If you plan to diversify much more when it comes to the types of events you hope to hold at your venue, switching your existing seating to retractable seating could prove a masterstroke, creating for you a whole host of exciting options – even more performances and presentations for your audiences to fully concentrate on, benefit from and enjoy.
MOBILE seating – A multitude of retractable seating platform models
When people pay good money to gather in a large room, convention centre, conference hall or other type of auditorium to watch and hear a performance, seeing and hearing the presentation clearly should be a given. Unfortunately, too many auditoriums around the world are poorly designed, negatively impacting upon spectator enjoyment. The problem is usually due to a fault in the seating design and layout. This can make a venue wholly unsuitable for certain types of events. But that doesn't mean there's no prospect of the situation changing, of the audience enjoyment issue remaining unresolved.
One excellent way to improve things is to switch from old/existing seating, to a modern design. An increasingly popular type (particularly with venue managers seeking to simplify, optimise and ease installation of various configurations) is retractable seating, also known as telescopic seating, telescopic stands or telescopic platforms.
Hi-tech auditorium seating and auditorium stands and platforms can be manually manoeuvrable or motorised. Retractable manual systems can rotate and move around on attached wheels, without any extra equipment being required.
Motorised systems can be controlled literally at the push of a button (all the operations are carried out with a simple remote control). The seating is quickly in position, ready for when spectators arrive, without auditorium staff even breaking into a sweat. What's more, a fully automatic retractable stand system not only folds and unfolds the seats, but also telescopically draws in railings and end panels, without any risk of damage to them.
About the actual chairs
In an auditorium, maximising spectator comfort should be achieved throughout the entire performance, lecture or presentation, not just initially or in part. That's why venues generally choose upholstered seating or plywood, or individually fixed wooden chairs with fixed cushions (these can also have writing tablets!). For those seeking specifically to optimise space, comfortable benches are a good idea.
The ideal cultural seating option
At venues that put on conventions, talks, Q&As, presentations, live performances by professional solo performers, companies and groups in the Arts, preferred seating is usually either fabric or wood. These can be chairs or benches. Chairs can be affixed to single or double row bleachers, providing even more venue flexibility like the seating at Salle des Fetes, Melun. The seating system's in-built motor and manually foldable seats make it a fine choice for this particular type and size of venue. The entire system can be literally folded away with ease, freeing up floor space and therefore massively increasing options for the venue.
If this can be done with a 242-seater auditorium, imagine the scope in a much larger one.
Finally...
Auditorium staff get training too
After a telescopic seating installation (or "mounting"), training in how to operate the system is provided, as is an after-sales service, with the option of maintenance contracts also being made available to auditorium managers, providing them with peace of mind.
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