5 Sections
25 Lessons
4 Hours
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1. Understanding the Type
5
1.1
What a convention centre really has to do
1.2
How the design of a convention centre evolved
1.3
Who uses a convention centre, and what each user needs
1.4
Column-free halls and divisibility: the central design problem
1.5
What separates a good one from a bad one
2. Brief, Programme and Areas
5
2.1
Writing the brief with the client
2.2
The area programme explained
2.3
Exhibition area and simultaneous-event capacity: the benchmarks that matter
2.4
Adjacency and the bubble diagram
2.5
What clients get wrong at brief stage
3. Planning and Circulation
5
3.1
Site selection, orientation and access
3.2
Zoning: public, private and back-of-house
3.3
Circulation and the movement diagram
3.4
Cores, grids and structural discipline
3.5
Planning Column-free halls and divisibility in detail
4. Codes, Comfort and Systems
5
4.1
The regulations that shape a convention centre
4.2
Crowd egress, loading and smoke control in practice
4.3
Accessibility and inclusive design
4.4
Servicing: MEP, plant and risers
4.5
Daylight, acoustics and thermal comfort
5. Getting It Built and Judged
5
5.1
Structure and materials for a convention centre
5.2
Cost drivers and value-engineering traps
5.3
Operations: how a convention centre works on day 3,000
5.4
Case studies: Qatar National Convention Centre by Arata Isozaki, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and Messe Basel by Herzog and de Meuron
5.5
The design checklist for a convention centre
How to Design a Convention Centre
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