Villa Zito is located in Palermo and takes its name

Installed equipment
Crestron lighting equipment
DIN-AP2 Processor
DIN-1DIM4 Dimmer switch control
DIN-DALI 2 Dimmer switch control with Dali system
TSW-750-S Touchscreen
CIT-CL-6B-TEMP keyboard
Technical Room
1 Crestron DM-MD16X16 Video matrix 16 in, 16 out
1 Crestron CP3 Processor
1 Crestron V24 touchscreen
1 Crestron HDI-XSPA Audio Matrix
11 Monitor LED 21,5” NEC Wide
11 Stealth Acoustic STH-255R sub amplifier
j La sala conferenze di Villa Zito
Villa Zito conference room
1 Black Magic H.264 Pro Recorder Video signal converter
1 Kramer VS-88A audio matrix
1 Video Card MATROX
Sound systems
C - Quali sono i fattori che prendete in considerazione per capire come effettuare
l’installazione?
GG - Ogni situazione è differente, ma le variabili da considerare sono sempre le stesse:
bassi costi di installazione, alti livelli di design, diffusione acustica ottimale, per venire
incontro alle esigenze del cliente. In fase progettuale, poi, la comunicazione con il cliente
è indispensabile, specialmente quando la struttura è composta da due o tre piani.
Personalmente utilizzo la tecnica dei sottoquadri, soprattutto se si tratta di un edificio
pubblico dove non si può staccare la luce, ma si deve interagire con sottoquadri, distribuiti
in tutto l’edificio con controlli da remoto. Questo è un luogo pubblico, è importante la
gestione del personale in termini di quotidianità e, quindi, del tipico errore umano, per cui
cerchiamo di prevenire eventuali problemi… lavorando d’anticipo.
5 Stealth Acoustics LR6
15 Stealth Acoustics LR8
2 Stealth Acoustics STH-B30G subwoofer amplifier
2 Bose DS16F Flush mounted speakers
3 Bose DS16S wall-mounted speakers
2 Crestron C2NI-AMP 4X100 audio amplifier
Conference and press room
1 Barco PHWU-81B
Villa Zito is located in Palermo and takes its name from one of the last owners of the
house, the citrus fruits trader Francesco Zito Scalici, who bought the building in 1909. Its
current appearance is due to the intervention carried out, during the first quarter of the
twentieth century, by the architect Michele La Cavera. He was hired by Francesco Zito to
spruce up his residence, in keeping with the prevailing taste of the period. The result was
an elegant residence in line with sixteenth century classicism. The facade was re-done
with ashlar stones, complete with mini temples carved into the walls, highly decorated and
complete with balconies on the side. Nowadays, it is a museum run by the Fondazione
Siclia, and hosts a large collection of paintings dating from the seventeeth to the twentieth
centuries. The collection also includes graphic works, mainly maps.
A majestic building of extraordinary beauty, which in order to be “updated” technologically,
needed the expert hands of trained professionals. Therefore the partnership between Creston
and G Studio was formed and they set about refurbishing the technology in the villa.
Lighting: the overall project
For the installations at Villa Zito, Creston turned to G Studio, one of the expert installers from
the automation sector, who completely re-designed everything. On every floor of the building
there are area racks with a dedicated processor (DIN-AP2 Crestron), which are controlled by
general supervision processor, still from Creston –a CP3 model. Every floor is also equipped
with a touchscreen (TSW-750 Crestron) for the management of the installations in various
areas. It is, however, also possible to operate these systems from personal devices (iOs and
Android tablets), with personalised graphics and specific applications.
On each floor there are switches (five DIN-8SW8 per floor) to turn on the service areas and
outdoors. Furthermore, in all 24 exhibition rooms, you can control the lighting from every
chanel from every individual room, either from touchscreen or mobile device, as well as
creating up to three customised settings for the various environments.
Within each exhibition room, there is instead an eletrical panel for the Creston module (DIN1DIM4), responsible for dimming the Flos spotlights on the supply track, dedicated to lighting
the works of art. In order to make their settings completely independent, the system is linked
to an astronomical clock. The whole building block is littered with motion sensors so that the
software can detect the presence of people and thus can adjust the lighting depending on
whether guests are present in the room or not.
3 Monitor NEC LED 21,5” Wide (speakers’ preview)
1 Monitor 65” Panasonic TH-65LFE7E
Multimedia room
7 NEC NP-PA500X
5 projection screens
Room per room
The greatest strength of Villa Zito is the room for videoinstallation mapping, with five motorised screens and
seven NEC projectors (NP-PA500X) which can screen videoart and video-mapping, in edge blending. An Elmo burglar
alarm is capable of checking the sensors scattered around
the Villa, with real-time updates of any faults and anomolies,
shown on the management software. This allows you to turn
on or off the entire system or individual zones.
The video surveillance part (also from Elmo) uses a
montion detector software, which promptly alerts the
operator with a pop-up on the screen.
The Creston software also effectively manages the sprinkler
system in every room, displays faults, malfunctions or
alarms. In terms of air conditioning, Daikin products
were selected, completely integrated through the dialogue
protocol Modbus IP. The thermoregulation is regulated
by 3 UTA Sauter integrated with Bacnet IP, which ensures
the temperature is regulated in every room through control
panels. In the multimedia audio room, there are LR8
speakers from Stealth Acoustic, which gurantee high-
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