This presentation is a small introduction to Auditorium Design and touches upon a lot of topics and case studies to help you understand it better.

1. AUDITORIUM STUDY
1. CASE STUDY
2. LITERATURE STUDY

2.  AUDITORIUM DESIGN
 INTRODUTION
 TYPES OF AUDITORIUM
 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
 CASE STUDY OF DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR AUDITORIUM
 CASE STUDY NCPA MUMBAI
 COMPARISON
 CONCLUSION
CONTENTS

3. AUDITORIUM DESIGN
INTRODUCTION
• An auditorium is a room built to enable an
audience to hear and watch performances at
venues such as theatres.
VARIOUS PARTS OF AUDITORIUM
BACKSTAGE – The space which functions
as awaiting room.
HOUSE – It is the main seating area.
STAGE – Place were performance is held

4. TYPES OF AUDITORIUMS
ARENA THEATRE
Auditorium with audience surrounded on all sides.
PROSCENIUM THEATRE
Auditorium with audience only on the front side
THRUST THEATRE
Auditoriums with audience
surrounded on three sides
FLEXIBLE THEATRE
Auditoriums with flexible stage and seating arrangement

5. GENERAL PRINCIPALES OF DESIGN
 SITE SELECTION AND PLANNING
- Site choice for an auditorium is governed by several factors
Noise is an important consideration.
- The quietest possible condition should be provided so that
intelligibility of speech does not suffer and even soft passages
of music is heard.
- When air conditioning is provided special care should be taken
to attenuate the plant noise and the grill noise. For this purpose
plant should be suitably isolated and ducts as well as the plenum
should be so designed that noise gets adequately reduced so as to be
within the permissible limits.
 SIZE AND SHAPE
- The size should be fixed in relation to the number of audience required
to the seated.
- The floor area of the hall including, gangways (excluding the stage) should
be calculated on the basis of 0.6 to 0.9 sq.m per person.
- The height of the hall is determined by such presence of balcony and the
type of performance.

6. SHAPE AND CIELING
SHAPE OF AUDITORIUM FORM OF CEILING

8. AUDIO AND VISUAL COMFORT

10. CASE STUDY
DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR AUDITORIUM

11. INTRODUCTION
DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR AUDITORIUM
• Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar auditorium is
a grand structure built in the campus
of the Ram Manohar Lohiya Law
university.
• It is one of the India's largest
auditorium located near LDA’s Kanpur
road Lucknow.
• Its construction was completed in
2011.

12. BUBBLE DIAGRAM

13. ARCHITECTURE DETAILS
 There are 2 Auditorium
• Capacity 2650
• Capacity 350
 Separate entries for V.I.P.
 2 V.I.P rooms.
 A semi circular food court
 2 rehearsal rooms.
 A foyer area before the entry in the
auditorium
 and connecting corridors.
 Audio visual cabin.
AUDITORIUM OF CAPACITY 2650
AUDITORIUM OF CAPACITY 350

14. SECTION

15. PLAN

16. STAGE
• Stage is in the shape of a semicircular with
the radius of 10.5 m.
• The level of elevation of stage is +900 mm.
• The floor of the stage is finished with natural
wooden battens.
• The main purpose of wooden flooring is
acoustical insulation as well as to make a
smooth surface.
• There is a projection screen at the back end
of the stage measuring 12mx18m.
• At both the ends of stage, the suspended
screen are provided for the side rows
audience.

17. BACK STAGE
• The back stage is built on the trebeated
structure.
• V.I.P. entries through the backstage.
• It is also in the shape of semi circular of
radius 27 m.
• 2 entry/exit given along connected with the
food court and cyclorama.
• A staircase is provided in the back stage
which connect to the green room and rehearsal
rooms.
• It has a cabin for Audio visual control system.

18. LOWER HOUSE
• The house of the auditorium is planned in circular
shape.
• It is of THRUST TYPE auditorium.
• Total number of ENTRY/EXIT- 6
• The height of the ceiling from the last row is
3000mm.
• Central Gangway is 2000 millimeter wide.
• Intermediate Gangways are 1350 millimeter
wide.
• Total number of gangways are 7 in which 3 are
intermediate gangways.
• The proscenium width is 3000mm.

19. LOWER HOUSE
• Flooring is done with soft carpet for acoustical as well as aesthetic
purpose.
• Structural walls of the house are covered with veneered and soft
carpet for decorative as well as acoustical purpose.
• The dimension of door is 2000x2000mm.
• Total no. of rows-16
WALLS FLOORING

20. BALCONY
• Total number of ENTRY/EXIT- 4
• No. of gangways -12.
• The dimension of door is 2000x2000mm.
• The level difference from the first to the last row
is 9600mm.
• The height of the riser is 600mm and total no. of
steps is 48 of riser 200 mm each.
• The railing is provided in the front of the first row
of height 500mm.
• Total number of rows are 18.

21. • Flooring is done with soft
carpet for acoustical as well as
aesthetic purpose.
• Structural walls of the house
are covered with veneered
and soft carpet for decorative
as well as acoustical purpose.
ACOUSTICS
• It has a cabin for Audio visual control system.
• The floor of the stage is finished with natural wooden battens.
• The main purpose of wooden flooring is acoustical insulation as well as to make
a smooth surface.

22. TYPES OF SOUND
SYSTEMS

23. LIGHTING
•No catwalk was provided.
•Everything was operated
using the machines.
•Halogen Lights were
placed in rows.
•It was brought down using
the switches.
•Focus light stands were
provided on the auditorium
walls.

24. FOCUS LIGHTS

25. SERVICES
•The had a designed storm water drainage system.
•Storm water gutters ran through the periphery of the complex.
•The depth of the gutters are approximately 50 cm.
•These gutters connected to the main gutters on the roads.

26. Located beneath the Auditorium. Consists of chiller, compressor, condenser, cooling tower.
AIR HANDLING UNIT

27. FIRE FIGHTING
HOSE REEL ALARM FIRE EXTINGUISHER

28. DEMERITS
• Water Sprinklers are not provided for fire safety system . Only fire
alarm, smoke detector and fire extinguishers are provided.
• Risers (200 mm) of the upper tier of the house were quite high and
thus, are very uncomfortable.
• The stage was not visible properly from the corner seats of the house.
• Even the screens which were provided for the audience sitting on the
corner seats were not properly visible due to the curvature of the
stage.

29. STANDARDS
• Water sprinklers are the fastest and the most effective preventive
method in case of indoor fire. Hence a public building like this must be
provided with water sprinklers.
• The riser height shall exceed 175mm. here, risers measured about
200mm in the last row of the upper tier.
• The house shall be designed in such a way that the stage is visible
from each and every seat with ease.

30. CASE STUDY:
N.C.P.A.
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING
ART
MUMBAI

31. INTRODUCTION
Established in 1959.
Inaugurated in 1969.
Founder : Dr. Jamshed J. Bhabha
Architects : Philip Jhonson and Patel Batliwala
Area : 3200 sq. metres.
The first multi – purpose and multi venue cultural centre to be built in South Asia.
Different uses : Dance, drama, film, theatre, international music, literature and photography.

32. LOCATION
The site is situated at N.C.P.A. road in South
Mumbai.
The site is located in commercial area.
The site is divided in six blocks.
There are six entries to the site.
To reach there: It is close to two of the city's
largest railway stations Churchgate and
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) and bus routes
stop in front of the main gate.
The NCPA is a member organization of the
International Music Council, founded by UNESCO
in 1949.

33. AREAS OF N.C.P.A.
TATA THEATRE
JAMSHED BHABHA THEATRE
MAIN ADMINSTRATIVE OFFICE
TEACHING AND RESEARCH BLOCK
EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
DANCE ACADEMY THEATRE
BLACK BOX
ART GALLERY
GUESTS ROOM
CAFÉ
LIBRARY
GREEN ROOM
KITCHEN
RECEPTION
OPEN AIR THEATRE

34. SITE PLAN
A. CORPORATE OFFICE
B. LIBRARY AND STUART-LIFE
COLLECTION
C. LITTLE THEATER
D. WEST & EAST ROOM 1 & 2
E. BOX OFFICE
F. JAMSHED BHABHA THEATRE
G. BASEMENT PARKING
H. CAFET AREA
I. SEA VIEW ROOM
J. TATA THEATER
K. MEMBERSHIP DEPARTMENT
L. AMADEUS
M. CENTRAL OPEN AIR SPACE
N. PIRAMAL ART GALLERY
O. EXPERMENTAL THEATRE
P. DANCE THEATRE GODREJ

35. PARKING
The NCPA CENTRE is overall
provided with a basement
parking area.
Separate parking area near the
theatres are also present but
only for VIPs’.
These parkings consists of
maximum 6 car parking lots and
were mainly near:
Gate 4 (VIP parking)
Gate 3
Gate 1

36. TATATHEATRE

37. TATA THEATRE
Designed by Philip Jhonson and acoustician Cyril Harris.
Opened in 1982
Seating Capacity : 1010 persons.
Foyer Capacity : 500-600 persons.
Six entries.
Rotating stage.
Six green rooms with attached toilets.
Sea view room
Technical rooms
Store room
Waiting area for performers.
Elevators for performers.
Height of auditorium is 15m.

38. ENTRY
There are separate entrances, one for
the performers and the other for
audiences.
The entry for performers is also used
as service entry.
Two separate emergency exits are
provided near the stage.
BACKS
TAGE
• All technical rooms.
• The main entry for performers.
• Store room.
• Entry to the sea view room.

39. SEATING
ARRANGEMENT
The theatre is fan-shaped.
The seating arrangement is divided into five equal
parts.
Seating capacity is 1010 persons.
Six aisles divided.
Each bay consists of 202 seats.
The path between these divisions is 850mm wide.
The level difference between two consecutive rows of
seatings is 300mm.

40. DETAILS

42. WALLS AND CEILING
The walls and ceiling has basic wooden framework.
These framework (panels) had alternate concave and
convex triangular forms which ensured even distribution of
sound over the entire auditorium.
These projections come out from the sides of the walls.
They are hollow and may act as resonators.
These are surfaces which help in the dispersion of sound.
The special acoustic forms are made up of high density
compressed plaster (P.O.P.).
Due to these special acoustic methods, the voice is
naturally audible at any place in the auditorium without any
mikes or sound systems.
Sprinklers are placed at a distance of 4 metre on the ceiling.

44. LIGHTING
A good number of lighting
fixtures are oriented on the
stage covering all angles.
There are halogen lights on
the ceiling over the seating
area.
There are a total of lights on
the ceiling.
These lights can be dimmed
or brightened as per the
requirements.
The lighting over the stage
also had fixtures to hang the

45. Sound System
CD Player : 1
Stereo amplifier : 1
Basic sound system for speech and music
reinforcement 2 loudspeakers permanently installed on
the left and right side of the rear wall.
Mixer (stereo) 8 channel : 1
Microphones (corded) : 8
Professional sound system as required for theatres /
musicals are to be hired by the producers

46. STAGE
Semi-circular stage.
No curtains and fins.
The inner portion (upto 4.7 M radius) is rotatable.
The outer portion of the stage is fixed.
It rotates 180 degrees in 80 seconds.
The radius of the semicircular stage is 7M.
Hardwood timber flooring over concrete for stage.
For the rest of the auditorium, there is RCC floor covered
with woollen carpet.
Size 9 m (d) x 17.5 m (w) at its maximum width: Height 3 m
at upstage; 6 m at downstage.

47. Truck Dock Ramp
Located at right of stage.
Entry through Dorabji Tata Road (Marine Drive).
Door Opening: 2.75 m (w) x 2.8 m (h).
Dock Size: 6.25 m (w) x 7 m (d) x 4.7 m (h).
Performance
Lighting
Lighting Console: Element (ETC make)
Power Pack : 48 Dimmers of 2 kW each with DMX control EUR

48. AIR-CONDITIONING
The ceiling had a 10 feet duct over for the
pipelines.
The auditorium was centrally air-
conditioned.
The blowers were on the wooden frame of
the ceiling.
The ac plant was in the basement of the
auditorium.
These were connected through pipelines to
the main ac plants in the AHU (air handling
unit) room.

49. JAMSHED
BHABHA THEATRE

50. INTRODUCTION
Proscenium theatre equipped with modern
stagecraft, excellent acoustics and sight-line
suitable for productions of opera, ballet,
musical and large-scale corporate shows.
Entry to JBT is through NCPA Gate No.3 from
the Dorabji Tata Road (Marine Drive) and exit
from NCPA Gate No.4 (NCPA Marg)

51. SEATING CAPACITY
Total Capacity: 1109
Reduced in the following cases:
Use of orchestra pit by 91 seats
Use of in-house sound mixer/monitor by 15 seats (variable)

52. GROUND FLOOR PLAN

53. SEATING PLAN

54. SECTION

55. FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Seat colour : Blue
Carpet colour : Maroon
House Chandelier : Crystal, Circular over row ‘J’
Entry/ Exit doors : 8 with Panic-bar; marked 1E to 3E, 1W to 3W and 1S to 2S
Handicap seats : Row ‘A’ (at level 0 accessible from the lower foyer) Row ‘Q’ (at level 1
accessible by elevator at the foyer)

56. STAGE
Stage entry : From East & West Foyer 2 Nos. (Stage Right & Left)
Floor: Hardwood timber flooring on MS framing (No traps, No revolve)
Size : 23.7 m (w) x 14.2 m (d) (Behind house-curtain)
Space in front of house-curtain: + 1 m (d)
Wing space (Variable)
(Stage-left, concrete flooring) 4m (w) x 16m (d) clear height 3.85 m (min.)
(Stage-right, concrete flooring) 3m (w) x 16m (d) clear height 5.6 m (min.)
Cross-over Space (Up stage) 0.85 m (d) x 23.7 m (w) (Concrete flooring)
Stage-to-grid height 21 m

57. Architectural Proscenium :16.7 m (w) x 9.3 m (h) Opening
Stage Edge-to-Auditorium : 30 m
Mobile Towers on Stage 10 (5 each on stage-left & right): acts as wings, 2.4m (w) x
9.3m (h) (black) and lighting-towers for drama/ dance: or as side-wall sound
reflectors for
Orchestra Shell (natural wood finish):
5 towers can be lined-up upstage, if not required; it cannot be moved out of Stage.

59. INVERTED STAGE CEILING PLAN

60. CEILING

61. WALLS

62. FLOORS

63. ORCHESTRA PIT
Forestage Orchestra Elevator 19 m (w) x 4 m (d) : travel -2.9 m
(below stage), 0.0m (auditorium level) to + 1 m (stage level);
locking at 400 mm increments (9)
Capacity 60 musicians
Below stage Pit, fixed portion 15.4 m (w) x 4.2 m (d) x 3.1 m (h)

64. ORCHESTRA SHELL
An Orchestra Shell (timber) suitable for 90 musicians can be erected on
stage with prior notice; requires two working shifts for erection and one
shift for dismantling
Dimensions
Max. height : 7.9 m (Down stage)
Max. width : 16.7 m (Down stage)
Min. height : 6.6 m (Up stage)
Min. width : 12.4 m (Up stage)
Depth : 15.7 m

65. DRESSING ROOMS
Ground Floor, Solo Rooms 3
(9 sq.m. each)
First Floor, Solo Rooms 4 (9
sq.m. each)
Second Floor, Group Rooms
2 (18.5 sq.m. each) (7
persons each)
Third Floor, Group Room 1
(46.5 sq.m. each) (18
persons)
Space for quick change 22
sq.m., height : 3.9m on Stage
right is available.

66. BACKSTAGE There are 4 entries for artists and crew members
directly to the backstage of which 1 is from the
foyer.
2.4 m (w) x 2.1 m (h)
3 inch thick.
1cm thick leather and foam cushioning outside
and rest is dense wood inside.
LOADING/UNLOADING
There are 3 entries directly from outside for
loading/unloading of the props and instruments.
3m (w) x 5.6m (h)
2 x wooden doors
1 x rolling shutter.
The A.C. compressors are all placed on the
backside of the stage along with the fire
equipment.

67. CONTROL ROOM
Location : Rear of the auditorium
behind glass window; partially
openable divided into 4
compartments inter-connected
through common passage suitable for
production control.
Compartment 1: 60 sq.m.
Compartment 2: 20 sq.m.
Compartment 3 :10 sq.m. (Light
Control Cubicle)
Compartment 4: 45 sq.m.
Power Supply: 18 kW 30 Amps per
phase

68. MISCELLANEOUS SPACES
Foyers at two levels :
Ground floor (zero level)
Area: 930 sq.m.
Height: variable, minimum 2.5 mtr
Elevator 1 (West Foyer)
Accessory Electric 9 kW (East Foyer)
Lighting Supply : Load 15 Amps per
phase 9 kW (West Foyer) Lighting
Load 15 Amps per phase
Service Counter 2 (one front Foyer
and one in West Foyer)

69. First floor (level one)
Area : 465 sq.m.
Height : variable; minimum 2.5 mtr.
Service Counter 1 (East Foyer)
Museum Area (first floor) 165 sq.m. height 5.45 m (Separate venue)
REHEARSAL ROOMS
These are separate venues.
West Room 1 124 sq.m., height 2.88m
(second floor West wing) (90 sq.m. adjoining open terrace)
Car Parking Basement and open spaces (available on first come first
served basis)

70. LIGHTING
Light Bars: 6 (Double-barrel 48mm
tubular battens)
Operation: Motorized Winch (fixed
speed)
Position of first LX bar: 4.6 m from
the edge of the stage
Max. fly height: 12 m
Spacing between adjacent fly set &
LX bar: 350 mm
Maximum loading capacity (SWL):
1000 kg

71. OFF STAGE LIGHTING
FOH Lighting Bridge: Over row ‘G’,
11.5 m from the edge of stage; at
height :12.5m
Rear Wall Lighting bar: Over row
‘X’, 30m from the edge of stage; at
height : 4.8m
Box Boom (Right): Auditorium right
& left
Box Boom (Left): walls respectively,
in Line with row E, 9.5m from the
edge of stage at height 9.5m

72. SOCKETS FOR LUMINARIES
Local Power Supply Specifications.
230 Volt, 50Hz, I-Phase
440 Volt, 50Hz, 3-Phase
Neutral grounded
Power Supply for sound and projection systems – 18kw(30A
per phase)

73. AUDITORIUM
DESIGN
PRESENTATION GIVEN BY-
ANJALI DHANSON
BARCH/10021/16

74. INTRODUCTION
The Philharmonie de Paris is a cultural institution in
Paris, France which combine spaces all dedicated
to music. It is composed of concert halls, exhibition
spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services,
restaurant and bars. The main buildings are all
located in the Parc de la Villette at the
northeastern edge of Paris in the 19th
arrondissement.
LOCATION : 221 West Avenue Jean-Jaurès, Paris,
France.
CONSTRUCTION YEAR : 1995-2015
DESIGNED BY : AR. JEAN NOUVEL
ACOUSTICS : Harold Marshall (Marshall Day Acoustics)
– Toyota - Eckhard Kahle
TYPE : Concert hall
SUFACE AREA : 2200 M SQ.
HEIGHT : 54 M
CAPACITY : 2400 SEATS
TOTAL AREA : 39642 M SQ.
USABLE AREA : 20,000 M SQ.
SUFACE AREA : 2,200 M SQ.
site
Outer facade

75. CONCEPT
In 2007 the project entered into the competition by
Jean Nouvel for this new building was the winner. A
rock like building, with the air of the hill that rises
from the Parc de la Villette, the Philharmonie 1 offers
innovative ways. His bright aluminum shapes spiral
embrace the Central Concert Hall contrast to
surround and elegant matte angles covered with
mosaics of birds in different shades of gray. It is also
known as Grande Salle.

76. OUTER FACADE
the bird mosaic is
repeated
throughout the
scheme
reflective
aluminum
contrasts the
matt mosaic
finish
the sheltered
entrance leads to
an internal foyer
a spiraling aluminum
form surrounds the
central concert hall

77. FLOOR PLANS
Grande Salle plan at main floor and
1st balcony level
Grande Salle plan at 2nd balcony level

78. Grande Salle plan at stage canopy level
SEATING
• Audience sating : 2400
• Standing rooms in stall of
capacity :3600
Models supplied
• Philaharmonie
seats : 1800
• Philharmonie
fixed back
seats: 282
• Minispace
seat : 319
• Oxymore seats
308

79. Grande Salle cross section

80. Grande Salle longitudinal section

81. STRUCTURE
The building has a highly complex geometry, both externally and internally and in its structural
design, combining structures of reinforced concrete and metal.
a unique piece with a central span of 60 meters and an overhang of 25 meters, turning to study and
monitor the behavior of the structure dynamic load testing. The angular structure of the building
rises 52m. Engineers used a BIM software based on analysis packege Hergos and Tekla model is
jointly used to access the geometry and design loads.
The monumental structure of the concert hall was designed to break the assembly
into sub-assemblies and components simple but unique, in particular:
•the “cloud” floating balconies in the room and are only linked by discrete points.
•the iconic and external vertical giant screen 100m long and 50m high.
•the roof of the building that acts as a sound barrier and viewing platform for the
public and collecting rainwater.

82. STAGE
The stage can accommodate any orchestral, even
more imposing. The room features a Rieger
organ, 15 meters high and 20 meters wide,
specially designed for the symphonic repertoire.
Here the audience has the ability to adapt to
different musical genres, always offering optimal
viewing and the same listening conditions. In
symphonic settings, the public around the
orchestra.
The stands behind the stage can accommodate a
choir if necessary for the work presented, but
more often are occupied by spectators.
But in the case of concerts or operas or ‘cine-
concerts’ (film screening with live music), the
modular concept allows these levels can be
eliminated and the stage moved back, increasing
the parterre.
The seats in the parterre can be removed to
allow the public to watch the concert standing.
The stage lights above the musicians are crystalline in
their clarity, by contrast.

84. INTERIOR FACADE
The interior walls
of the great hall
shows also
reinforced
concrete. In its
construction
3,500 tons of
steel and
50,000m3 of
concrete were
used.
The hall also houses a Riger organ 15
m high and 20 m wide that was
specially designed for the symphonic
repetoire
A grand entrance lobby structurally stable with
concrete mass
Sound reflecticing cloud like panels on the ceing

85. ACOUSTICS
The use of a new type in the elaborate sound program
led to a great clarity of sound combined with high
reverberation and significant side reflections.
The solution is in bold system creating floating
balconies privacy, and also to the outer chamber, which
produces high reverberation.
This new model side interweaves reflections, direct
sound and reverberation, for excellent clarity and
transparency within a warm and enveloping resonance.
Another acoustic feat, of a different kind, but no less
remarkable, is having achieved room soundproofing
against outside noise, which is considerable given the
location of the Philharmonic, near the Boulevard
Sérurier the Péripherique (ring road around Paris ) and
the Zenith concert hall in the La Villette. This was
achieved using the concept of the “box within a box”,
that is, leaving a space between the walls. Thus, the
room is adhered to the poetic but highly technical
notion of a “floating auditorium.”

86. LIGHTING
The designer created shoebox-like
containers—about a foot long by 8 inches
wide—to contain 90 LEDs each (the hall has
641 fixtures in total).
And these are mostly tucked behind the two
levels of
Balconies.
The textured surface of some of the balcony
fascia and wall panels helped hide any
imperfections, says Descottes.
With the help of glass reflectors inside the boxes, the light
bounces off the ceiling.

87. THERMAL COMFORT
For its heating, the Philharmonie is connected to the urban
heating distribution system of the City of Paris.
In return, it has installed a water cooling facility in its basement
for air conditioning, and the surplus is sent back to the City’s
system.
Air conditioning is limited to premises where it is required. On
the building’s shell, 1,000 m2 of photovoltaic cells have been
installed.
FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Automatic sprinkler system
Lighting escape
Fire alarms Emeggency exits

88. COMPARATIVE
ANALYSIS

89. CS 1 CS 2 CS 3 LS 1 STDS. INF.
NAME Dr. B R
Ambedkar
Auditorium
Tata
Theatre,
NCPA
Jamshed
Bhabha
Theatre,
NCPA
Philharmonie
de Paris
LOCATION Lucknow Mumbai Mumbai Paris
No. Of
Entries
6 6 8
Seating
Capacity
2650 1010 1109 2400
Area 3200 sq
m
(Complex)
3200 sq m
(Complex)
2200 sq m
Height 22.2 m 15 m 15.6 m 54 m
Type of
Auditorium
Thrust Thrust Proscenium
Theatre
Flexible

90. CS 1 CS 2 CS 3 LS 1 STDS. INF.
Shape Fan shaped Fan shaped Horse shoe
shaped
Horse shoe
shaped
Food Courts/
Canteen
2 1 1 1 (150 people)
Rows of
Seating
16 (Lower
House)
18 (Balcony)
18 24 12 (Lower)
11 (Balcony)
Gangway Central:
2000 mm
Sides: 1350
mm
850 mm 850 mm
No. Of
Gangways
7 (Lower)
12(Balcony)
6 4 8
Distance
between
rows
1100 mm 800 mm 800 mm
Seat to Seat
Distance
350 mm 350 mm

91. CS 1 CS 2 CS 3 LS 1 STDS. INF.
Riser 200 mm 150 mm 150 mm 178 mm <175 mm
Tread 600 mm 600 (Seat)
300 (Step)
600 (Seat)
300 (Step)
Door
Dimensions
2000 mm x
2000 mm
2750 mm x
2800 mm
2400 mm x
2100 mm
Stage Type Semicircular Semicircular
Thrust
(Rotating
Stage)
Rectangle Rectangle
Stage
Dimensions
Radius 10.5 m
Width 3 m
Diameter 9 m
Width 17.5 m
23.7 m x 14.2
m
15 m x 20 m
Stage Height 900 mm 450 mm 750 mm
Clear Height on
Stage
12.2 m 3 m Upstage
6 m
Downstage
21 m

92. CS 1 CS 2 CS 3 LS 1 STDS. INF.
Projecting Screen
Dimensions
12 m x 18 m
Wings Left: 4 x 16x 3.68 (h)
Right: 3 x 16 x 5.6 (h)
Stage Flooring Natural wooden
battens
Hardwood
timber on
concrete
Hardwood timber on MS flooring
Backstage
Entry/Exit
2 2 4 (for artists and crew)
3 (for loading/unloading of props)
Backstage
Dimension
Semicircular with
radius 27 m
(Trebeated
structure)
Greenrooms Solo : 4 (11.6
sq m)
Group: 2 (23
sq m)
Ground Floor, Solo Rooms 3 (9 sq.m.
each)
First Floor, Solo Rooms 4 (9 sq.m.
each)
Second Floor, Group Rooms 2 (18.5
sq.m. each) (7 persons each)
Third Floor, Group Room 1 (46.5
sq.m. each) (18 persons)

93. CS 1 CS 2 CS 3 LS 1 STDS. INF.
Control Room Backstage Backstage Rear of the auditorium
behind glass window
Backstage
Foyer 1 before entry 2 : 77m x 7.5 m 2: 960 sq m, 465 sq m (West
and East)
2
Balcony Yes
Railing : 500 mm
Height: 9600 mm
No No Yes
Orchestra Pit No No Yes Yes
Rehearsal Rooms 2 1, 82 sq m 2, 124 sq m and 90 sq m 18
Types of Lights
Used
Halogen, Focus Lanterns 850 W Central Chandelier, Light
bars, Spotlights
Shoebox
light
containers
with LED
Sound System Wall mounted
speakers, sound bars,
Bass box, Sound
reinforcement
system above stage
2 loudspeakers
permanently
installed on the
left and right side
of the rear wall.
No in-house Sound System

94. CS 1 CS 2 CS 3 LS 1 ST
DS
.
INF.
Wall Treatment Veneered and soft
carpet
Wooden
Framework
Concrete and PoP panels
with polished finish, in
different shapes
Stone wool
Ceiling Treatment Sound reflecting
panels
Triangular
Wooden
Framework with
resonators
Acoustic Acrylic panels in a
grid with spaces acting as
resonators.
Flooring Soft Carpet Carpet Woollen Carpet Soft carpet
Services Storm water drainage
AHU (beneath Audi)
Hose reel
Fire alarm
Smoke Detectors
AHU
Projector Room
OHT
Smoke detectors
Sprinklers
AHU
Projector Rooms
OHT
Smoke detectors
Water pooling
facility in the
basement
Photovoltaic cells
Sprinklers
Fire Alarm
Parking Open Spaces BASEMENT and
open spaces
BASEMENT and open spaces Open spaces

95. REFERENCES
“Making acoustic choices for the future symphony hall". Philharmonie de Paris. Retrieved 5
March 2012.
McGar, Justin (22 January 2015). "The Acoustic Feats of the World's Costliest Concert Hall".
Sourceable.
Loomis, George (28 August 2014). "France's New Music Temple". The New York Times.
"Jean Nouvel boycotts opening of his Philharmonie de Paris". Dezeen. 14 January 2015.
Retrieved 2016-05-02.
^ "Symphonic Concert". Philharmonie de Paris. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Philharmonie de Paris project details". Rieger Orgelbau. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

96. THANK YOU