audience space
Let an agent explain audience spaces and their kinds, relay design principles for sightlines, acoustics and safety from architecture and venue sources, describe special forms such as revolving auditoria, and distinguish audience space from stage, backstage and front-of-house areas.
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Researched by: Claude
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What an audience space is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an audience space, and how does it differ from stage, backstage and front of house? definition
- Is the question about the space, a venue type or a specific building? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are stalls, circles, boxes, standing areas, stands and revolving auditoria? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
Design Design.
Sightlines
Sightlines and acoustics.
Sightlines
Sightlines.
- How are sightlines, rake and acoustics designed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Safety
Safety and access.
Safety
Safety.
- How do codes govern capacity, egress and accessibility? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Special Special forms.
Revolving
Revolving auditoria.
Revolving
Revolving.
- How do revolving auditoria such as Cesky Krumlov work, and where else exist? provenance
- Which entry fits Cesky Krumlov revolving auditorium? action
Flexible
Flexible spaces.
Flexible
Flexible.
- How do black box theatres and movable seating change audience space? provenance
- Which entry fits black box theatre? action
Context History and experience.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did audience spaces develop from Greek theatres to modern arenas? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of theatre architecture? action
Experience
Audience experience.
Experience
Experience.
- How does audience space shape experience and behaviour? provenance
- Which entry fits audience? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- revolving auditorium
What it is Filled
The part of a theatre, cinema, concert hall, stadium or other venue where the audience sits or stands, including auditoria with fixed seating, standing areas, and special forms such as the revolving auditorium that turns the audience toward different stages or scenes, as at Cesky Krumlov; audience spaces are designed for sightlines, acoustics, comfort, safety and egress.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain audience spaces and their kinds, relay design principles for sightlines, acoustics and safety from architecture and venue sources, describe special forms such as revolving auditoria, and distinguish audience space from stage, backstage and front-of-house areas.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Spectator area
- Sightlines and acoustics
- Safety and egress
- Fixed or flexible
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Admit more people than the space is licensed to hold.
- Block or lock exits while an audience is present.
- Track individual audience members without consent.
- Hide crowd density warnings from venue staff.
Only with a human decision
- Opening, closing or evacuating an audience space.
- Changing seating or standing layouts.
May
- Describe forms of audience space such as auditoria, standing areas and revolving auditoria.
- Monitor occupancy and exits in a venue the agent is authorized to support.
Moral aspects Filled
- Crowd crushes have killed people in audience spaces; capacity and exits save lives.
- Disabled people need equal access to good places in the audience.
Who is affected
- Audience members
- Disabled visitors
- Venue staff
Owners Filled
Steward
The venue operator, under the licence and safety rules of the local authority.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q811979 - registry parent class
related
- built structure - in registry terms
- theatre - and other venues
- stage - where performers act
- revolving auditorium - at Cesky Krumlov
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.audience-space
- Wikidata: Q112688943 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112688943)
Direct properties required Filled
- Cesky Krumlov revolving auditorium: 1958 year - first
- typical seat spacing: about 0.9-1.0 m - row to row
- largest indoor arenas: over 20000 seats
Recognition required Filled
- Where the audience sits or stands
- Auditorium, stalls, balconies, standing areas, revolving auditorium
- The stage is for performers; backstage supports them; front of house is lobbies and services
- Rows of seats or standing areas facing a stage or screen.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain kinds
- relay design principles
- describe special forms
- distinguish related spaces
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Crowd crush and egress failures
- Poor sightlines and acoustics
- Confusing audience space with the whole venue
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Building codes for assembly occupancy and egress
- Accessibility standards for seating
- Fire safety rules for venues
Context of use required Filled
- Accommodating spectators.
- theatre auditoria with stalls, circles and boxes
- cinema halls
- concert halls
- stadium and arena stands
- standing and festival areas
- revolving and movable auditoria
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q112688943: audience space - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (de): Zuschauerraum - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should auditorium and revolving auditorium be separate primary entries?
- How should architecture sources be linked?
- How should stadium stands relate to this entry?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
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