Hope Street Xchange

Client: University of Sunderland

Project:

Part of a £10m development of the area, a Grade II-listed red brick building forms part of Hope St Xchange - a six-storey enterprise and innovation centre operated by University of Sunderland. Roche AV provided a building-wide AV rollout including Exhibition spaces, Meeting rooms and a stunning Video wall.

Background

Hope Street Xchange is the University of Sunderland’s dedicated Centre for Enterprise & Innovation. A vibrant hub of innovative and creative entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs, it offers state-of-the-art office space and exists to support small businesses to grow and develop. The home of Sunderland Business Partnership and part of The North East Local Enterprise Partnership, Hope Street Xchange is at the heart of Sunderland’s business community. Situated on an intersection of St Michael’s Way, Hind Street and Hope Street in Sunderland City Centre, just over the road from the Sunderland Empire theatre, this hybrid workspace hub mixes distinctive new design with sensitive refurbishment of an existing Grade II listed building.

Having worked closely with the University of Sunderland on various projects, Roche Audio Visual were awarded the contract to fit out this exciting new Centre with state of the art audio visual facilities to wow tenants and visitors alike.

Key Features

10 screen Video Wall with Bespoke Frame
Large Exhibition space with a 200 person capacity
Various Meeting spaces including the top floor Pinnacle Suite
Flexible workspace and Reception area displays

The Pinnacle Suite

The Pinnacle is the jewel in the crown of Hope Street Xchange, an elegant top floor boardroom with a stunning precipice of glass overlooking the University campus. Ideal for board meetings & client presentations, The Pinnacle is kitted out with a large 84" interactive display complete with easy to use touch panel control system.

Meeting Rooms

In addition to the Pinnacle Suite there are also a range of high spec smaller meeting rooms which have either 84" interactive displays or 65" non-touch displays and a simple to use control system.

Cafe Entrance

This stunning video wall at the Hind Street entrance, comprises of ten 55" Sharp / NEC video wall panels and a custom frame surround. Under the hood, Crestron and tvONE CorioMaster Processors along with a 10" Crestron control panel allow multiple inputs to be displayed simultaneously.

Meeting and Events Space

Hope Street Xchange is also a conference venue with its own facilities. The Enterprise Suite and and Innovation Suite are side-by-side events spaces, which when combined can be used for large conferences of up to 200 delegates. Two 8,500AL WUXGA projectors, multiple 48" display screens and a Denon Audio lectern offer complete flexibility for presenters.

Cafe Digital Signage

The on-site "Barista and Baker" Cafe has a display screen for digital signage.

Main Reception Digital Signage

A large format display screen is in the main reception area for digital signage.

Fablab

FabLab Sunderland is the North East’s first digital fabrication laboratory with a range of equipment including 3D printers, laser cutters and vinyl cutters. Regular workshops and events are run in this space, which includes an 84" interactive display.

Partners

Customer Feedback

'Roche AV has provided an absolutely amazing service. This company is fantastic, providing a 5* service from planning right through to support after launch. I would not hesitate in recommending them. They have developed an extremely versatile system, which is state of the art yet very user friendly. The team cannot do enough for you; their customer service is second to none. The photographs do not do this AV wall justice, it truly has the wow factor.' - Rebecca Robinson - Hope Street Xchange