The document outlines the planning and design requirements for an administrative block and auditorium in educational institutions, detailing the necessary spaces, dimensions, and connectivity to promote functionality and user experience. Key considerations include room arrangements, accessibility, ventilation, and aesthetic features to enhance the environment. Examples from various institutions are provided to illustrate effective layouts and design elements.

1. LITERATUE STUDY
ADMIN BLOCK
&
AUDITORIUM
Presented by-
Boddu Megha Varna
P. Sai Vaishnavi
K. Chandini
G. Bhaskar Prakesh
K.V. Bharadwaj
Pullela Hemila
Krishna Bhargavi
Katta Ganesh Praveen
G. Revanth

2. INDEX
• ADMIN BLOCK FOR IIMS
• 1. ROOMS PRESENT IN THE ADMIN BLOCK
• 2. SPACE REQUIRED
• 3. THEIR FUNCTION IN THAT SPACES
• 4. SEMINAR ROOMS AND FACILITIES
• 5. STANDARD CORRIDOR WIDTH
• 6. STANDARD STAIR CASE WIDTH RAISER,TREAD,LANDING ,FLIGHT DETAILS
• 7. TOILETS -SPACE REQUIRED
• CUBILCLES FOR MEN AND WOMAN AS PER STANDARD
• Example of an admin block of a business school How the block is connected to other blocks
• Block placement in the site Orientation of the block Rooms arrangement according to the direction .
• 8. AUDITORIUM STANDARD AREA
• 9. USAGE PERCENTAGE ,SPACES REQUIRED
• 10. NO OF SEATINGS REQUIRED
• 11. DETAILS- MATERIALS TO BE USED TO MAKE AUDITORIUM ACOUSTICALLY GOOD a. -CUSHION MATERIALS ,FABRICS,PANEL BOARDS ,ETC -
TYPES AND EFFECTIVE METHOD OF SEATING STEPPED ,STRAIGHT - SHAPE OF AUDITORIUM EFFECTIVE METHODS-CIRCULAR ,FAN
PATTERN,RECTANGULAR ETC .b. -HEIGHTS ,DISTANCE BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THE STAGE c. -STAGE HEIGHT d. -ACTIVITY FLOW e. -
FURNITURE AND DIMENSIONS
• 12. TOTAL CONNECTIVITY OF ALL THE BLOCKS TO THE ADMIN BLOCK
• 13. CONNECTIVITY IN THE ADMIN BLOCK
• 14. VENTILATION

3. ADMIN BLOCK -
The Administrative Block is a well-planned and spacious building that
consists of
• PRINCIPAL ROOM
• OFFICE ROOM
• STAFF ROOM
• RECORDS ROOM
• WAITING AREA
• FACULTY ROOMS
• TOILETS
• CONFERENCE ROOMS
TABLE 1: PLANNING REQUIREMENTS .

4. RECEPTION -
• Visitors and students can easily access this place .
• Provision of two doors , one from the entry vestibule and another from the lobby, can
create a passive security layer to the facility.
• This arrangement passively directs visitors to pass through the office during the off-peak
times when students are not arriving or leaving.
BASIC WORKSTATION WITH VISITOR
SEATING
U SHAPED WORKSTATION FOR
RECEPTION

5. WAITING AREAS -
• Waiting area of a building , is where
people sit until the event or
appointment for which they are waiting
begins.
• All the offices are connected through
this.
• Waiting areas , having a large sitting
space should not disturb the
circulation.

6. PRINCIPAL AND OFFICE ROOMS -
• Principal and office rooms should have direct access to the staff work area.
• The office windows should command views of the main entrance and work areas.
• Provision of space for a small conference table in the office is necessary.
• Always a second exit should be included for the suite.

7. RECORD ROOM –
• Student Records Room Provide a separate, secure, fire resistant area for storage of
confidential records.
• This room shall be 1- hour fire rated and lockable.
STAFF ROOM –
• Staff room is one of the most important, yet
often neglected areas in the whole school.
• When it comes to priority for maintenance and
refurbishment, teacher’s offices and staff zones
generally fall to the bottom of pile.
• Staff rooms and faculty offices should be
designed in a way that help your staff to perform
to the best of their ability.

8. CONFERENCE ROOM –
• The Conference is used for formal meeting,
training, and teleconference activities.
• A special acoustical design including non-rectilinear
spaces dictated by acoustical properties.
• Visitors as well as the principal should be able to
access this room easily.
• Conference requires flexibility, durable finishes to
anticipate maximum use, and integrated utility lines
• such as voice, data, and power to accommodate a variety of
multimedia presentations and tele- and video- conferences.
• This room generally contains modular furniture that is light and easily rearranged.
• Movable partitions typically help to further subdivide the space as well as provide added
projection surfaces.
• Conference should be designed for a wide range of interactions, from formal to informal,
to inspire creative thinking and engaged experience for participants.

9. Finishes and Built–In Conferencing Tools:
• These space types are generally finished with durable materials and surfaces that provide
added conferencing and meeting functionality such as marker boards and projection
screens.
• Ambient lighting with dimmable controls and special accent lighting is typically used to
allow user control for presentation purposes. Consider energy–efficient lighting fixtures.
BASIC LAYOUTS FOR CONFERENCE ROOMS

10. TOILETS -
SNO TYPE OF
REQUIREMENT
FOR MALE FOR FEMALE
1 WATER CLOSET ONE FOR 25
PERSONS
TWO FOR EVERY 25
PERSONS
2 WASH BASINS ONE FOR 25
PERSONS
ONE FOR 25 PERSONS
3 URINALS 1 FOR 7- 20
PERSONS
--
4 DRINKING WATER ONE FOR EVERY
100 PERSONS
ONE FOR EVERY 100
PERSONS

11. CORRIDORS –
For educational buildings , minimum width of corridor is 1.5 m .
LIGHTING AND VENTILATION–
• Daylighting strategies that potentially reduce the need of artificial lighting are provided.
• The front walls of the entrance and the common visiting lounge are glazed to receive
maximum sunlight.
• Good lighting is available with vast entrance , giving a pleasing environment within the
building.
• Ventilators and windows in the northern side also provide
excellent means of ventilation and lighting.
• Ventilators are provided near the ceiling , in order to
enhance natural ventilation by STACK EFFECT.
STACK EFFECT

12. • The capacity of exits , indicating Number of occupants per unit exit width of 50 cm
~ for stairways 25
~ for ramps 50
~ doors 75
• PROVISION FOR STAIRWAYS –
~ Educational institutions :
Stair case width – 2m
Raiser height minimum - 0.15m
Limited 12 per flight .
Tread – minimum 0.30 m
Handrails minimum height of 0.9 m from the centre of the tread .
• No combustible material shall be used for decoration /wall panelling in staircase Interior staircases shall
be constructed as self contained unit with atleast one side adjacent to an external wall and shall be
completely enclosed
STAIRCASES -

13. FUNCTIONAL PLANNING -
• Includes various factors to be considered such as orientation of the building according to its
location , ventilation, lighting, and space planning with proper circulation space, and
ensuring linkage between rooms.
• Planning is done giving due consideration to fulfill all the requirements of the administrative
block, and simultaneously making it user friendly.
• Harmony with the climatic conditions of the location. Path of the Sun is traced and also the
wind direction is identified to adjust internal layout so that the rooms can be planned
accordingly.
INTERNAL SPACE AND CIRCULATION SPACE -
• An office building incorporates a number of space types to meet the needs of staff and
visitors, which includes offices, visitor support spaces, administrative support spaces,
operational and maintenance spaces
• The function of each space, movement of people to and from the space, i.e. passages, and
proper location of entries and exits are established.
• Preparation of furniture layouts foreach space is an effective process for achieving this

14. AT ENTRANCE :-
1 . IIM AHMEDABAD:-
● At IIM Hyderabad , the Admin block
is placed in the entrance of the
institute through which it has access
to all over the institute .
● The spaces are perfectly arranged in
such
a way that , it satisfies all the users of
that
space .
ADMIN BLOCK AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
ADMIN BLOCK

15. 2 .IIM NAGPUR
ADMIN BLOCK

16. A PART OF CLUSTER :-
IIM INDORE :-
IN THIS THE ADMIN BLOCK IS PLACED AROUND
STUDENT
PLAZA WHERE IT HELPS STUDENTS TO ALSO ACCESS
OTHER
BLOCKS LIKE FACULTY BLOCK, CLASSROOMS .
ADMIN BLOCK

17. AT CENTRE :- THE ADMIN BLOCK IS PLACED AT CENTRE OF THE COMPLEX .
ADMIN BLOCK

18. IN A SINGLE BLOCK :-
ISB HYDERABAD :-
HERE THE ADMIN BLOCK IS A PART OF ACADEMIC COMPLEX THIS HELPS STUDENTS WITH ALL
REQUIREMENTS IN A SINGLE BUILDING.
WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS LIKE THE CLASSROOMS, LECTURE THEATRE, LIBRARY ON THE OTHER
FLOORS.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN OF
ACADEMIC BLOCK
i.e the admin block

19. Example of an admin block of a business school
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, GURGAON
LOCATION:
The management development institute
(mdi) is located at the junction of Mehrauli
road and Jaipur bypass near Gurgaon.
Sponsored by the industrial finance
corporation of India, the institute is built on
36 acre site.
⮚ COMPONENTS OF THE CAMPUS
• ACADEMIC COMPLEX
• STUDENT’S HOSTEL
• EXECUTIVE HOSTELS
• FACULTY AND STAFF HOUSING

20. CAMPUS LAYOUT
• The planning is based on the concept of main spine
and a secondary spine. The original proposed
entrance off the Delhi-Jaipur highway, was to lead
on to a junction with the main spine and then
further with the secondary spine.
• The academic block would have been the focus of
attention formal entrance had been retained.
Presently, there are two entrances, one is from the
Mehrauli- Gurgaon road while the other one is from
the road connecting the Delhi-Jaipur highway with
the Mehrauli-Gurgaon road.
• The students hostel wings and the academic
complex lie on the main spine. On the secondary
spine lie the chairman’s residence, the staff and
faculty residences, the ancillary block and the club
facilities.
• Building blocks are scattered all over the site,
resulting in large distances.
• Campus has different zones allocated to academic,
residential or recreational functions.
1.ADIMN. BLOCK
2.FACULTY
3.FACULTY
4.AUDITORIUM
5.LIBRARY
6.LECTURE BLOCK
7.FACULTY
8.CAFETERIA
9.EXEC. HOSTEL
10.DINING
11.HOUSING
12.PGPM BLOCK
13.LAWN
14.GOLF COURSE
15.DIR. RESIDENCE
16.HOSTEL ST.
LAYOUT PLAN OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE,
GURGAON
N

21. PLANNING…
ACADEMIC COMPLEX
The academic complex comprises of the following:
• Administration
• Faculty
• Library
• Auditorium
• Lecture block
• All blocks are double storeyed and have the concerned department
housed in one whole unit
• The academic block has been designed around a system of
courtyards. A large central court leads into smaller internal courts,
which are in turn, encompassed by academic and administrative
functions.
• Singly loaded corridors, which are arcaded and detached from the
building, run along these courts.
• The corridors are 6’0” wide and are separated from the working unit
at places by a level difference.
• The arcaded corridors form interesting circulation areas by framing
views and causing flay of light and shade.
• The academic and the hostel blocks are connected by any covered
pedestrian link.
• A paved pathway connects the blocks
LAYOUT PLAN OF ACADEMIC COMPLEX
VIEW OF INTERNAL COURT
ARCADED PATHWAY LINK IN ADMN. BLOCK

22. FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION
• The administration block is located centrally with respect to
other buildings in the academic complex.
• The block has two entry points to provide through
circulation linking in to the library with the help of a
pedestrian link.
• The plan of administration block has rooms along singly
loaded corridors that open into courtyards.
• There are two courts in the administration block.
• The lobby offers vistas and views through glazing and cut
outs giving a pleasant effect.
• The faculty rooms have been planned along singly loaded
corridors, which open into courtyards.
• There are 3 faculty blocks, which are linked to
administration block through corridors.
• Each faculty block has a staircase and a toilet block.
1.JR. FACULTY RM.
2.P.A ROOM
3.RESEARCH SCHOLAR
4.SR. FACULTY MEMBER
5.TOILET
6.COURT
7.OFFICE
8.RECEPTION
9.ACCOUNTANT
10.ESTATE MANAGER
11.STORE
12.PUBLIC RELATIONS OFF.
13.COMMITTEE RM.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN - ADMN. BLOCK
FIRST FLOOR PLAN - ADMN. BLOCK
1.JR. FACULTY RM.
2.P.A ROOM
3.CHAIRMAN’S RM.
4. SR. FACULTY MEMBER
5. TOILETS
6. COURT
7.OFFICE
8.CABINS
9.BOARD ROOM
10.LONGE MANAGER
11.PANTRY
12.ADMN. OFFICER
13.P.A LOUNGE
14.FAC. LOUNGE

23. MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE INSTITUE
FROM THE HIGHWAY
ENTRANCE TO THE
ADMIN BLOCK

24. CONNECTIVITY OF ADMIN BLOCK
GROUND FLOOR ENTRANCE
• THE ADMIN BLOCK IS PLACED AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE SITE IT IS LOCATED
CENTRALLY WITH RESPECT TO OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE ACADEMIC COMPLEX
• MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE INSTITUTE IS IN WEST DIRECTION
• THE ADMIN BLOCK IS DESIGNED WITH PRINCPLE SYMMETRY
• COURTYARDS ARE PLACED IN THE CENTER
• ENTRANCE LOBBY IS CONNECTED TO BOTH PUBILIC RELATIONS OFFICE AND THE
COMMITTEE ROOM THERE BY CONNECTING TO THE OFFICE ROOMS WHERE ONE IS
PRESENT IN THE NORTHWEST ZONE AND THE OTHER IS PRESENT IN THE SOUTH WEST
ZONE
• STORE IS PLACED IN SUCH A WAY THAT HAS AN ENTRANCE FROM THE BLOCK BEHIND
RECEPTION –FACULTY BLOCK.
• ,MANAGER AND THE ACCOUNTANT ROOM ARE PLACED NEAR THE ENTRANCE LOBBY IN
THE NORTHEAST ZONE WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO THE OFFICE ROOM
• TO THE SOUTH OF ENTRANCE LOBBY ANOTHER OFFICE ROOM IS PROVIDED CONNECTING
TO PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE.

25. Example2 of an admin block of a business school
WOXSEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, HYDERABAD
LOCATION:
Situated in a serene location on the
Hyderabad-Mumbai National Highway,
Woxsen School of business is an ambitious
project sprawling an area of almost 200
acres.
⮚ COMPONENTS OF THE
CAMPUS
• ACADEMIC COMPLEX
• STUDENT’S HOSTEL
• EXECUTIVE HOSTELS
• FACULTY AND STAFF
HOUSING

26. LAYOUT PLAN OF WOXSEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, HYDERABAD CAMPUS LAYOUT:
* The student’s accommodation has been planned at
a comfortable distance from the main building.
* Students are encouraged to walk or cycle. At the
center of the students housing is the activity center
with am entities like restaurant, gymnasium,
swimming pool, spa and salon.
* The services planned are in accordance with the
site topography, which minimizes overhead costs.
* The admin block formed the bulk of the design
program. It had to act as the focal point for all
activities and also create the aspirational identity for
the visitor.
* The program extends on the east with the faculty
rooms and lecture theatre blocks juxtaposed with
structural grid system of interconnected spaces.
* The spaces are such as verandahs, open corridors,
terraces and courts at various levels establishing a
link with the outdoors.

27. PLANNING…
* The architecture of the campus is minimalistic yet bold with exposed
concrete as the prima facie material.
* The admin block stands out with a triple height atrium space, which
acts as a gathering space for any kind of formal/informal events. The oval
cut with major to minor axis ratio of the ellipse is 1:1.6 (the golden ratio),
which are splendid identities.
* The lecture theatre is unique in being oval shaped in plan with
appropriate raked seating arrangement, which ensures complete focus
and attention of students and teachers alike.
* The monolithic exposed concrete look is continued as a unifying
element.
* Breakout green zones provide natural outdoors for socializing and act
as comfort zones between buildings congruous with sunlight and
ventilation.
* Breakout green zones provide natural outdoors for socializing and act
as comfort zones between buildings congruous with sunlight and
ventilation.
* The bright furniture makes the internal spaces playful yet sublime.
* The long and linear approach to the building flanked by water body and
manicured lawn evokes a welcome feeling and provides a softer
foreground to the exposed concrete and glass façade.
* The bright furniture makes the internal spaces playful yet sublime.
MAIN ENTRY
ACADEMIC
BLOCK
FACULTY
ROOMS

29. CONNECTIVITY
• TOILETS ARE PLACED FOR THE USERS OF THIS ENTRANCE BLOCK IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONE
• STAIRCASE IS ALSO IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONE
• THE BLOCKS CONNECTING TO THE ENTRANCE BLOCK CONTAIN JR AND SR FACULTY
MEMBER ROOMS ,RESEARCH SCHOLAR ROOMS ,P.A ROOMS EQUALLY .
• THE ROOMS ARE PLACED ALONG THE CORRIDDOR WHICH IS ALIGNED TO THE CENTRAL
COURTYARD FOR BETTER VENTILATION.
• THE SIMILAR PATTERN IS FOLLOWED IN THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE ADMIN BLOCK
CONTAINING CHAIRMAN'S OFFICE WHICH IS PLACED AT THE CORNER OF THE BLOCK
CREATING PRIVACY WITH AN ATTACHED TOILET AND ADJACENT P.A.ROOM .
• BOARD ROOM ADJACENT TO THE CHAIRMAN ROOM JR AND SENIOR FACULTY ROOMS
,CABINS TOILETS FOR THE OTHER USERS IS PROVIDED IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONE SAME AS
THE GROUND FLOOR STAIRCASE IS PROVIDED IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONE .
• SIMILAR TO THE GROUND FLOOR ALL THE FACULTY ROOMS RUN ALONG THE CORRIDOR
FOR BETTER VENTILATION

30. AUDITORIUM-
Auditorium, the part of a public building where an audience sits, as distinct
from the stage, the area on which the performance or other object of the
audience’s attention is presented.

31. PARTS OF AN AUDITORIUM:
• STAGE
Spaces
Ventilation
• AUDITORIUM
Seating - Typology
Seating – Handicapped
Aisle arrangement
Aisle
Balcony
Viewing angles
Sight line
Slope
• SERVICES
Backstage
Green rooms
Toilets
Entry and Exits

32. THE
STAGE

33. STAGE VENTILATION -

34. THE AUDITORIUM -

46. THE SERVICES