Standards of Cinema Design

Accessibility
Entrances
 Entrances with waiting areas to prevent traffic
Parking
 Normally 1 per 5 to 10 spectators. The size will depend on the location and the
number of seats in the cinema hall,the number of venues. Local laws will
determine the number of handicapped and their location.
Circulation
Lobbies
Lobbies mediate between the outdoors and the cinema space itself ii.A successful
lobby must be sized to allow comfortable circulation and millingspace for all the
peopleiii.Rest rooms, public phones, drinking fountains, concessions and
merchandisingshould be provided and located within easy access.
Box booth (tickets)
i.Ticket booths require multiple windows and areas for computer workstations.ii.Multiple
windows must be available for both current displaying and futuredisplaying.
Aisles
i.Straight radial aisles are better for seeing purposes (scan from time saver p731)ii.They
must be employed in many localities becauseiii.An aisle should be of a maximum width
of 1.2 m.iv.As the aisle length increases with conventional seating, good design
practice and building codes generally require that cross aisles be added to the seating
plan toensure reasonable travel distance to exist.
Fire Escape
i.These should be very obvious to users and positioned so as to allow the rapiddispersion
of escaping people in a place of safety, away from fire hazards.
Spaces
Cafeteria/Waiting Area
i.The foyers are subdivided into actual foyer, cafeteria and a smoking area. An areaof
foyer should be 0.8-2.0 m²/ spectator.5 |Page

Restrooms
i.Bathrooms should have a minimum of one fixture for every 25 people; theseshould be
allocated 65% for women and 35% for men.ii.Rest rooms should be distributed in
proportion to the seats at each level of thecinema and also must provide accessible
fixtures compliance with applicablecodes and regulationsiii.People should not have to
travel more than one level up or down to get to the restroom.iv.Minimum width of
120cm for handicapped fixture inside the restrooms plus handrails located on each
wall.
Staff / Storage Rooms
i.There should be a changing and rest room for ushers and technical personnel with a
minimum width of 3 m.