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Mannahouse PDX
An LED wall
built into the lobby.
A fine-pitch LED surface, content workflow, distributed sound, and supporting displays designed as one lobby environment in Portland, Oregon.
View the project- Location
- Portland, Oregon
- Project type
- Architectural media environment
- Scope
- Lobby LED + distributed AV
- Disciplines
- LED / Content / Control / Audio
Architectural LED
Not a television hung after the fact.
The Mannahouse PDX lobby is a threshold: people arrive, orient themselves, gather, and move toward different parts of the campus. The main display needed enough presence to anchor that experience while respecting the existing slatted wall, open circulation, and viewing distances throughout the room.
30Qohr LED cabinets
1.95 mmFine pixel pitch
4KSignage playback
4Distributed loudspeakers
Architectural fit
The image was designed before the wall was touched.
The model established more than screen size. It tested how the display would sit inside the slatted surface, how people would encounter it from the room, and how the surrounding architecture would remain visible once the system was live.
The finished face is simple. The work behind it is not.
Every module belongs to a serviceable cabinet, every cabinet to a precise grid, and every signal and power path to a system the team can support after the installation crew leaves.
Set the surface.
Prove every tile.
Fixed installation
Close to the architecture. Open to the technician.
Front-service access allows the display to stay visually tight to the finished wall without requiring a service cavity behind it. Modules, receiving hardware, power, and data remain reachable from the room side when maintenance is needed.
- Cabinets
- Qohr T1.95 fixed install
- Service
- Front access
- Processing
- NovaStar VX1000
- Finish
- Architectural trim kit
The wall is the focal point. The system extends beyond it.
The primary LED surface, signage playback, room control, distributed sound, and kids displays were coordinated as one project rather than separate layers of equipment.
Architectural LED
Thirty Qohr T1.95 fixed-install cabinets form the primary lobby surface. A 1.95 mm pixel pitch, front-service access, and a finished trim kit keep the display detailed up close and resolved against the slatted wall.
Processing
A NovaStar VX1000 manages the LED canvas and translates the content signal into one calibrated image across the full cabinet grid.
Content + control
SpinetiX 4K signage playback, an Allen & Heath CC-7 touch panel, GPIO control, and protected rack infrastructure give the team a practical way to manage the environment.
Lobby audio
Four Fulcrum Acoustic RX8 loudspeakers and Powersoft DSP amplification extend clear, distributed sound through the open lobby without turning the room into a speaker showroom.
Kids display system
Four commercial Samsung displays, Kramer video-wall processing, and dedicated SpinetiX playback create a separate content surface for the kids area within the same coordinated project.
“They were very intentional and professional, with a spirit of excellence that helped our church to get what we needed to fulfill our vision with the right equipment.”
Alysia AlvaradoVisual Production Manager / Mannahouse
A digital surface. An architectural presence.
Mannahouse now has a lobby media environment that can welcome, inform, and direct people across the campus while the display, sound, control, and supporting screens operate as one coordinated system.
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