Lamm: the wired lecture hall — power, data and design in one bench
India is building lecture halls faster than anyone — and filling them with laptops. Lamm designs for exactly that: study benches and conference seating with multimedia integration built in — wiring fully embedded and protected, connection points coherent with the design, ready for the digital classroom. The Parma house has engineered collective seating since 1959, entirely made in Italy, installed by its own teams worldwide — with academic references from the National University of Singapore and NTU to European campuses, and transformable tribunes that let one hall serve lectures, ceremonies and exams.
La Mercanti coordinates Lamm for Indian universities and corporate academies — the lecture hall as infrastructure.
FAQ
What does «multimedia integration» mean in practice?
That the bench is part of the network: power and data fully embedded and protected inside the furniture, flexible and customisable, with connection devices designed into the aesthetics — not drilled in later.
Can one hall serve teaching and ceremonies?
With transformable systems, yes: telescopic tribunes and retractable rows switch the room's function in minutes — a rectorate favourite when square metres are budgeted.
How to future-proof a lecture hall
Five rules for halls that outlast three technology cycles.
Embed the wiring
Cabling inside the bench survives every device generation.
Size power per seat
Every student charges something: plan watts, not sockets.
Choose repairable systems
Replaceable parts keep a 20-year asset serviceable.
Make it transformable
Tribunes that retract earn the hall a second job.
Test sightlines digitally
Screens changed geometry: model views to displays too.