NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART - BANGLORE. [ABOULRAHMAN, EQAPEBCOO2 CRITICAL APPRAISAL ‘i SEMESTERHISTORY RESTORATIONDESIGN ‘819,000 SQFT MANSION, WITH RICH VARIED VARIETY OF LARGE [MATURE TREES CONVERTED TO 70,000 SOFT ART GALLERY. THE DESIGN STRATEGY CHOSEN WAS TO TREAT THE ORIGINAL STRUC: TURE AS THE JEWEL, AND THE MODERN BUILDING TO FORM THE RING THAT SUPPORTS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE JEWEL. ‘THE NEW NGMA BUILDING FITS PERFECTLY WITH THE ENDEARING OLD [MANSION IN A BALANCED WAY, “WITH THE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE ‘SWAYING WITH TREES AMIDST THE STONE SEATING AND WATER ‘BODIES, THE MINIMALIST DESIGN BRINGS IN A SUBDUED NON-DOMI- NANT CHARACTER REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC SPACES. THE EXTERNAL FAGADE IS SKILFULLY RETAINED TO BRING IN A SENSE OF DEIA VU, (WHICH IS ALL ABOUT ADAPTIVE RE-USE IN CONSERVATION ARCHITEC- TUREGROUND FLOOR LLENTRY 2.PORCH 3. ART SHOP 4, OUTDOOR CAFE 5. DISCUSSION COURT. 66. MIRROR POOL 7. ROMINISTRATION 8, AUDITORIUM 9. GALLERY = MANSION 10, FOYER MANSION 11, SCULPTURE COURT 12, CONNECTION TO GALLERY 13, GALLERY 14, ART WORKSHOP. 415, CRATE STORAGE 16. ART STORE 47, UTILTIES 418, SEMI OPEN COURT 19, PARKING 20. EXIT “THE ORGANISATION OF THE PLAN WAS TO ENCOURAGE MEANDERING PATHS, TO FIND NEW VISTAS, NEW WALLS HOSTING ART COLLECTIONS & INSTALLATIONS.FIRST FLOOR thy NEW WING ~ GALLE al RY ‘OLD WING - GALLERY 1 TERRACE 2. GALLERY - MANSION 3. VERANDA 4, CONNECTION TO GALLERY 5. GALLERY 6. OUTDOOR CAFE 7. UTIUTIES 8, SCULPTURE DISPLAY 9, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT. 10, UBRARY {LL ARTSTORE. PATHWAY CONNECTING OLO WING AND NEW. wineFRONT ELEVATION Ny? aaa! GALLERY SCULPTURE COURT MANSION REFLECTION POOL, ART SHOP. aueny SCULPTURE COURT MANSION ‘CAR PORCH ‘THIS IS THE CONVERSATION OF GALLERIES AND INTERVEINING ‘OPEN sacs. INTERVEING OPEN SPACESANALYSIS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE fi iad CLASSICAL EXTERIOR | cove usHtins ar THe PERIPHERY OF THE CIELING. AND NO DIRECT NATURAL AMPLE LIGHT FROMTHE CCLERESTOREY WINDOWS, [MODERN INTERIOR ahhh fg er nr ener ort Greed ry LIGHTING AND DISPLAY a ‘Rack UGH AowUsTED }afae ACCORDING TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE EXIBHITS, COLUMN AND ROOF DETAILS ‘ART SHOP/MIRROR POOL