Technology Empowers a Century-Old School: itc Supports the Upgrade of Shanghai Xinzhong Senior High School Auditorium

Source: https://www.163.com/news/article/KUGQEA2C00019UD6.html | Date: June 3, 2026

As education digitalization continues to advance, school auditoriums are becoming core spaces for arts education, cultural inheritance, academic exchange, and campus events. According to 2026 education-sector data cited in the source article, the compliance rate of arts education facilities in primary and secondary schools reached 92.3%, while investment in professional spaces such as auditoriums increased significantly.

Many school auditoriums still face common challenges: conflicting multi-functional needs, weak acoustic performance, complex system operation, and limited maintenance capacity. This article uses Shanghai Xinzhong Senior High School as a reference case to outline practical construction ideas for smart school auditoriums.

 

01. Core Standards for School Auditorium AV Systems

A secondary-school auditorium must support professional performances, arts teaching, academic lectures, and large assemblies. Lighting systems should offer high color rendering, adjustable color temperature, front light, top light, side light, back light, DMX512 control, synchronized sound and light, even illumination, and eye-safe performance without glare or flicker.

Professional sound reinforcement should meet performance-hall requirements, provide sufficient sound pressure level, maintain consistent sound-field coverage, and support speech intelligibility, reverb, equalization, and other audio adjustments for both performances and teaching.

An integrated control platform should centralize lighting, sound, stage machinery, and video systems. It should support one-touch scene switching, simple operation, tablet or touch-screen control, device status monitoring, and fault alarms.

02. Benchmark Case: Xinzhong Senior High School Smart Auditorium

Shanghai Xinzhong Senior High School is a modern boarding senior high school with a history of nearly 100 years. Its predecessor was founded in 1925, and the school is among Shanghai’s first experimental demonstration high schools. In 2025, the school celebrated its centennial and upgraded its core cultural facility, the auditorium.

For the school’s multi-functional auditorium needs and campus maintenance characteristics, the itc team conducted site surveys, acoustic simulation, and system customization. The final solution integrated the itc sound-light-video platform, intelligent stage lighting, professional acoustic reinforcement, and stage machinery, supporting the centennial celebration and related educational activities.

 

Note: Site of Shanghai Xinzhong Senior High School’s centennial celebration.

Intelligent Stage Lighting and Machinery

itc configured professional fixtures including film and television lights, moving head lights, and follow spotlights. These systems create stage layers, flexible color and brightness control, real-time character tracking, and synchronized changes in aperture and color. Professional stage machinery supports lifting, rotation, translation, preset scene recall, and multi-axis synchronized control.

 

Professional Acoustic Sound Reinforcement

Through acoustic simulation software and a customized sound coverage plan, the project optimized speaker placement and reduced sound-field blind spots. The system deployed line-array speakers, professional speakers, amplifier speakers, and 48kHz conference microphones to meet both academic lecture and performance needs.

 

itc Integrated Sound-Light-Video Control Platform

The platform uses AI music analysis to interpret rhythm and emotion in real time, automatically linking lighting and video for millisecond-level synchronization. Preset modes such as performance, meeting, and warm-up allow teachers and students to switch scenes with one touch on a tablet. Device monitoring and fault alarms help reduce maintenance difficulty and extend equipment life.

 

Note: The itc platform supports one-touch switching of multiple scene modes on a tablet.

03. Full-Industry-Chain Support from itc

With 33 years in the sound, lighting, video, and communication industry, itc provided full-lifecycle service for the Xinzhong Senior High School project, covering design, construction, debugging, training, and maintenance.

The company has major R&D bases in Guangzhou and Hangzhou, multiple production bases, more than 6,000 employees, around 800 R&D personnel, and thousands of intellectual property assets. Its core products are independently developed and manufactured.

itc has also built a nationwide service network with 240 service sites and professional after-sales engineers, providing rapid on-site response, online customer support, replacement policies, and maintenance service.

In education, itc has served thousands of universities, primary schools, and secondary schools across China, covering school auditoriums, gymnasiums, lecture halls, and classrooms.

 

04. Five Selection Suggestions for School Auditorium AV Systems

First, prioritize an integrated solution to avoid system compatibility problems caused by multiple suppliers. Second, balance teaching and performance needs rather than designing only for professional shows. Third, pay attention to early acoustic design and simulate the sound field before construction. Fourth, choose an intelligent control platform with one-touch scene switching. Fifth, select a supplier that can provide training and long-term maintenance.

05. Industry Value and Future Outlook

The successful upgrade of Shanghai Xinzhong Senior High School’s auditorium provided reliable technical support for the centennial celebration and created a replicable domestic model for smart school auditorium construction. Through self-developed technology, itc helped the campus art space become more digital and intelligent, adding technological momentum to high-quality arts education.

Looking ahead, itc will continue to focus on education scenarios, refine sound-light-video solutions for schools, support education digitalization, and help technology empower teaching while art lights up the campus.