NATASAMRAT NILU PHULE RANGMANDIR

AUDITORIUM CASE STUDY

SIGN DHANARAJ R. PATANKAR

FOURTH YEAR – B. ARCH
SKNCOA ABTS - II
 AUDITORIUM CASE STUDY
• NAME- ANNA BHAU SATHE AUDITORIUM
• COMPLETED - CONSTRUCTED IN 2012.
• CAPACITY - THE CAPACITY OF THE AUDITORIUM IS 850.
WHERE 125 SEATS ARE ARRANGED ON THE BALCONY.

VIEW OF THE AUDITORIUM

FROM ROADSIDE

ENTRANCE FOYER OF THE

AUDITORIUM

• INTRODUCTION - IT WAS BUILT TO HOST MARATHI-LANGUAGE

THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND OTHER EVENTS. NAMED FOR THE
NOTED SOCIAL REFORMER AND WRITER, THE LOKSHAHIR
ANNABHAU SATHE AUDITORIUM HAS AN UNDERSTATED YET
STRIKING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND AN ELEGANT INTERIOR
WITH THE FINEST QUALITY APPOINTMENTS AND AUDIO/VIDEO
FACILITIES THROUGHOUT, INCLUDING AN AUDIO SYSTEM BUILT
AROUND HARMAN PROFESSIONAL’S JBL, CROWN AND DBX. 
LOKSHAHIR ANNABHAU SATHE AUDITORIUM WAS BUILT UNDER
THE AUSPICES OF GOVERNMENT AGENCY PUNE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, WHICH CHOSE ZILLION SOLUTIONS OF PUNE.
THE AUDITORIUM HAS THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM
INSTALLED IN IT.
PARKING FACILITY IS AVAILABLE – ON PAY AND PARK BASIS
THERE ARE VARIOUS FACILITIES OFFERED TO THE ARTISTS
INCLUDING REHEARSAL ROOM, 4 GREEN ROOMS, AND 4 LODGING
ROOMS.V.I.P. ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL GUESTS.
ALSO MULTIPURPOSE HALL IS CONSTRUCTED APPROXIMATE OF
6000 SQ. FT.

THIS AUDITORIUM IS CONSTRUCTED IN FAN SHAPE. THIS

IMAGE SHOWS THE DIFFERENT SURFACE TREATMENT
DONE IN THE AUDITORIUM.

CONICAL SURFACE TO
REFLECT THE SOUND RAYS

VIEW AT THE TOP SHOWING

LIGHT BARS, CURTAINS
TREATMENT OF INTERIOR SURFACES -

• THE TREATMENT OF INTERIOR SURFACES LIKE CEILINGS, SIDE

WALLS, REAR WALLS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE
ACOUSTICAL DESIGN.
• THE CEILINGS AND WALLS SHOULD PROVIDE FAVORABLE
REFLECTIONS TO REINFORCE THE SOUND THAT REACHES THE
REAR PARTS OF A BIG AUDITORIUMS.
• THE REAR WALLS SHOULD BE EITHER FLAT OR CONVEX IN SHAPE.
• IN LARGE HALLS, A FALSE CEILING IS USUALLY PROVIDED BELOW
THE TRUSSES. THE POSITION OF THE FALSE CEILING NEAR THE
STAGE AREA IS CONSTRUCTED OF REFLECTIVE
MATERIAL( USUALLY PLASTER OF PARIS) AND IS SUITABLY
INCLINED TO HELP REFLECTION FROM THE STAGE TO REACH THE
REAR SEATS OF THE HALL.
• THE REMAINING PORTION OF FALSE CEILING IS CONSTRUCTED TO
TAKE ACOUSTICAL MATERIAL.
• CONCAVE SHAPED CEILING, IN FORM OF DOME OR BARREL
SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

DIM LIGHTS ARE USED ON POROUS SURFACE IS

THE CEILINGS WHICH ARE CREATED AROUND THE DIM
CONTROLLED FROM THE LIGHT SO THAT THE SOUND
ELECTRICAL ROOM. RAYS DIMINISH INSIDE.
 A PIT IS PROVIDED IN THE SMOKE DETECTORS ARE
FRONT SIDE OF THE STAGE PLACED IN THE CEILING
SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHERE AS SPRINKLERS ARE
PLAYING INSTRUMENT CAN NOT EFFECTIVELY WORKED
BE SEATED AND SOUND CAN OVER THE GREATER
BE CONTROLLED. VOLUME.

THE ACOUSTIC HANGERS WERE DIFFERENT ABSORBTIVE

PROVIDED FOR SOUND INSULATION MATERIALS USED.

CURTAIN WALL AT THE MACHINES ARE PLACED AT

ENTRANCE OF THE THE TOP TO MOVE THE
AUDITORIUM,FOR VISIBILITY CURTAINS.
OF AMBIENCE.
FACILITIES INSIDE THE AUDITORIUM –

• TICKET COUNTER
• OFFICE
• CANTEEN
• COMMON TOILETS
• CUT OFF LOBBY
• LOBBY AND AUDITORIUM ENTRANCE/EXIT.
• SEATING FOR 830 PEOPLE.
• BALCONY PROVISIONS FOR 230 SEATS
• PROJECTOR SCREENING FACILITY AT BACK DROP OF STAGE
• MOVABLE WINGS IN HORIZONTAL DIRECTION FOR RESTRICTED
DISTANCE.
• V.I.P ROOMS
• 4 GREEN ROOMS WITH TIOLETS AND SEPARATE CHANGING ROOM.
• 4 REHEARSAL ROOM.
• 4 LOGGING ROOMS
• MULTIPURPOSE HALL
• LIGHT AND SOUND ROOM
• ELECTRICAL ROOM
• AIR HANDLING ROOM,PUMP ROOM.
• PARKING.

FIRE HYDRANTS ARE PLACED IN CUT OFF LOBBY

THE AUDITORIUM. BEHIND THE STAGE
 SURFACE OF THE WALL REFLECTIVE SUFACE FOR A
CLADDING IS IN CONICAL SHAPE CONICAL SURFACE USED IN
GIVES MORE REFLECTING RAYS. THE AUDITORIUM

SUPPLY DUCT WAS AT THE BOTTOM SECTION OF AUDITORIUM

WHILE RETURN DUCT WAS PLACED SHOWING THE DIFFERENT
ABOVE WOODEN PANEL SURFACES TREATMENT.A

DETAILS OF FIXING OF CURTAIN

BEHIND CONICAL SURFACE, WALL.

A MATERIAL LIKE SPONGE IS USED.

CONCLUSION - WOODEN SURFACE ACT AS REFLECTIVE MATERIAL

WHICH IS USED AT THE BOTTOM. WHEREAS BULGING CONICAL
SURFAE AT THE TOP. WOODEN FINS ARE PLACED NEAR TO THE STAGE
SO THAT IT CAN ABSORB THE VIBRATIONS FROM THE INSTRUMENTS.
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