SYNOPSIS

ARCHITECTURAL THESIS

Topic 1 –Museum building complex

Topic 2- Hospital and Research Centre
Topic 3 – Urban Centre

GEETAKSHRI |B.ARCH, 8TH SEM

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS A MUSEUM?
HISTORY & BACKGROUND
NEED
AIM
REQUIREMENTS
METHODOLOGY
LIST OF LITERATURE STUDY
LIST OF CASE STUDY
SITE INFORMATION

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TOPIC-1
MUSEUM

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INTRODUCTION
PROJECT : PROPOSED MUSEUM BUILDING COMPLEX

STATUS : PROPOSED

TYPE : ASSEMBLY

CONSUTANAT : AMC GROUP

CLIENT : NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

WHAT IS A MUSEUM?
“THE URGE TO COLLECT” is perhaps as old as the civilization itself. In the
present time when great importance is being given to our past, the collection,
preservation and display of objects and antiquities related to our past has become an
important activity. Museums therefore have become important institutions which
perform the following functions:

• Collecting

• Preserving

• Exhibiting

• Interpreting the naturals objects and cultural objects of our environment

• Educating people about their past.

HISTORY & BACKGROUND

The role of Museums has evolved quite a bit since the concept was first started. Even
the British realized the need to conserve our heritage and they were the first to
introduce the concept of museums to India by establishing the Asiatic museum under
the auspices of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1814 which later on became
Indian Museum, Calcutta. Since then, revival of India’s traditional past has been
projected through Exhibitions, Documentation and Private collection of our ancient
art and culture.

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NEED
Indian society is passing through a transitional phase There is an urgent need to
collect and preserve for future generations the objects depicting the evolution of the
society and to document them.

Need is partially divided into TWO sub part as follow:

• COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION

Once collected, there is the question of restoration and preservation the art objects
many of them in damaged Conditions like, sculpture in pieces. Textile moth-eaten and
paintings fading and losing their colors.

• EXHIBITION

• After collection and preservation comes the exhibition. "Why Exhibit", in

order to make these Objects accessible to the common man, it is essential
these should be exhibited.
• Otherwise knowledge of the objects will remain limited to the few scholars
only.
• Exhibition is the only -way of making a dedicated use objects of historic
value.

AIM
• Our aim is to develop a design intervention in existing context which will
reflect social and cultural background of the nation.
• To exhibit and educate people from India’s cultural historical and scientific
developments in field of history, paintings, sculptures, art and science.
• Our museum must promote exhibitions that are topical and challenging; they
must broaden their scope and not restrict themselves solely to objects and
materials in their collections.

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REQUIREMENT / OBJECTIVE
• To understand the function of the project

• Best Use of learnt skills to integrate spatial, structural, service and user
requirements sensitively into a coherent whole

• To amalgamate all the social, economical and political issues with that of the
architectural requirements to create a design solution that is responsive to the
changes that an individual goes through amidst the journey of the museum.

• To learn and design a building that not only meets the expectations of users but
also justifies the role of a cultural building in the building of a healthy and powerful
imagery of the community.

• Use of learnt skills like the relationship between various functions, the form,
materials, detailing, composition and assembly and the way in which they determine
the character of an architectural composition.

LIST OF LITERATURE STUDIES

• American Museum of Natural History
• Smithsonian Institution (U.S, D.C.)

LIST OF CASE STUDIES

• National Museum, New Delhi
• City Museum, Chandigarh.
• National Galley of Modern Art, New Delhi

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METHODOLOGY

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SITE INFORMATION

Land Area: The proposed Project is being developed on the total plot area of 26,299 M2.

Built up Area: The built up area of the proposed project is 46,025.78 m2 which includes the

FAR and Basement.

Site Location: National Museum of Natural History has proposed Museum building complex
at

Bhairon Marg, behind Purana Quila, New Delhi.

Geographically, the proposed project site is located at:

➔ Latitude 28° 36' 39.57"N

➔ Longitude 77° 14' 48.46"E

The development will be done is in accordance with Municipal Corporation of Delhi and will
be developed as per the master plan of Delhi.

Project Site

Master plan showing the project site

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Google Map of the area showing surroundings within 500m radius

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TOPIC-2
HOSPITAL

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INTRODUCTION
PROJECT : CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE

STATUS : PROPOSED

TYPE : COMMERCIAL

CLIENT : GMADA (greater mohali area development authority)

WHAT IS A HOSPITAL?
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized
medical and nursing staff and medical equipment The best-known type of hospital is
the general hospital which typically has an emergency department to treat urgent
health problems ranging from fire and accident victims to a sudden illness. Major
workload of a hospital is:

• Patient/caregiver experience
• Care coordination/patient safety
• Preventive health
• At-risk population’s safety

HISTORY AND BACKROUND

In India, hospitals have existed from ancient times. Even in 6th century BC, during the
time of Buddha, there were a number of the hospitals to look after the handicapped
and the poor. The outstanding hospitals in India at that time were those built by King
Ashoka (273–232 BC).
Books written by Arabian and European travelers (around AD 600) reveal that the
study of medicine in India was in its bloom. The zeal of the native Vaidya for the
investigation of the Indian flora slackened for want of encouragement.
The invasion of foreigners in the 10th century AD brought with them their own
physicians called Hakims. The use of the Allopathic system of medicine commenced
in the 16th century with the arrival of European missionaries.
It was during the British rule that there was progress in the construction of hospitals.
Organized medical training was started in the 19th century.

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NEED
To provide super specialty medical care of high quality in Mohali at the most economical
rates.

To establish postgraduate medical institutions of high standard and research facilities in

selected super specialty areas.

To establish a model hospital city on joint sector basis providing ideal working environment.

To offload the burden of super specialty care from the state government to enable it to
concentrate on preventive Medicare and basic health care.

To provide quality medical care and earn foreign exchange for the country by attracting
patients and investors from the private sector (NRI)’S and other countries.

AIM
• The objective of the design is to create a building that is user friendly, applies
appropriate building methodologies in keeping with the locally available materials.
• Located in hot and arid area of northern region, the first priority therefore is given to
its planning.
• The main principle that is more important to remember in hospital planning starts
with circulation. The numerous departments of the hospitals should be properly
integrated so that the different types of traffic traversing the building are separated as
much as possible, traffic routes are kept short, and important functions are protected
from prying eyes or intrusion.
• The traffic patterns for movement of physicians, hospital personnel, patients, visitors
should be concentrated, moreover efficient transportation of food, linen, drugs and
other supplies are handled carefully.
• The design will avoid duplication of services but at the same time provide flexibility
and interchangeability of patient rooms for clinical departments with fluctuating
census, and paying attention to special services like outpatient, intensive care,
psychiatry, obstetrics, operating rooms, medical and surgical specialties, and to such
concepts as infection control, disaster planning, etc.,
• Technology, functionality, prevailing architectural post modernistic trends, all
amalgamated into making these projects that reflects the architecture of a progressive
region of the area.
• This proposed project will be a one-stop destination for all medical services.

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METHODOLOGY

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LIST OF LITERATURE STUDIES
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute,UN,NY
• Hospital of the University of PA,US

LIST OF CASE STUDIES

• The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad
• Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Delhi
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

SITE INFORMATION
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre project site is located at in
at Plot No. 01, Medicity, Mullanpur Village, Mohali District, Punjab

> Latitude are 30°49'15.09"N

> Longitude 76° 44'26.68"E.

Land has been allotted by Greater Mohali Area Development Authority

(GMADA).

Hospitals including Nurses Hostel, Resident Doctors Hostel, Dharamshala, Canteen,

Service Block.

AREA PERMISSIBLE PROPOSED

Total Plot area 202343.00 m2 202343.00 m2 202343.00 m2

Permissible Ground - 60702.9 m2 -
Coverage @ 30% of the
total plot area
Proposed Ground - - 13444.26 m2
Coverage @ 6.64%
Permissible FAR @ 1.5 - 303514.50 m2 -
Proposed FAR @ 0.21 - - 42492.03 m2 say 43000
m2
Builtup Area - - 43000.00 m2
Maximum Height - - 35 meter
Road Area (11.96 %) - - 24200.22 m2
Open Parking Area - - 20396.17 m2
(10.08%)
Landscape/Green Area (33%) - 66773.19 m2
Maximum No. of Floor - - G +6
No. of parking @ - 860 870
2ECS/100 sqm

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 PROJECT SITE

LOCATION MAP OF THE PROJECT SITE ON GREATER MOHALI MASTER PLAN

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 CONNECTIVITY MAP OF THE PROJECT SITE AND ITS SURROUNDING

LOCATION MAP OF THE PROJECT SITE AND ITS SURROUNDING ON SATELLITE IMAGE

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 TOPIC-3
HABITAT CENTRE

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INTRODUCTION
PROJECT : HABITAT CENTRE

STATUS : FUTURE PROPOSITION

TYPE : PUBLIC PLACE

CLIENT : JDA

To develop a public place relating to cultural identity, which acts as a centre for community,
using shopping as a means of facility-making.

WHAT IS A HABITAT CENTRE?

It is the centre of contemporary cultural economic, business and social events. The concern
for the habitat and its environment works as the functional backbone of the complex. It not
only provides an improved working environment to its employee but will also contribute to
the urban level functions that a living city requires.

HABITAT CENTRE is a place of formal assembly for a common purpose within a proper
equipped built environment in which various professions and institutions dealing with
different facets of habitat and habitat related environmental issues would function, interact
and attempt to resolve a habitat related problem in a coordinated manner.

It will provide a built space for the performance of various educational activities along with
interaction between different other educational centres in and outside the country.

HISTORY & BACKGROUND

The India Habitat Centre was started in 1993. The public agency for Housing and Urban
Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO) wanted an office building for its workers and made
the unprecedented decision to invite chosen non-profit organisations that shared their
concern with habitat to share that work space.

The chairman of HUDCO and the architect Joseph Allen Stein decided to radically change
the traditional image of an office building as an architectural project and transformed it into
an urban design project. The space was designed to permit the members of the Centre to
share services both inside and outside the building with multiple courtyards, common
meeting rooms, shared parking area, library, restaurants, museum, and hotels, some of which
are open to the general public. Constructed on nine acres in an urban area, the building
eschewed traditional building materials and techniques.

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NEED
DETERIORATING WORKSPACE QUALITY IN URBAN CENTERS:

• Indian cities are truly at loss with their business districts going from bad to worse in
recent times.
• The extraordinary high cost of downtown property is more than matched with high
traffic congestion, high density built masses, and high risk in safety standards.

OPTIONAL SUBURBAN WORKSPACE:

• Companies are now looking elsewhere from downtown for new office space
requirements.
• In all Indian metros today, the biggest and best offices are built on the outskirts of the
cities and suburban areas.
• Jaipur is no exception with Delhi & NCR netting most of the large companies.

AIM
• Develop an integral physical environment for professionals and institutions interact in
a coordinated manner.
• Promote awareness education, research, training & development
• of all habitat issues.
• Create better urban/rural facilities related to the lifestyle of people.
• Inculcate awareness and sensitivity of creative human activity in habitat.
• Document information related to habitat, human settlements & environmental issues.
• Comprehensive convention centre with facilities for concurrent session. State of the
art audio visual equipment, computer-controlled conference and simultaneous
interpretation system in auditorium.
• Finest dining and reception facilities.
• Club house, cultural and entertainment facilities.
• Internet, multimedia, videos and latest newspapers, periodicals, reference books.

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METHODOLOGY

SITE INFORMATION
Since there are no major shopping centre in this part of Jaipur, the site needs to be somewhere around
the centre of that area.

Following the master plan, the site shall allow flexibility to house different kinds of functions.
Moreover, for developing a public place, the site needs to hold some opportunity for the same. That is
the site must have a strong context & must have identity among the people of Jaipur.

Considering the above criteria the ground of “ Amrudo ka Bagh” has been chosen for the site of this
project.

Located at Lalkothi area, Janpath, the site is rectangular in shape & flat in terrain.

The site area is about 3.5 ha, with dimensions 220m x 158.5m.

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 CONNECTIVITY
OF SITE FROM
OUTSIDE THE
CITY

NODES AND
LANDMARKS
AROUND THE SITE

LIST OF CASE STUDY

• INDIAN HABITAT CENTRE, NEW DELHI
• INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, NEW DELHI
• CHENNAI CONVENTION CENTRE, CHENNAI

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