Case study study 1: Bha Bharat rat Bhavan Bhavan Bhopa Bhopall Charles Correa The facilities that are provided cover a wide range and include a museum of Tribal Art, a Library of Indian Poetry (in all the seventeen major languages of India), galleries for Contemporary Art, workshops for lithography and sculptures, and a studio for an artist-inresidence. residence. Bharat Bhavan houses a full fledged Theatre repertoire company and extensive facilities for the performing arts, including the Antarang (indoor Auditorium) and the Bhairang (open air amphitheatre) overlooking the lake.
The site for this cultural center is located on a gently sloping plateau overlooking the Upper lake in Bhopal. The natural contours of the site has been used to create the sunken courts and terrace garden. The building’s terraces and co urtyard with progression through space gives feel of maze or puzzle, where parts are casually revealed and complexity of internal paths acts like village layout, in a way building reflects the Bhopal’s own organizational layout. The top lit “cannon” provides lighting and ventilation to the sunken covered spaces. In addition to this, the openings to the courtyards and terraces have two sets of shutters; the inner ones consisting of a combination of glass and openable panels for ventilation, and the outer ones with large wooden doors which can be closed for security.
Detail of steps in the manner of bathing ghats.
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Case study 2: India International Centre Joseph Allen Stein ENTRANCE
SITE AREA: 4.6 acres
The center retains its own distinctive character of a green oasis amidst the newer buildings in Lodi estate. In the hurried pace of life it imparts a sense of leisure, with the building opening into outer and inner courtyards.
Three separate wings of the IIC complex are designed to reflect the different functional aspects of the center. A grand central portico greets the visitors at the entrance driveway. Each courtyard and each wing serves a different purpose. Residential rooms in the north wing, the dining areas in the west and the third complex of the library, auditorium and administrative offices in the south wing, are connected to each other by walkways with overhanging eaves.
India International Center is situated in New Delhi, adjacent to the Lodi Gardens overlooking the magnificent landscape of gardens and historic monuments from the 16th century.
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Area: 3369 sq.m; 240 persons Curved form of the residential wing approaches and at the same time recedes away from the Lodhi Garden boundary, avoiding an expression of a long rigid façade along the park, giving long expansive view of the garden.
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The range of shading devices used for the project account for the varying intensity and changing patterns of light and shadow throughout the complex. Every space has been provided with a different shading device keeping in mind the function and orientation of that place.
Its roof is one of the Stein’s novel solutions. The roof structure, which is exposed, is in constellation pattern supported on the stone walls. This visually anchors the dome to the ground.
