This document provides information on the design considerations for an entertainment complex building. It discusses different types of recreational spaces including active recreation like sports fields and passive recreation like hiking trails. It also outlines key elements for facilities like cinemas, restaurants, art galleries, indoor and outdoor game areas, swimming pools, and shopping centers. Site selection criteria and ensuring accessibility for all ages and abilities are also addressed.

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BY AMANUEL SUDI
IDNO 1039/11
SUB TO GEZACHEW, MENTESNOT, ABEL, DAWIT
WOLLO UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITETURE
INTEGRATED DESIGN I
ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX

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WHATS ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX BUILDING
(ARCHITETURE)?
Is the design of commercial buildings with focus on amusing Themes. The approach has been
loosely promoted and/or defined by the entertainment industry, with the Walt Disney Company
leading the way.
RECREATION
Recreation represent any rational human activity that results in pleasurable response, at any time,
place or circumstances with attendant enriching physical, intellectual or emotional benefits.
RECREATION BUILDINGS
Recreation buildings should be functionally designed to make possible a varied program of
activities for all ages and both sexes. These buildings should be designed and dedicated
to meet the needs of all people in their respective neighborhoods and communities.
Recreation buildings should provide a safe, healthful, and attractive atmosphere in which every
person in the community or neighborhood has the opportunity to enjoy his leisure by participation
in activities of a social, creative, cultural, or physical nature.
TYPES OF RECREATIONAL SPACE
 Active recreation
 Passive recreation
 indoor
 outdoor
ACTIVE RECREATION
Recreational activities that require the use of special facilities, courses, fields, or equipment – can
provide communities with opportunities to participate in individual sports like golf and skiing and
team sports like soccer and baseball. Active recreational opportunities offer economic and social
benefits that include local economic development and improved physical, mental, and social health.
Examples of Active Recreational Activities
• Baseball
• Football
• Soccer
• Golf
• Hockey

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• Tennis
• Skateboarding
PASSIVE RECREATION
Passive recreation refers to recreational activities that do not
require prepared facilities like sports
fields or pavilions. Passive recreational activities place minimal stress on a site’s resources; as a
result, they can provide ecosystem service benefits and are highly compatible with natural resource
protection. Examples of Passive Recreational Activities
• Hunting
• Camping
• Hiking
• Wildlife viewing
• Observing and photographing nature
• Picnicking
• Walking
• Bird watching
• Swimming
• Bicycling
• Running/jogging
• Climbing
• Horseback riding
• Fishing
While active recreation and passive recreation refer to different types of activities, both types of
activities can be located together effectively. Soccer fields, for example, may share parking
facilities with an adjacent natural area that provides biking, camping, and rock climbing
opportunities.
Indoor Recreational Activities
There are no of indoor recreational activities like:
Reading
Writing
Computer and Video Games

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Playing Cards
Internet Surfing:
Dance:
Music
Indoor Games
There are plenty of other indoor games that you can enjoy. A game of snooker, pool, table tennis,
indoor tennis, badminton.
Outdoor Recreational Activities
some of outdoor activities
Hiking
 Camping
Fishing
Skateboarding
Skydiving
Swimming
In addition to the above mentioned recreational activities, there are also various outdoor sports like
Cricket, Golf, Football, Basketball
Benefit of recreational centers
Participating in leisure and recreational activity can foster a range of positive benefits including
 Opportunities for health, wellbeing and quality lifestyle for the community
 Personal development, expression, creativity, individuality, social, physical and
intellectual growth of children, youth and adults.
 Sense of community and community building through community interaction
 Beautification of the city, facility and amenity improvements
 Economic flow-ones to the community, business and tourism together with environmental
benefits
Benefits of Active Recreational Activities
• Increased investment
• Improved community health
• Higher quality of life
• Urban revitalization
• Local economic growth
• Increased property values
• Tourism opportunities

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Benefits of Passive Recreational Activities
• Natural resource protection
• Restored ecosystem services
• Restored animal and plant habitat
• Local economic development
• Tourism opportunities
SOCIAL BENEFITS
Participation in recreational activities has been correlated with improved physical, mental, and
social health. The reuse of sites as recreational facilities and the remediation of environmental
contamination may reduce psychological stress, feelings of perceived threat, and depression.
Recreational activities and sports also promote physical fitness and healthy lifestyles, challenge
participants to excel, and provide a supportive environment in which to develop social skills like
teamwork and cooperation. Social benefits of recreational activity have also been linked to
increased community health and reduced crime.
SITE SELECTION CRITERIA
These criteria for recreation areas, such as relation to adjacent property, soil stability, existing
vegetation, existing topography, etc. ., are important; however, special attention should be given to
the need for large open spaces for field games with adjacent existing vegetation to provide shade,
oxygen, and windbreak . In dense urban areas, where ordinary open spaces are scarce, such
field facilities can be created on air rights, rooftops, and terraced slopes. Informal play areas,
especially for the lower grades, can be created in multilevel arrangements conforming to a steep
site; this is not possible with field recreation facilities for the contact sports enjoyed by upper
grades. Superimposition of layouts and multiuse helps conserve space when land is at a premium.
Vertical Circulation
Considering elders
whenever possible, accommodations for the aged should be on one level and, unless elevators are
used, located on the ground floor.
In the case of low buildings where elevators are uneconomical, the aged should not be expected to
climb more than one flight. For small unavoidable changes in level, ramps with flat slope not over
5 percent are preferable to stairs. Where stairs must be used, the following precautions should be
observed:

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1. Risers should not be more than 7 in high.
2. The proper proportion of run to rise should be scrupulously observed.
3. Fewer than two risers should be avoided.
4. Winders or curved treads should never be used.
5. Nonslip nosing’s should be used and
should be of a contrasting color.
6. Continuous handrails should be provided on both sides of the stairs.
7. Handrails should be of the proper height, of a cross section which is easily grasped, and sturdy in
appearance as well as in fact.
8. Stairs should not be less than 3 ft. 3 in. In clear width.
9. No doors should open directly onto the stairs.
10. Traffic should not cross the top or bottom of the stairs.
11. The stairs should be well lighted with shielded sources.
Some special considerations should also be observed with respect to elevators:
1. Self-operated elevators should be equipped with automatic doors.
2. A signaling device should be provided to summon assistance.
3. Continuous handrails should be provided, and if the car is sufficiently large, a small bench
should be considered.
4. An automatic leveling device is necessary and should be inspected frequently.
5. If there is a possibility of use by a disabled person in a wheelchair, the control panel should be
mounted low enough to be reached from a sitting position

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Program development
CINEMA
A theatre where films are shown for public entertainment.
DESIGN CONCIDERATION
Auditorium seats
Auditorium seats are measured from "center-to-center", significance from the center of one arm rest
to the center of the other. Then multiply that number by the number of seats you desire.
Seating dimensions
Maximum area for 1 person is 1.50*0.6=0.9m2

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Sound quality is as important as visibility
Although theater performances are a visual medium, poor sound quality will ruin even the better
plays. The sound is an area often overlooked but, just as you need good sightlines, you also need
good sound-lines. Apart from the obvious comfort and size considerations, it is imperative that the
auditoria are designed with the following in mind:
SIGHT LINES
If the patron is to see satisfactorily, plan and section must conform to a number of li,nitstions which
are set forth in the following list .To design an auditorium is to determine a seating area within
these limitations and to establish position of walls and shape of floors therefrom .
 The horizontal angle of polychromatic vision (no eye movement) is approximately 40o
 The horizontal angle to the center line at which objects onstage, upstage of the curtain
line, cease to bear the intended relationship to other objects onstage and to the background
is approximately 60 ' .
 The horizontal angle to a flat projection sheet at which distortion on the screen becomes
substantially intolerable is 60' measured to the far side of the projected image.
Curvature introduced into the screen may render the distortion less from the extreme seats
on the opposite side of the center line of the house but will increase distortion from the seats
on the same side of the center line

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RESTAURANTS AND EATING PLACES
SPACE REQUIREMENTS
To be able to eat comfortably, one person requires a
table area of around 60cm wide by 40 cm deep.
This provides sufficient clearness between adjacent
diners. Although an additional 20 cm of space in
the center for dishes and tureens is sometimes
desirable, an overall width of 80-85 cm is suitable
for dining table.
Round tables, or tables with six or eight sides, with a diameter of 90-120 are ideal for four people
and can also take one or two more diners.
The minimum space for thoroughfares, or between a table and a wall are shown below.
Round table required more
floor area

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Dining Area
-Space for dining areas is usually based on the
number of square feet per person seated times the
number of persons seated at one time.
Restaurant type
1. Traditional should ideally have space for
display table & flambé work. The table should be
arranged with generous spacing & seating.
2. Self-service restaurant –are suitable for
department stories or in office blocks. Nothing
is made on the premises all supplies are ready
made & deep frozen.
Restaurant kitchens
The capacity of the kitchen is primarily dependent on the number of customer seats, customer
expectations {type, extent & number of customer seats, customer expectations {type, extent &
quality of the meals offered.

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ART GALLERY
The way an art gallery is designed not only affects how visitors and customers perceive it
visually and navigates it spatially; it may even affect the gallery's level of economic success.
Flesh out the gallery design drawing with necessary utilities like lighting (an important
consideration for art galleries), a security system, a sound system and climate control to
maintain optimum art-preservation temperature and humidity levels.
Design consideration
A crowded, warm or noisy environment is never appreciated.
Sufficiently roomy corridors, aisles and other traditional areas such as courtyard vided.
There should be places to sit down and rest for the visitors. Places should be illuminated by
daylight. Seats at appropriate distance from large, important work give the visitors a chance to
pause and examine the work without standing for long periods of time.
Controlling noise and vibration in the exhibit space is very important. Proper ventilation should
also be ensured. A low level of ambient lighting in the gallery area can be contrasted with dramatic
highlighting. Variations in celling heights help remove the visitor’s fatigue.
Indoor Game area
the gams room is designed for a variety of games, including billiard table, football table and table
tennis, etc.
In planning this room, sufficient storage space should be provided for various items of game
equipment and supplies to be used.
This room should be in close proximity to office supervision. It should also be acoustically
treated, due to the noise factor.
The choice of floor material should be carefully considered because of the heavy traffic usually
prevalent in this room. Windows should be placed high in the walls to reduce glass breakage.

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A chair rail or wainscoting to prevent the marring of walls should be installed to a height of 0.9m
above the floor.
Pool table
Pool is played on a pocket billiard table with one white cue ball and 15 numbered object balls. It
can be played by two individuals, pairs or teams. Points are scored for pocketing designated balls in
designated pockets.
The first player or side to reach an agreed number of points wins the game.
Space about table:
Recommended minimum space about the table is 2.5m2
(absolute
minimum is 1.6m2
)
Recommended space about when peoples playing is 4.17*5.3=22.1m2
Football table
Is played on a table with connected liner toys and ball. The one who score more points wins the
game.
Recommended minimum space about the table is 1.07m2
Recommended space about when peoples playing is 2.42*3.66=8.85m2

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Table tennis
The table is 2.74 m long, 1.525 m wide, and 76 cm high with any continuous material so long as the
table yields a uniform bounce of about 23 cm when a standard ball is dropped onto it from a height
of 30 cm.
Outdoor Game area
Bouldering climbing wall
Bouldering is rock climbing stripped down to its raw essentials. Leaving behind ropes and
harnesses and just using climbing shoes and a bag of chalk over safety mats, your challenge is
to climb short but tricky bouldering "problems" (a route, or sequence of moves) using balance,
technique, strength, and your brain.
Height = 4.5 meter of climbing surface (from the top of mattress to the top) minimum 4.5 to
maximum15m
With same color indent line indicating the limit of 4.5 for route setting purposes
Width = 35 meters (10 route at the same time, considering one route approximately 3 meters width
with minimum and 2.5 m more on each side)
Overhang = various profiles
Profiles = average inclination close to 30o
(min + 5o
to max 60o
)

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SWIMMING POOL
All artificially constructed swimming pools other than residential pools shall be deemed to
be public swimming pools.
The design and construction, as well as all equipment and materials, shall comply with the
following requirements:
1. Structural Design-The pool structure shall be engineered and designed to withstand the expected
forces to which it will be subjected.
2. Wall Slopes-To a depth of 5 ft. from the top, the wall slope shall not be more than 1 ft. horizontal
in 5 ft. vertical.
3. Floor Slopes-The slope of the floor in the shallow end shall not exceed 1 ft vertical to 7 ft
horizontal. The transition point between shallow and deep water shall not be less than 4'/2 or more
than 5 ft. deep.
4. Lifeline Anchors-Provide recessed lifeline anchor in wall of pool at transition point between
shallow and deep area.
Diving Area-Minimum depths and distances shall be as shown in table below,
DIVING AREA-MINIMUM DEPTHS AND DISTANCES
Diving
Boards
Distance
Above
Water,
In .
Minimum
Depth,
ft
Distance
from
Deep
Point to
Transition
Point, ft
Minimum
Overhang
ft
Minimum
Width to
Center of
Board, ft
Deck
Level
18 8
10 21
/2 7
Residential 30 8 11 21
/2 71
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1 meter 39 .37 8'/2 12 3 8

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SHOPING CENTER
A shopping center is a complex of retail stores end related facilities planned as a unified group to
give maximum shopping convenience to the customer and maximum exposure to the merchandise .
At this project the will be less retail shops. b/c I use this program as supporting facility.
BOOK STORE
Each customer in a bookshop requires privacy, direct access to the books displayed, and sufficient
light for comfortable vision while reading. Book buying customers like to browse, and nothing is
less attractive to them than crowded circulation.