Is there an online resource for standard sizes in architecture?
Such as, "Auditoriums for 300 people are usually # x #"?
Or-
"A standard stage needs # x # front stage, # x # backstage, this much for a lighting rig", etc?
I would like to to design a community center with dance and art studios, but short of visiting a variety and manually measuring them, I'm not sure about their optimal sizes. I have Googled every combination of terms I can think of, and haven't found a straight answer.
If you can go to the library look at Timesaver Standards for Architectural Design. You might find it on google books, too. Architectural Graphic Standards has info on standard sizes as well, though not as much oriented toward planning.
Or draw 300 seats (21" wide average) in a code-complying arrangement (either "continental," with 36" seat to seat and no limit on how many seat s to the aisle or regular with 33" seat to seat and no more than 6 seats between any seat and the aisle) and see what you get.
Online Resources for Standard Sizes
Is there an online resource for standard sizes in architecture?
Such as, "Auditoriums for 300 people are usually # x #"?
Or-
"A standard stage needs # x # front stage, # x # backstage, this much for a lighting rig", etc?
I would like to to design a community center with dance and art studios, but short of visiting a variety and manually measuring them, I'm not sure about their optimal sizes. I have Googled every combination of terms I can think of, and haven't found a straight answer.
Is there 1 online source you know of?
If you can go to the library look at Timesaver Standards for Architectural Design. You might find it on google books, too. Architectural Graphic Standards has info on standard sizes as well, though not as much oriented toward planning.
Or draw 300 seats (21" wide average) in a code-complying arrangement (either "continental," with 36" seat to seat and no limit on how many seat s to the aisle or regular with 33" seat to seat and no more than 6 seats between any seat and the aisle) and see what you get.
thank you, spruce :)
^ like spruce, best idea is work from code requirement. after all, that's what it will be measured against.......
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