Gongora, Mark Niel R.

BS Architecture 03
ADA 315
Activity No. 12

Lecture Room
The Lecture Room should be designed to function equally well for presentation or for collaborative
learning and other interactive learning formats. Choices and combinations of available space,
classroom furniture, and proper installation of multimedia technology determine the level of
performance for any particular room. All furnishings in lecture rooms with flat floors should be
movable. In those rooms with sophisticated technology profiles, the instructor’s podium or other
A/V equipment should have limited mobility. However items such as remote controls, wireless
microphones, and wireless keyboards must be mobile and afford flexibility for the user's location in
the classroom.

Technology design should include appropriate IT outlets for podiums, wireless, networking for AV,
and power. Plans should offer a primary presentation wall that includes whiteboards and motorized
screens. The inclusion of whiteboards on adjacent walls facilitate collaborative configurations. Tables
on casters and sled-based chairs are the preferred furniture for lecture rooms. Universal design is
best met by using 60” wide height-adjustable tables serving two students who are abreast in regular
chairs. Tablet arm chairs are not recommended for lecture rooms, as they are poorly designed for
laptop use and accessibility requirements.

Typical Room Layout for 30-occupantLecture Rooms.

Typical Room Layout for 48-occupant Lecture Rooms.

Typical Room Layout for 64-occupant Lecture Rooms

Space description
Lecture rooms are designed mainly as education content and information delivery to
groups, but may also be used for interactive learning and discussion.The spaces are also to
be multi-purpose in nature enabling flexible layouts enable Active Learning for medium size
groups.

Circulation

The square feet per person ratio is proportionate to the space associated with the
podium/front of room, and amount of circulation space required. If the function of the room
requires a large stage area or specific circulation pattern, the overall square feet per person
may be over guideline.

Planning/Programming

Site factors - Ideally locate with proximity to a museum

common space
- Locate near student crush space for pre/post
lecture gathering
- Larger lecture rooms may also be used as Seminar
Rooms.

Room and Spaces Planning - rectangular, with ability to divide room into smaller
Requirements square spaces
- Preferred proportions of 1:1.7. Maximum
variation 1:2

Design occupancy - 75 to 150 persons

Area Approx 1m2/person, depending on desired layout

Other - Usage is typically transient for 1-3 hour periods

- High use space with various user groups.
Exhibition hall
a hall in which pictures, sculptures, or other objects of interest are displayed
a new exhibition hall for industrial and technical exhibitions

CIRCULATION
People follow general patterns as they move through exhibition spaces. Some of the
important factors that influence this movement are listed below.

1. People tend to approach landmarks, moving objects/animals, sound, and large objects.
These visual attractors exert strong influence over circulation pattern (Bitgood,et al, 1993).

2. People tend to approach an area containing other people unless it is too congested, in
which case a crowd may have a repelling effect.
3. Visitors tend to exit a room when they encounter an open doorway even if they have not
viewed all of the exhibits or objects in the room (Melton, 1933; 1972).

4. Visitors tend to remain on the same type of floor surface (carpet, wood) unless other
forces impinge upon them.

5. Visitors tend to prefer the security of the main pathway and are reluctant to circulate off
this pathway to areas on the periphery of the setting. Two techniques have been found to
attract visitors off the main pathway: the placement of exhibits along the hallway leading to
the gallery and playing music in the gallery (Bitgood, Hines, Hamberger, & Ford, 1991).

6. Human inertia influences circulation. This is the tendency for visitors to continue walking
in the same direction or along one wall in a gallery unless some other force pulls them in
another direction.

7. Right-turn bias. When visitors enter a gallery with exhibit objects on both walls, they tend
to turn right in the absence of other stronger attracting cues.

8. At times, visitors may look for specific objects or exhibitions in a museum. This, of course,
will influence circulation pattern. Adequate wayfinding must be provided, however, if
visitors are to be successful in finding their goal.

9. Griggs (1983) recommends that choice points be identified and orientation planned
during the development of
the exhibition. The environment should suggest the intended sequence in addition to having
obvious signs.

10.Breaks in the sequence of an exhibition should be identified to visitors (Griggs, 1983).

Placing a large exhibition in a pre-ordained space can create problems. Designers are often
forced to compromise on the layout of exhibit displays, which can create confusion to
visitors. The orientation system should provide appropriate indications when such problems
occur.

Reference: http://www.informalscience.org/sites/default/files/VSA-a0a1p6-a_5730.pdf

Space Programming

Examples:
Reference: Architectural Programming - Exhibit A: Space Requirements (wbdg.org)