which makes it a popular venue for hire when organising large conferences, seminars and parties. As a historical building steeped in heritage, DOGA was keen to keep the aesthetics of the space and physical installations as compact as possible. Consideration also had to be given to the portability and flexibility of the system due to the various events held within the space.

‘Working in the event business, we have a lot of different clients with various backgrounds and technical competence,’ says DOGA Technical Manager and Event Coordinator, Torstein Strand. ‘Our goal with this installation was to transform our main space into a flexible and straightforward room to rent.’

Two Shure Microflex Wireless docking stations were installed, along with two handheld microphones and six bodypacks, used either as a monitoring system or as microphone headsets. Audio is delivered to the network using Dante and routed to the appropriate system as required, whether it’s the digital mixer and the PA system in the main space or into recording software run on a computer.

With the successful installation of the Microflex Wireless, the event coordinator is now able to offer eight channels of wireless audio throughout the entire hall, with an additional eight channels in the mezzanine of the hall, which is usually used for smaller meetings and presentations.

If additional wireless channels are required for bigger events, a second Microflex Wireless transceiver can be used to cover the space, creating 16 wireless channels.

‘The endless possibilities that accompany this system really complements our vision at DOGA – to be as flexible and efficient as we can be, catering to every need,’ Strand concludes.

More: www.shure.com