Federal Palace Bern, Council of States Chamber

Kilchenmann brought the Council of States Hall up to date with the latest audio technology.

The sound system impresses with optimum speech intelligibility in all seats. When selecting and installing the technology, it was important to take into account the protection of historical monuments by using discreet components in the historic rooms and ensuring high-quality acoustics.

The audio technology includes the sound system for the spectator and lower stands, the front sound system for the members of the Council of States and the direct office sound system for the Federal Councillors. The system is controlled centrally by an operator. This operator can control and activate each of the 55 seats individually using two 4-channel mixing consoles and a touch panel. The mixing consoles were installed in the National Council chamber, the Council of States chamber and in committee room 301, where they are used for recording debates, sound reinforcement, multilingual operation and connecting the SRG. All seats in the small chamber can also select the language of the various interpreting booths using a channel selection module.
The interpreting booths and audio signals can be linked to each other (NR/SR/301) in order to expand capacity at any time.

Kilchenmann also manages the entire AV technology in the Bundeshaus with Service24 and guarantees 100% reliability with 24-hour support and fast intervention times.

During the sessions, a Kilchenmann service and operating team is on site and supports the politicians in the background to ensure that everything runs smoothly from a technical perspective.