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Close the Hallway Door and It Becomes a Hidden IMAX Home Theater — An IW3 Case Study

2022-01-24 · Featured Projects

Project: concealed IMAX-effect cinema in a corridor, Foshan

SNAIL POWER system shown at the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 1 of 15 — A 20 m2 corridor surrounded by four rooms. Close the glass doors and it becomes a listening...

Equipment: IW3LCR ×3 · IW3 surround ×2 · S10B subwoofer · ONKYO TX-L50 · Epson TZ2100 · 100-inch screen

The installation in the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 2 of 15 — A corridor is in constant use. Anything visible would interfere with how the household...

Budget: RMB 38,000

Detail of the speaker and wall finish, the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 3 of 15 — Speakers flush with the wall, screen descending from the ceiling, and an image far larger...

The room

The finished room at the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 4 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 4

A 20 m² corridor surrounded by four rooms. Close the glass doors and it becomes a listening room; open them and it is a corridor again.

Product photograph from the the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan set
Figure 5 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 5

Why concealment was the constraint

Close-up of the driver and grille, the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 6 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 6

A corridor is in constant use. Anything visible would interfere with how the household moves through the flat, so the design brief was concealment first and output second — which is what the IW3 series is built for.

Equipment and cabling for the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 7 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 7

The result

The demonstration system in use, the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 8 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 8

Speakers flush with the wall, screen descending from the ceiling, and an image far larger than the room suggests.

SNAIL POWER system shown at the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 9 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 9
The installation in the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 10 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 10
Detail of the speaker and wall finish, the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 11 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 11
The finished room at the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 12 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 12
Product photograph from the the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan set
Figure 13 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 13
Close-up of the driver and grille, the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 14 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 14
Equipment and cabling for the IW3 corridor cinema in Foshan
Figure 15 of 15 — Graphic from the original Chinese-language report 15

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