name: school-cad description: | Room standards and layout rules for school, college, and educational institution layouts — school, college, university, academy, institute, educational building, classroom block, laboratory, library, auditorium, kindergarten, preschool, montessori, high school, primary school, secondary school, coaching center, training institute, campus building, lecture hall, seminar room, workshop. ALWAYS use this skill for any educational building design. version: "1.0" composable_with: - cad-core
School Layout Skill
School layouts organize around corridor-accessed classrooms with admin at the entrance, labs in separate wings, and shared facilities (library, auditorium, canteen) at accessible locations. Corridors are 2400mm wide for student crowd movement. Clearance is 200mm. Wall thickness is 200mm.
REFERENCES TO LOAD
- Always load:
references/room_standards.md— minimum sizes for all school zones - Load for worked example:
references/example_layout.json— complete school ground floor
DOMAIN-SPECIFIC RULES
RULE S1 — Admin at entrance. Reception and admin block MUST be at the main entrance for visitor management.
RULE S2 — Classrooms on corridors. ALL classrooms MUST open onto a corridor via minimum 1200mm doors. Classrooms should be in rows along corridors, not isolated.
RULE S3 — Labs separate wing. Laboratories should be on upper floors or in a separate wing from regular classrooms.
RULE S4 — Library central. Library MUST be central and accessible from all corridors.
RULE S5 — Auditorium with own entrance. Auditorium should be at one end of the building with its own public entrance. Double-leaf doors minimum 2000mm wide.
RULE S6 — Canteen ground floor. Canteen MUST be on the ground floor, separate from the academic zone.
RULE S7 — Restroom intervals. Restrooms at regular intervals — one set per floor per wing. Restrooms open into corridors, NOT into classrooms.
RULE S8 — Staircase at corridor ends. Staircase at each end of the corridor block for efficient evacuation.
RULE S9 — Corridor width. Corridors minimum 2400mm wide for student crowd movement.
UNKNOWN ROOM HANDLING
For unlisted spaces (e.g., "robotics lab", "music room"):
- Robotics lab: similar to computer_lab (8000×9000)
- Music room: similar to classroom (7000×8000) with sound isolation
- Set
estimated: true, add toflagged_estimated_rooms
LAYOUT PRINCIPLES
- Reception and admin at main entrance
- Principal and staff rooms adjacent to admin
- Classrooms in rows along corridors
- Labs on upper floors or separate wing
- Library central, accessible from all corridors
- Auditorium at one end with public entrance
- Canteen at ground floor, separate from academic zones
- Restrooms per floor per wing
- Corridors minimum 2400mm wide
- Staircase at each end of corridor block