Claremont Secondary School

Project: Special Needs Multisensory Environment
Location: Claremont Secondary School, Bristol, UK
Date Completed: November 2008
Client: Claremont School
Lighting Architect/Designer:Lee Engineering Ltd.

The multisensory studio at Claremont secondary school is a technologically advanced room with many custom designed features. As well as being a state of the art mutlisensory studio with integrated audio, video and lighting and touchscreen control additonal features such as integration of Possum Controls devices, automated timetabling and room setup, a midi controlled sampler and a wireless touchpad to trigger samples where included in this system at the request of Claremont staff. The system has been widely employed in creating a themed area which is changed periodically during term. Environments such as a garage, undersea scene and outerspace have been created using the programmable theme feature. The lighting system consists of not only wall washng LED strips but also moving mirror lights which are all controlled via the touchscreen and can be programmed into a theme.  The entire system can be remotely monitored and controlled for express support. Activities in the room can also be recorded direct to a DVD recorder via a fixed hi resoltion video camera and an ambient microphone.