SEEN & NOTED: CALGARY, CANADA — A new science center in Calgary, Alberta has officially opened its doors. TELUS Spark is a new 153,000 square foot facility that features four galleries that highlight key areas of science and technology that include Energy and Innovation, Earth and Sky, Being Human and an Open Studio that enables visitors to explore science concepts by building and breaking down materials. TELUS Spark also has an expanded and enhanced Creative Kids Museum that provides lands-on activities designed for children under the age of nine, and a state-of-the-art 164 seat theatre.
TELUS Spark's two story tall atrium includes a digital signage wall that welcomes visitors to the new science center. The digital signage wall uses Christie MicroTiles in an 8 x 6 array. MicroTiles are modular digital display tiles that can be stacked and clustered like building blocks to create display walls of any shape or scale. The product has become popular with architects and designers because of its flexibility and ease of maintenance. A second wall, comprising of 22 Christie MicroTiles, slated for installation later this year, will act as a donor wall to recognize large-scale donations.
“The Atrium is where we have a space for discovery leaders and hosts to deliver presentations and for informing people about what is happening at the center,” said Dennis Cheng, audio video manager, TELUS Spark. “There is a very large picture window on the south side of the atrium that lets in a lot of sunlight. In fact, it lights up the entire atrium. We needed a technology to overcome that issue and the Christie MicroTiles came in as the solution. The MicroTiles are LED-based and were the only product bright enough to overcome that large amount of ambient light.”
The center also includes seven Christie DLP projectors with four dedicated to the Open Studio gallery. Catering to youth, the Open Studio allows participants to digitally paint with light or compose a symphony with color. The finished artwork or composition is then projected onto one of four screens. Of the remaining three projectors, one is in the Being Human gallery and the other two are on mobile carts, used throughout the science center.
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