Divisible Teaching Room AV for a London University Campus

Q: What AV does a divisible university teaching room need?

Each half needs to work on its own. Here that meant, per room, a laser projector and a 55-inch display, a lectern with a touch panel, a PTZ camera and ceiling microphone for hybrid teaching, wireless bodypacks, wireless presentation and a visualiser. Building both rooms on one Q-SYS network keeps the kit identical and lets the two systems combine when the wall is open. See our guide to flexible learning spaces.

Q: How long does a teaching room AV fit-out take?

On this project first-fix cabling started on 1 September 2026, second fix began on 21 September, and the rooms were tested and signed off on 2 October: about five weeks on site, alongside other trades in a wider refurbishment.

Divisible teaching space at a London university, fitted with Q-SYS AV-over-IP, laser projection, ceiling mics, PTZ cameras and wireless sharing per room.

Education

Completed October 2026Project leadDean Phillips

Quick reference: Divisible teaching space that runs as two rooms or one combined room: per room, a Sharp 6,200-lumen laser projector, Q-SYS NV-series AV-over-IP and touch panel, Q-SYS PTZ camera, Sennheiser ceiling mic, Shure wireless mics, WolfVision Cynap and visualiser, in a Teammate lectern. Signed off 2 Oct 2026.

A divisible teaching space with two identical AV systems

Strive AV fitted out a divisible teaching space on a London university campus. An operable wall splits the floor into two rooms, or opens to make one large room. Each half has its own complete AV system: laser projection, a lectern with touch control, a PTZ camera and ceiling microphone for hybrid teaching and lecture capture, wireless presentation and a visualiser. The two rooms use identical equipment, so staff find the same lectern layout whichever side they teach in. With the wall open, the two systems combine and run the space as a single room. All of it is built on Q-SYS, with video, audio and control running over the network rather than point-to-point cabling.

Divisible university teaching space with the operable wall open, two 55-inch LG displays and projection at the far end

55-inch LG display mounted beside the operable wall, with the second room and its projection screen beyond

Teaching room front wall with Sharp laser projection above a whiteboard, lectern to the left and Ecler loudspeakers

Ceiling-mounted Sharp P621U laser projector and lectern in one half of the divisible room

Teammate lectern with Q-SYS touch panel, WolfVision visualiser, room PC and Shure wireless microphone charger

Lectern with monitor arm, WolfVision visualiser and twin Shure bodypack charger

Lectern with its rack open, showing the patch panel and equipment housed beneath the worktop

Inside the lectern rack: Q-SYS AV-over-IP, amplification and labelled patching

The brief and the site

The work was part of a wider refurbishment on a live campus, so it ran alongside other trades. Whiteboards went in from a separate contractor during second fix, and building contacts were on site through the week. There was no parking on site: vehicles could only drop off and unload, so deliveries had to be planned around that. The brief called for each half of the room to work as a standalone teaching space, and for the two to combine into one room when the wall is open, with lecterns built to the university's own specification and kit consistent with its existing teaching room standard.

Key Requirements

•Two rooms, divided by an operable wall, each working as a standalone teaching space
•Combine into one room when the wall is open
•Lecterns built to the university's specification
•Camera and ceiling microphone in each room for hybrid teaching and lecture capture
•Wireless presentation and a visualiser at every lectern
•Assistive listening for students who need it
•Install around other trades on a live campus with no on-site parking

What we installed

Each room has a Sharp P621U 6,200-lumen WUXGA laser projector on a ceiling mount, projecting above the whiteboard, and a 55-inch LG commercial display mounted at the operable wall line. Control sits on a Q-SYS TSC-101-G3 touch panel in a Teammate Educator 3 lectern that houses the room PC, rack, patching and power. Signal distribution is Q-SYS NV-series AV-over-IP: NV-21-HU encoders and NV-32-H units, with one NV-32-H per room running as the Q-SYS core under a core mode licence. A Netgear M4250 PoE++ switch in each lectern carries the AV network, and a Gude switched PDU with a humidity sensor handles power. For hybrid teaching, a Q-SYS NC-12x80 PTZ camera and a Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling 2 microphone feed the lectern PC through a Magewell USB Capture HDMI Plus. Lecturers wear Shure MXW hybrid bodypacks, docked on a networked charger at the lectern. Sound comes from Ecler eMOTUS5 loudspeakers and Extron SF 3CT low-profile ceiling speakers, driven by an Extron XPA U 1004 amplifier. A Sennheiser MobileConnect station streams room audio to listeners' smartphones for assistive listening. WolfVision Cynap Pure Mini units handle wireless screen sharing from laptops, and a WolfVision VZ-3neo.UHD visualiser sits on each lectern. Atlona OCS-900N occupancy sensors report whether the rooms are in use. First-fix cabling started on 1 September 2026, second fix began on 21 September, and the rooms were tested and signed off on 2 October 2026.

Equipment per room (both halves of the divisible space are identical)
System	Per room
Projection	Sharp P621U 6,200-lumen WUXGA laser projector
Display	LG 55UL3Q-E 55-inch commercial display
Control	Q-SYS TSC-101-G3 touch panel, NV-32-H as core
Camera	Q-SYS NC-12x80 PTZ
Microphones	Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling 2, 2 x Shure MXW1X bodypacks
Loudspeakers	2 x Ecler eMOTUS5PB, 2 x Extron SF 3CT LP
Presentation	WolfVision Cynap Pure Mini, VZ-3neo.UHD visualiser
Lectern	Teammate Educator 3 with PoE++ switch and switched PDU

Featured Solution

Laser projection and repeater display

Sharp P621U 6,200-lumen WUXGA laser projector and a 55-inch LG commercial display in each room.

Q-SYS AV-over-IP and control

NV-21-HU encoders, NV-32-H units (one per room as the core) and a TSC-101-G3 touch panel at each lectern.

Hybrid teaching kit

Q-SYS NC-12x80 PTZ camera, Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling 2 and Shure MXW wireless bodypacks, captured to the lectern PC.

Presentation and accessibility

WolfVision Cynap Pure Mini and VZ-3neo.UHD visualiser per room, plus Sennheiser MobileConnect assistive listening.

The result

Delivered

Two teaching rooms with identical AV, one each side of the operable wall
Rooms combine into a single space when the wall is open
Hybrid teaching kit (PTZ camera, ceiling mic, USB capture) in both rooms
Assistive listening to smartphones through Sennheiser MobileConnect
First fix on 1 September 2026, signed off on 2 October 2026

Divisible teaching room AV: common questions

What AV does a divisible university teaching room need?

Each half needs to work on its own. Here that meant, per room, a laser projector and a 55-inch display, a lectern with a touch panel, a PTZ camera and ceiling microphone for hybrid teaching, wireless bodypacks, wireless presentation and a visualiser. Building both rooms on one Q-SYS network keeps the kit identical and lets the two systems combine when the wall is open. See our guide to flexible learning spaces.

How do you set up a teaching room for hybrid teaching and lecture capture?

You need a camera framing the teaching wall, microphones that pick up the lecturer, and a way to get both into the lectern PC. In this project a Q-SYS NC-12x80 PTZ camera and a Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling 2 feed the PC through a Magewell USB capture device, with Shure wireless bodypacks for the lecturer.

How long does a teaching room AV fit-out take?

On this project first-fix cabling started on 1 September 2026, second fix began on 21 September, and the rooms were tested and signed off on 2 October: about five weeks on site, alongside other trades in a wider refurbishment.

Why use wireless presentation in university teaching rooms?

Lecturers and students can share a laptop to the projector without hunting for the right cable or adapter. Each room here has a WolfVision Cynap Pure Mini. More on wireless presentation systems.