Space planning for audience seating
Optimise Your Auditorium Seating: Discover Chart Interiors’ Black Book
Chart Interiors, a leading UK supplier of high-end European seating solutions, is proud to offer The Black Book – an essential free guide designed specifically for architects, interior designers, and specifiers working on audience seating projects in auditoria, lecture theatres, conference centres, and event spaces.
Whether you're planning seating for a seminar room, training suite, or multi-purpose concourse, The Black Book offers expert insights into the layout, specification, and technical considerations that ensure safe, efficient, and comfortable audience experiences. Drawing on decades of industry expertise, this downloadable guide demystifies the complexities of seating design for both fixed and retractable installations.
Why Download The Black Book?
Practical Layout Guidance: From recommended seatway dimensions and row depths to aisle widths and tiered riser calculations, the guide provides clear, illustrated advice aligned with current British Standards and best practice.
Compliance with Building Regulations: Learn how to meet critical safety criteria such as maximum seat counts per row, escape route capacity, and load-bearing requirements for telescopic platforms and guardrails.
Support for Flexible Seating Needs: Whether you’re specifying self-tipping seats, portable chairs, or telescopic seating units, The Black Book outlines the unique considerations for each application, helping you design for both performance and flexibility.
Optimised Capacity Planning: Backed by real-world case studies – including projects at Westminster Abbey, Sherborne International School, and the Royal Veterinary College – the guide demonstrates how Chart Interiors’ expert space-planning can maximise seating capacity without compromising comfort or compliance.
Trusted Partner for High-Performance Seating
Chart Interiors is renowned for its agile, detail-driven approach to contract furniture procurement. By collaborating closely with Europe’s leading manufacturers and offering end-to-end design support, the team ensures every seating installation – from initial concept through to delivery – is smooth, stylish, and future-proof.
If you’re involved in the design or specification of seating for educational, corporate, or public assembly environments, The Black Book is a must-read resource.
Download your free copy today here and elevate your next seating project with confidence.