AUDITORIUM

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 INTRODUCTION

AN AUDITORIUM IS A ROOM BUILT

TO ENABLE AN AUDIENCE TO HEAR
AND WATCH PERFORMANCE AT
VENUES SUCH AS THEATRE.
AN ENCLOSURE ,COVERED OR OPEN,
WHERE PEOPLE CAN ASSEMBLE FOR
WATCHING A PERFORMANCE GIVEN
ON THE STAGE.
IT IS A MULTI PURPOSE
PERFORMANCE SPACE , LIKE DANCE,
DRAMA, MUSIC,MAGIC SHOW , ETC.

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 TYPE OF AUDITORIUM
1. PROSCENIUM AUDITORIUM :
 AUDITORIUM WITH AUDIENCE ONLY ON THE
FRONT SIDE.
 GIVE THE AUDIENCE CLEAR VIEW, MAIN FOCUS
TOWARDS THE PERFORMERS.
 ALLOW MUCH MORE REALISM.
 SPECIAL EFFECT OR LIGMHTING TRICKS CAN
. EASILY BE CONCEALED.

2. ARENA AUDITORIUM :
 A CENTRAL STAGE SURROUNDED BY
AUDIENCE
BY ALL SIDE.
 STAGE AREA IS OFTEN RAISED TO IMPROVE
SIGHT LINES .

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 3. THRUST AUDITORIUM :
 A stage surrounded by audience on three
side .
 The fourth side serves as the background.
 Typical modern arrangement.
 The stage is often a square or rectangular
performing area.
 Usually raised, surrounded by raked seating.
house
aisle Backstage

stage

Entrance/
lobby
 AUDITORIUM VS THEATRE
AUDITORIUM THEATRE
 IT IS A ROOM BUILT TO ENABLE AN  IT IS A STRUCTURE WHERE
AUDIENCE TO HEAR AND WATCH THEATRICAL WORKS OR PLAYS ARE
PERFORMANCES SUCH AS PERFORMED, OR OTHER
REHERSAL,PRESENTATION,SEMINAR PERFORMANCES SUCH AS MUSICAL
PERFORMING ART PRODUCTIONS CONCERTS MAY BE PRODUCED.

 AN AUDITORIUM IS A LARGER  A THEATREIS USUALLY A LARGER

SPACE THAT IS MORE OF SPACE THAT IS BUILT TO THE NEEDS
MULTIPURPOSE FACILITIES. AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THE
ENTERTAINMENT.

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 COMPONENTS OF AUDITORIUM

Backstage
Side wing
Stage
Proscenium
Balcony Apron
Aisle
Gangways
House

Entrance
ENTRANCE LOBBY
 PROPERTIES OF AN AUDITORIUM
THESE ARE ERCEPTION AND VIEWING
ANGLECOBTAINED FROM SPECTATORS’S
PSYCHOLOGICAL PERCEPTION AND VIEWING
ANGLES, AS WELL AS REQUIRED FOR GOOD
VIEW FROM ALL SEATS.
HEAD MOVEMENT SHOULD BE ACCORDING
TO FWING:
 30° – NO MOVEMENTS
 60° – SLIGHT MOVEMENTS
 110°- MORE EYE MOVMEMTS
 360°- FULL EYE MOMENTS AND
SHOULDER MOVEMENT.

PROCENIUM WIDTH
VISIONLIMIT 24 m.- 13 m
FOCAL LIMIT 32 m- 17 m
 SIZE AND SHAPE
 THE SIZE SHOULD BE FIXED IN THE RELATION
TO THE AUDIENCE REQUIRED TO BE SEATED.

 THE FLOOR AREA OF THE HALL INCULDING

GANGWAYS (EXCLUDING THE STAGE) SHOULD
BE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF 0.6 TO 0.9
SQ.M/PERSON.

 THE HEIGHT OF THE HALL IS DETERMINED BY

SUCH CONSIDERATIONS AS VENTILATION,
PRESENCE(OR ABSENCE) OF BALCONY AND
THE TYPE OF PERFORMANCE.

 THE AVERAGE HEIGHT MAY VARY FROM 6M

FORSMALL AUDITORIUM TO 7.5M FOR LARGE
AUDI.
PROJECTTION SCREEN :

 MIN. DISTANCE OF PROJECTION

SCREEN FROM WALL IS 1.2M.

 MIN. HEIGHT OF PROJECTOR

ROOM FROM LAST ROW IS 2.1M.

 IT IS PERFORATED (SOUND
PERMEABLE).

 WALLS AND FLOOR ARE MADE

FROM NON- REFLECTIVE
MATERIAL.
 SEATING CAPACITY:
 IT DEPENDS ON THE FORMATE SELECTED.
 OTHER FACTORS LIKE LEVELS, SIGHTLINE,
CIRCULATION AND SEATING DENSITY, SIZE
AND SHAPE OF STAGE.

 LENGTH OF ROW:
 MAX. NO. OF 16 SEAT PER AISLE, AISLE
25 SEATS PER AISLE IS PERMISSIBLE
IF ONE SIDE EXIT DOOR OF 1M WIDTH
IS PROVIDED PER 3-4 ROWS.
 MIN. AISLE WIDTH IS 1M,GOING SHALL BE
 BETWEEN 280MM TO 355MM, AND RISER
 SHOULD BE 115MM TO 190MM.

 EXIT, ESCAPE :
 1M WIDE PER 150 PERSON (MIN.
WIDTH 0.8M).
 AUDITORIUM SEATING
 THE SEAT SHOULD BE ARRANGED IN CONCENETRIC ARCS OF CIRCLE DRAWN
WITH THE CENTER LOACTED AS MUCH BEHIND THE CENTRE OF THE CURTAIN
LINE AS ITS DISTANCE FROM THE AUDITORIUM REAR WALL

 BACK TO BACK SEATING

  STAGGERED SEATING

 STAGGERING IS ARRANGMENT OF NON-

UNIFORM PLACEMENT OF SEATS VARYING
WIDTH IN SUCCEEDING ROWS.

 TO PROVIDE BEST VISIBILITY FROM ANY SEAT,

NO PERSON SHOULD SIT EXACTLY IN FRONT OF
ANY OTHER PARTON.
 STANDARDS
1. SITE SELECTION :
 DEPENDING ON AMBIENT NOISE LEVEL
BACKGROUND NOISE SHOULD NOT BE MORE
THAN 40 – 45 Db.
2. SIZE AND SHAPE :
 AVERAGE HEIGHT SHOULD BE 6 m TO 7.5 m .
 FAN SHAPE IS CONSIDERED BEST .
SIDEWALLS SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN 100
DEGREES .
FARTHEST SEAT SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN
23M WITH THE CURTAIN LINE .
3. STAGE :
 DEPENDS UPON THE TYPE OF PERFORMANCE
THE HALL IS CATER FOR .
 STANDARDS
4. ROOF AND CEILING :
 FALSE CEILING MATERIAL SHOULD BE SOUND
PROOF .
 REAR PORTION OF CEILING IS TREATED WITH
SOUND ABSORBING MATERIAL .

5. FLOOR :
 SUCCESSIVE SEATS HAVE TO BE RAISED OVER
PRECEDING ONES BY 120mm .
 ANGLE OF ELEVATION OF THE INCLINED
FLOOR IN THE AUDITORIUM SHOULD NOT
EXCEED BY 8 DEGREES .
 20 % OF THE SEATING AREA SHOULD BE
ALLOCATED FOR LOBBY , FOYER .

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 STANDARDS
6. SEATS :
 THE ANGLE SUBTENDED WITH THE
HORIZONTAL AT THE FRONT MOST OBSERVER
SHOULD NOT EXCEED 110 DEGREES.
 DISTANCE BETWEEN THE STAGE AND THE FRONT
MOST ROW SHOULD BE BETWEEN 3600 mm TO
4500 mm .
 WIDTH OF THE SEAT SHOULD BE FROM 450 mm
to 560 mm.
 DISTANCE BETWEEN SEATS BACK TO BACK
SHOULD BE 850 mm TO 1060 mm .
7. DISTRIUTION OF ACOUSTIC MATERIALS :
 AREAS WHICH CAUSES OBJECTIONBLE SOUND
REFLECTION SHOULD BE TREATED WITH SOUND
ABSORBING MATERIALS. THESE AREAS ARE :
 STANDARDS
 THE REAR WALLS.
 THE BALCONY PARAPET WALL.
 AREAS WHICH MAY REFLECT SOUND BACK TO
THE STAGE.
8. SOUND ABSORBING MATERIALS :
 MOST OF THE ABSORPTION IS PROVIDED BY
THE AUDIENCE .
 DESIRABLE TO INTRODUCE SPECIAL
ABSORBERS LIKE FIBRE PANELING ON
CEILINGS AND WALLS .
9. REVERBERATION TIME :
 IT IS DEFINE AS “THE TIME IT TAKES FOR AN
IMPULSE OF SOUND IN A ROOM TO DECAY
60 Db OF THE ORIGINAL LEVEL .
 VALUE IS AFFECTED BY ALMOST EVERTHING
IN THE ROOM, INCLUDING ROOM VOLUME , ABSORPTION OF ROOM MATERIAL,
DIFFUSION FROM SURFACES, ROOM TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE .
 ACOUSTICS
AUDITORIUM DESIGN WAS BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF PUSHING SOUND FROM THE
STAGE OUT INTO THE AUDIENCE.

 RELECTION OF  ABSORBTION OF
SOUND SHOULD BE SOUND IS NECESSARY
EARLY THAN 50 AT THE PALCE
MILISECONDS PROVIDING LATE
AFTER THE DIRECT REFLECTIONS.
SOUND .
 BACK WALLS, SIDE
 CEILING AND SIDE WALLS,BALCONY
WALLS NEAR STAGE FACES FLOOR WERE
ARE MADE CARPETED AND
REFLECTVE BY PADDED SEATS WERE
USING STONE OR COVERED BY FABRIC
WOODEN PANELS. PANELS OR ACOUSTIC
DRY WALL.
 STANDARDS

10. TOILET FIXTURES :

W/C URINALS WASH BASIN DRINKING
MALE / FEMALE MALE MALE / FEMALE FOUNTAINS
1 FOR 3 FOR 1 FOR 100 PERSONS. 1 FOR 200 PERSONS. 1 PER FIRST 75
100 P. 50 P. PERSONS.
2 FOR 4 FOR 2 FOR 200 PERSONS. 2 FOR 400 PERSONS.
200 P. 100 P.
3 FOR 8 FOR 3 FOR 400 PERSONS. 3 FOR 750 PERSONS.
400 P. 200 P.
11 FOR 4 FOR 600 PERSONS.
4OO P.
OVER 400,ONE ADDITIONAL OVER 600, ONE ADDITIONAL OVER 750, ONE ADDITIONAL
FIXTURE FOR 500 M. AND FIXTURE FOR ADDITIONAL FIXTURE FOR ADDITIONAL
300 F/M. 500 PERSONS. 500 PERSONS.
CHETTINAD HEALTH CITY
AUDITORIUM, CHENNAI
 INTRODUCTION
 AN AUDITORIUM FACILITY FOR
CHETTINAD HEALTH CITY.
 ACTIVITIES SUCH AS STAGE
PERFORMANCES, LECTURES,
SEMINARS PROJECTION OF WEB
CASTE AND MORE.
 LOCATION: CHENNAI, TAMIL
NADU, INDIA
 AREA: 5518.44 SQ.MT. (59,400
SQ.FT.)
 YEAR: 2010
 CAPACITY: 1000
 ARCHITECTS: MORPHOGENESIS
 ENTRANCE FOYER
 VAST EXPANSE OF FOYER
SPACES THAT ARE BROKEN
THROUGH GEOMETRIC
PATTERNS.

 TOTAL 6 ENTRY/EXITS FROM

BOTH SIDE.
• LEGENDS
1. MAIN ENTRY/ EXIT
2. ENTRANCE FOYER
• 3.4.5.6.20.21. ENTRY/
EXIT
• 7. SEATING 20
• 8. STAGE
• 9. 10. DRESSING
ROOM
• 11. V.I.P. ROOM
• 12. PANTRY 21
• 13. STAFF TOILET
• 14. CONTESTANT
TOILET
• 15. PATHWAY
• 16.17. PUBLIC TOILET

PLAN
• 18.19. STAIRS
 SECTION
 CONTEMPORARY FORMS WERE USED AS INSERTIONS.
 THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE WITH THE CEILINGS, WALL AND THE FLOOR GIVES
A VISION OF BEING A WHOLE SURFACE.
 4 AILSE AND 3 GANGWAYS (1 AFTER 11 ROWS AND REST AFTER 6 ROWS).
SIDE WING ENTRY/ EXIT

PROJECTOR
ROOM
HALLWAY

SEATING
STAGE
 CEILING DETAIL
 SUSPENDED
CEILING
USED. COVED LIGHTING

HANGING HVAC DUCT

POLE

WOODEN
CLADDING

RECESSED
LIGHTING

FABRIC ACOUSTICAL
BOARD
WOODEN CLADDING
SPEAKERS
 MATERIALS
 ENTIRE SURFACE
DEVELOPED FROM
GEOMERIC
TESSELLATIONS RESULTS
IN A FACETED AND FLUID
SURFACE TEXTURE.
 MATERIAL SUCH AS
FABRIC MOUNTED
ACOUSTICS BOARD ARE
USED, WHICH SERVED THE
NEED OF ACOUSTICS
REQUIREMENTS.
 COVED LIGHTING AND
RECESSED LIGHTING
WERE USED.
 MATERIALS
 WOODEN CLADDING WERE DONE
WITHIN THE WALL OF DESIRED SHAPE
TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF HVAC,
LIGHTING , AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPLMENT
AND ACOUSTICAL SERVICES.
 RECESSES CLAD IN WOOD WERE USED
TO PUNCTURE THE CEILING.
 GLIMPSE OF
PERFORMANCE
 SCREEN WAS ALSO DESIGNED IN GEOMETRY FORM FOLLOWING THE
CONCEPT.
 HUGE HALLWAY.
 MERCURY
(INDIRA GANDHI PRATISTHAN)
CONVENTION CENTER
 INTRODUCTION
INDIRA GANDHI PRATISTHAN HAS
STATE OF THE ART AUDITORIUMS OF
VARIOUS SEATING CAPACITY AND
ADEQUATE SMALL MEETING ROOMS
. THE SPACIOUS AND WELL EQUIPPED
CONFERENCE HALLS ARE NAMED
AFTER PLANETS.
AREA: 25ACRE(101172 SQ.MT.)
LOCATION : KATHAUTA CHAURAHA
RD. VIBHUTI KHAND,GOMTINAGAR,
LUCKNOW.
CLIMATE: COMPOSITE
CLIMATE
SATELLITE VIEW
 SITE PLAN N
 HIGHCOURT: 750M
 HIGHWAY(NH27): 1.4KM
 AIRPORT(AMAUSI):
25KMs
 RAILWAY STATION
(GOMTINAGAR RAILWAY
STATION): 1.1KMs
 METRO STATION
(INDIRA NAGAR): 2.6KM
 BUS STATION (QAISAR
BAGH): 10KM
 FIRE STATION
(VIRAJ KHAND): 2.3KM
 HOSPITAL(LOHIA): 700M
 COLLEGE(GOVT.): 2.6KM
 INTRODUCTION
AN AUDITORIUM
FACILITY IN INDIRA
GANDHI PRATISHTAN.

ACTIVITIES SUCH AS
LECTURES, SEMINARS
PROJECTION OF WEB
CASTE AND MORE.

CAPACITY: 400

 ARCHITECTS:SIKKA
ASSOCIATES
 ENTRY/EXITS

ENTRANCE
FOYER

PUBLIC ENTRY/ EXIT: 3 VIP ENTRY/EXIT : 2

 STAGE DETAIL
ENTRY ENTRY
EXIT EXIT

STAIRS

PROJECTOR

ENTRY EXIT
STAIRS
 STAGE DETAIL

ACCOUSTIC PROJECTOR SPEAKERS STAIRS

PANELS ENTRY EXIT

FOCUS LIGHTS
WOODEN
PANELLING
SPEAKERS SPEAKERS

SPOT LIGHT SCREEN

- LED PROJECTORS ARE USED FOR SCREENING.
- THEY ARE USED OF DIFFERENT SIZES 1200MMX1800MM SUCH AS PER
- REQUIREMENTS.
- EXTRA SPEAKERS WERE USED AT THE TIME OF PROGRAMME.
- FOCUS LIGHTS WERE HANDELED MANUALLY AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF STAGE.
AUDITORIUM STAIRS
STAIRCASE
TOTAL NO. OF STAIRS: 20 VERTICAL AISLE: 1450MM
RISER: 100MM AISLE (AFTER 1 STAIR:
TREAD: 300MM 1400MM
WIDTH: 2100MM GANGWAY(AFTER
ENTRY/EXIT STAIRS 6 ROWS): 2600MM
TOTAL NO. OF STAIRS: RUN WAY : 4600MM
11 (IN BACK) ; H=2200
7 (IN FRONT); H=1350
RISER: 150MM
TREAD: 300MM
WIDTH: 2100MM
PROJECTOR ROOM STAIRS
TOTAL NO. OF STAIRS: 46
RISER: 175MM
TREAD: 300MM
WIDTH: 1050MM
 SEATING ARRANGEMENT
TOTAL SEATS: 399
ENTRY/EXIT:5
ENTRY/EXIT
ENTRY/EXIT ENTRY/EXIT
51 SEATS 51 SEATS

ENTRY/EXIT 69 SEATS 80 SEATS 79 SEATS 69 SEATS ENTRY/EXIT

 PROJECTOR ROOM
- A PROJECTION BOX IS A ROOM OR
ENCLOSURE FOR THE MACHINERY REQUIRED
FOR THE DISPLAY OF MOVIE ON A REFLECTIVE
SCREEN LOCATED HIGH ON THE BACK WALL
OF THE PRESENTATION SPACE.
PROJECTION BOX
- AREA: 2.3M X 2.7M
- WINDOW OPENING: 0.6M X 0.9M
- WINDOW SILL: 0.6M
- TOTAL HEIGHT: 3M
- NO MEDIA ROOM
A.H.U. ROOM :-
AIR HANDLING UNIT IS AN AIR SYSTEM
THAT PERFORMS FUNCTION SUCH AS A
CIRCULATING, CLEANING HUMIDIFYING, A.H.U. ROOM
HEATIN, COOLING OR MIXING THE AIR.
 SERVICES

SMOKE DETECTORS

LIGHT: ON CEILING
FIRE ALARM

FOCUS LIGHTS ON WALL

 SERVICES

CENTRALIZED AC

ELECTRICAL ROOM NEXT

TO PROJECTOR ROOM
SERVICES

4 FIRE EXTINGUISHER

2 HOSE REELS

FIRE ALARM PANEL

REQUIREMENTS
ROOFING: R.C.C.
BEAM DEPTH: 1.8MTR. TO 2MTR.

WASHROOM:-
MALE TOILET: 2 URINAL, 3 WBC
FEMALE TOILET: 4 WBC, 2 WASHBASIN

BACKSTAGE: NOT AVAILABLE

GREEN ROOM: AVAILABLE

PARKING: (1200) SURFACE

PARKING

VIP ROOM: AVAILABLE

SOUNDROOM: AVAILABLE
 ADVANTAGES
 ALL NORMS WERE FULLFILLED.

 AISLES AND GANGWAYS WERE OF SUFFICIENT WIDTH.

 ENTRY/EXIT ARE 2200MM WIDTH.

 AUDITORIUM WAS COMPLETELY DESIGNED FOR SEMINAR PURPOSE.

 SOMETIMES CAPACITIES ARE NOT FULLFILLED, BUT IN MERCURY IT IS OF

400 CAPACITY AND THERE ARE 399 SEATS PROVIDED.

 THERE ARE NO HINDRANCE IN THE VIEW FROM THE BACK SEATS I.E. NO
BLIND SEAT OR BLIND ROW.
 DISADVANTAGES
 SOUND SYSTEM IS MANUALLY CONTROLLED WHICH CREATES
HINDRANCE NEAR SEATING. \

 FACILIITIES AVAILABLE IN GREEN ROOMS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT.

 HANDICAPPED TOILET AND DORRS WERE NOT PROVIDED AS DOORS
WERE NOT TWO SIDED.
 SOUND SYSTEM WAS AVAILABLE BUT NOW IT WAS NOT IN USE.
 BACK STAGE IS NOT PROVIDED.
 SIDE WINGS ARE ALSO NOT PROVIDED.
 WHILE PERFORMANCES EXTRA SOUND AND LIGHTS WERE USED.

 ONLY SUITABLE FOR PRESENTATIONS OR SEMINARS.

 CLEARANCE WAS NOT GIVEN AT THE STARTING OF STAIRS .

 SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGTH WEAKNESS OPPORTUNITY THREAT

 ALL NORMS  CAN ONLY BE  LED SYSTEM  BACKSTAGE

WERE USED FOR SCREENS AND WINGS
SATISFIED. SEMINARS WHICH CAN BE WERE NOT
PRESENTATION. USED ON AVAILABLE
MODERN
METHODS.

 CAPACITIES  OLD METHODS  MEDIA ROOM  CAN NOT BE

WERE WERE SHOULD BE USED FOR
FULFILLED AS ADOPTED THERE. PERFORM-
WRITTEN -ANCES.