Kaltura is a software company that provides a cloud-based video platform, serving universities, large organizations, media and telecom companies, with products for video learning, online work and communication, virtual events, and TV and internet services. The company’s platform is also available as open source and provides infrastructure for video management, creation, protection, accessibility, search, interaction, and sharing. The Kaltura software is available to developers as an SDK and also as a free plugin for content management websites.
In July 2021, Kaltura became a public company. The project was designed by Roy David Architecture on a 5,000 square meter area spanning three and a half floors in the Elide Tower in Ramat Gan. The project was planned with the highest level of finishing, including elements executed for the first time, such as patterned carpets and recessed wooden floors in resin-coated surfaces. Yaniv Engineering opened up the concrete floors of the building on three floors, reinforcing them with massive reinforcements to carry tens of tons of weight. Subsequently, a steel staircase was constructed, surrounded by glass walls mounted on stainless steel rods and brackets, resembling an environmental sculpture in the middle of the project. The cafeteria area, beautifully executed, includes a 50-meter-long bar with curved lines, featuring marble and stainless-steel surfaces and resin-coated seating tribunes along the walls. Even the floors, like the bar, have curved lines, and with different flooring types, each area of the cafeteria receives curved traffic lines, creating an infinite sense of space.
As we enter each floor, we pass through video walls that change the viewing angle according to the direction of movement and entry, giving the feeling of entering a time tunnel within the project. The room walls were made of colored glass teeth, so even the staircase walls received special treatment, creating a feeling of walking within endless corridors.
Quiet rooms, meeting rooms, and booths received special attention with soft velvet acoustic products and acoustic ceilings besides acoustic walls with unique and project-specific configurations.
Yaniv Engineering faced many challenges, the first of which were very tight timelines and a fully occupied building, requiring unconventional working hours and reinforcement work for the building envelope and walking paths. In addition, the finishing details were very complex and were planned by Roy David Architecture with details executed for the first time, requiring us to establish joint thinking teams with the architect and project manager. The products in the project were unique and required special manufacturing outside Israel, which required very close management and monitoring of all imported products.
Yaniv Engineering utilized its entire technological array to meet the tight deadlines and execute a complex and challenging project within very short timelines and at a high-performance level. The collaboration with Roy David Architecture was a crucial part of the project’s success.