Blade System
$ 7,200
Lamm: four Best of NeoCon medals — and the US campuses that followed
Chicago's Best of NeoCon is where America ranks contract furniture — and Lamm keeps returning to the podium: Silver medals for GENYA (2009, 2013), HL3 (2010) and RUNNER (2006), plus an Innovation Award in 2009. The Italian specialist — building university and auditorium seating since 1959 in Parma — backs the medals with campuses: DePaul Chicago, The Ohio State University, NYU in Washington DC, Clemson, Drexel, Kentucky's College of Medicine. Fixed seating, multimedia-ready study benches and transformable tribunes, made entirely in Italy and installed by the maker.
La Mercanti coordinates Lamm on US lecture halls and corporate auditoriums — awarded in Chicago, proven on campus.
FAQ
Why do NeoCon awards matter for a buyer?
Because the jury is the market: Best of NeoCon medals — four for Lamm between 2006 and 2013 — are assigned in Chicago by the industry itself, on products competing in the American contract arena.
Which US institutions already sit on Lamm?
The reference list names them: DePaul University, Ohio State, NYU Washington DC, Clemson, Drexel, University of Kentucky College of Medicine — lecture halls that buy on specification, not on brochure.
How to specify lecture hall seating for a US campus
Five steps from enrollment numbers to a hall that teaches well.
Start from pedagogy
Lecture, seminar or hybrid: teaching style sets the bench.
Wire the furniture
Power and data belong inside the bench, planned from day one.
Check codes and egress
Row spacing and aisle rules come before aesthetics.
Demand installed references
Campuses in service beat renderings every time.
Plan for decades
Fixed seating outlives software: choose repairable systems.