AMX IS FIT FOR A PRINCE AT THE PALAIS RASUMOFSKY
Additional control capability is provided by Mio Modero R-4 remotes which accompany each installed display
from an early stage, working closely with the team of architects, designers, builders and engineers to ensure that the proposed development enhanced rather than detracted from the overall building structure. All unauthentic additions, such as the roof, stairs and interior modifications were to be demolished and an entirely new scheme was conceived, featuring a six metre high art gallery on the ground floor and a wealth of open, technologically-enabled spaces. Pivotal to the successful realisation of this ambitious project was the integration of a future-ready technical infrastructure and a centralised control solution. In meeting the brief, Löwenstein Home Comfort turned to AMX and allencompassing system which is helping this inspiring building to fulfil its new identity.
Built for Prince Andrei Kirillowitsch Duke Rasumofsky, the former Russian ambassador under Czar Alexander during the time of the Viennese Congress of 1806, the Palais Rasumofsky in Vienna is a stunning neo-classical Baroque building. The Prince, an avid collector, filled the palace with antiques and works of art but the building was damaged during World War II and poorly repaired and maintained during the post-war period. After a spell of state ownership, the building was acquired by two significant contemporary art collectors who commissioned its conversion back into an art foundation and private residence. This acclaimed project, which has seen the building both externally preserved and internally reinvented, recently received international recognition when it was named a category winner in the World Architecture Festival Awards. With its penthouse apartment, gallery, spa, exhibition area, underground parking and wealth of AMX-controlled home automation technology, the Palais Rasumofsky is now an uncompromisingly contemporary, state-ofthe-art space that is once again a fitting showcase for culture, architecture and art.
Working in close consultation with the owners, architects and engineering team, Löwenstein Home Comfort has designed and installed a system which expertly reconciles technical aspirations with aesthetic ones. Sitting at the heart of the solution, an AMX NetLinx controller ensures that the palace’s new but none-theless disparate technologies are all centrally integrated and readily controllable. Seamless integration between AMX and a KNX bus system makes it possible for the owners to control not only the audio-visual, lighting, blinds and heating systems, but also the steam bath, the swimming pool and even the high pressure water fountains in the garden. They can also view the overall
One of the few examples of a neo-classical building of this era in Vienna, the 11,000 sq ft Palais comprises of one main building and a garden wing. The building’s listed status required that the conversion be carefully imagined and meticulously planned. Leading systems integrator, Löwenstein Home Comfort, was involved
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The whole system is monitored at five minute intervals for full functionality. Should any component not be online or functioning normally, the integrator is informed via email and text so that problems can be resolved, before the homeowner has even noticed.
status of the alarm and HVAC systems, as well as view footage from the connected CCTV cameras and grant access through the motorised gates and doors. A centrally-located AMX Enova DGX digital media switcher resolves AV issues for digital video distribution while enabling the palace’s connected devices to be centrally monitored, managed and controlled over its IT infrastructure. The industry’s first modular digital media switcher with a built-in central controller, the Enova DGX allows for the local distribution of multiple sources of analogue and digital audio and video around this expansive building. AMX exclusive InstaGate Pro technology resolves HDCP limitations while AMX SmartScale perfectly scales video for each connected display, including both the 84“ Sony screen mounted in the living room and the AGATH water-proof TV in the master en-suite, which appears and disappears automatically as required from within the bathtub enclosure itself, thanks to an innovative lift mechanism.
The Enova DGX allows for seamless video distribution around this expansive property
Housed in the main rack, the Enova DGX sits alongside a number of centralised AV sources including satellite receivers, a Kaleidescape system, Apple TV and an MMS-5 music server. The surround-sound system for the living room is similarly centrally-located so as to free-up as much space in the rooms as possible. The only equipment in the rooms themselves are the speakers which are invisible save for the living room’s feature aluminium PIEGA speakers, the TV screens and the wall-mounted AMX Modero X Series control panels. With their sleek appearance and frameless, edge-to-edge glass, these stunning panels are a stylish addition to the minimalist interior and afford the owners an intuitive control interface as part of this whole-home solution. The analogue intercom system was changed to an IP-based system in order to make use of the Modero X’s SIP-functionality; a solution which pleased both the client and the architect as the panels presented a more elegant solution than the interfaces commonly associated with intercom systems. Additional in-room control capability is provided by Mio Modero R-4 remotes which accompany every installed TV screen and AMX App-enabled iPads.
Modero X Series panels are a stylish addition to the minimalist interior
The whole system is monitored at five minute intervals for full functionality. Should any component not be online or functioning normally, the integrator is informed via email and text so that problems can be resolved, before the homeowner has even noticed – now that’s what we call a smart solution!
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centralised control is key to the palace’s technological transformation
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This acclaimed project has seen the building externally preserved and internally reinvented
OVERVIEW Built for Prince Andrei Kirillowitsch Duke Rasumofsky, the former Russian ambassador under Czar Alexander during the time of the Viennese Congress of 1806, the Palais Rasumofsky in Vienna is a stunning neo-classical Baroque building. After a spell of state ownership, the building was acquired by two significant contemporary art collectors who commissioned its conversion into an art foundation and private residence. With its penthouse apartment, gallery, spa, exhibition area and wealth of AMX-controlled home automation technology,
HIGHLIGHT This integrated system expertly reconciles both technical and aesthetic aspirations. Sitting at the heart of the solution, a NetLinx controller ensures that the palace’s new but nonethe-less disparate technologies are all centrally integrated and readily controllable. An Enova DGX digital media switcher successfully resolves AV issues for digital video distribution while enabling the palace’s connected devices to be centrally monitored, managed and controlled over its IT infrastructure, while Modero X Series control panels represent a stylish addition to the minimalist interior.
the Palais Rasumofsky is now an uncompromisingly contemporary, state-of-the-art space that is once again a fitting showcase for culture, architecture and art.
LOCATION Vienna, Austria
Pivotal to the successful realisation of this ambitious project was the integration of a future-ready technical infrastructure and a centralised control solution. In meeting the brief, Löwenstein Home Comfort turned to AMX and all-encompassing system which is helping this inspiring building to fulfil its new identity. +44 (0)207 652 9450 | www.amx.com/eu