Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 402)
Washington, DC 20420
February 2007
TABLE 1: SEATING CALCULATION
NUMBER OF SEATS
NSF PER SEAT
100 seats or less
4 NSF / seat
100 200 seats
Add 9 NSF / seat
Greater than 200 Seats
Add 7 NSF / seat
3. Stage or Instruction Area (XXXXX) .................................................. See Table 2
TABLE 2: SEATING CALCULATION
NUMBER OF SEATS
NSF PER SEAT
200 seats or less
2 NSF / seat
Greater than 200 Seats
Add 1.5 NSF / seat
4. Projection Booth (XXXXX) ......................................................50 NSF (4.7 NSM )
Provide one per Educational Auditorium and if in Concept of Operations.
5. Rear Projection Room (XXXXX) ............................................... 1.5 NSF per seat
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 1.5 NSF per each additional projected seat
greater than 100. Maximum 430 NSF.
6. Patient Preparation (XXXXX) ............................................... 120 NSF (11.2 NSM)
Provide one per Educational Auditorium.
7. Toilet, Public, Male (XXXXX)..................................................100 NSF (9.3 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 40 NSF ( for one water closet and one
lavatory) for each whole increment of 100 seats greater than one hundred, and 40
NSF (for one lavatory and one urinal) for each whole increment of 200 NSF
greater than one hundred.
8. Toilet, Public, Female (XXXXX) .............................................100 NSF (9.3 NSM)
Minimum NSF. Provide an additional 40 NSF ( for one water closet and one
lavatory) for each whole increment of 100 seats greater than one hundred.
J. Employee Education System
1. Office, EES Self-directed
Training Rooms (XXXXX) .................................................... 120 NSF (11.2 NSM)
See formula in Section 3F
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