Hi Kàri.
The problem is the opening  - you need to put all participants into one
room.
So I normally calculate the *carrying capacity *on the main room.
My rule of the thumb is 3sqm per participants.
Of course you can reduce the parameter a bit according to the shape of the
room
ge


On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Kári Gunnarsson <[email protected]
> wrote:

> Dear Oslist
>
> A client is asking about how many people he can have in Open Space for
> a given venue.
>
> The space is divided in 3 rooms, on of them is upstairs. There
> dimensions and spaces are as follows:
>
> Big room: 7,8m x 12,8m (100 m2)
> Small side room: 5,0m x 8,8m (44 m2)
> Long room upstairs: 3,4m x 12,8m (43 m2)
>
> Total work area: 187 m2
>
> Here are my gestimations:
> If I where only to use the large room, then I would only invite 40-50
> people
> If I where to exclude the room upstairs then I could invite 60-70 people
> But if I would include the room upstairs, then I could perhaps invite
> up to 90 people
>
> What are your thoughts on venue selection?
>
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