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Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts - Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts grew out of what was
originally known as the Indian National Theatre in 1950. Since then, we’ve grown to be a landmark in Delhi’s theatre circuit. Today it is an independent cultural
society committed to promote arts & culture as well as nurture talents in the field of performing arts. We are devoted to preserve Hindi theatre along with other
forms of globally recognized performing arts.

Founded in 1975

Student/Faculty Ratio 150 : 14

This project, a centre for dance, drama and music, is a bold statement of urban form, extending the vocabulary of reinforced
concrete

The 0.25ha site is in the heart of New Delhi, adjacent to other cultural institutes This provided an opportunity to express individual functions at different levels, using distinct
forms supported by independent structural supports. These diverse functional expressions in exposed concrete are woven together to work in harmony. t the ground floor level,
space enclosure is kept to a minimum so that the entrance hall and ticket foyer can also be used for exhibitions, and spaces flow to encounter grass, trees and sunshine. A coffee
shop opens off it for use by various art groups. Above the cloak-rooms is a mezzanine floor containing the manager's flat and offices. In the basement is a small experimental
theatre. The main theatre, seating 550 persons is at the first-floor level and is 21m in diameter. It is supported on circumferential and radial beams cantilevering from six columns.
Above the cylindrical form of the theatre is the top floor, a large rectilinear mass supported at four cross-shaped columns placed at 19m centres with 6m cantilevers all around.
This floor provides spaces for rehearsals, dancing, dormitories for visiting performers, and a small circular auditorium for puppet shows and films.
Chatterjee, Architecture In India p 140

famous Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts (1966-69) in New Delhi
Triveni Kala Sangam
NEW DELHI
17000 SF

The Triveni Kala Sangam is a cultural and architectural landmark in the city of Delhi. Designed by Joseph Allen Stein in 1957 in the part of Lutyens’ New Delhi dedicated to cultural activities, it remains as one of
the icons of post-independence architecture in the city. Stein, an architect and urban planner, was trained in California, but produced the bulk of his remarkable oeuvre of buildings in India. Known for his
sensitivity to form and climate, his architecture has inspired an entire generation of architectural practices.

Of this building, Mr. Stein said “I have sought forms and a vocabulary that would express a rational, effective reconciliation of advanced techniques of modern engineering and twentieth century architectural
attitudes, with the ancient, yet enduringly vital, aesthetic and cultural values of India, in particular those of the Delhi region.” The existing building can be read almost as a campus of individual blocks, each
specifically designed for a purpose that is reflected in the nature of their respective elevations. A four-storey classroom block is joined by a wall-less entry foyer to the art gallery and the open air auditorium. A
three storey extension to the north was built in 1977, which accommodates additional classrooms, artists’ residences and a 200 seat auditorium. Despite being built to Mr. Stein’s fastidious attention to quality, the
building has started showing its age, both by being non-compliant to new safety norms and by general deterioration under the ravages of the climate, where temperatures swing by almost 50ºC through the year.

In 2013, AKDA began the process of upgrading the building, first to comply with more stringent fire-safety regulations and then to preserve the building’s façade, including the signature screen, or jaali. The
physical manifestation of this process is an external metal stair, providing an additional egress point from the auditorium. Fabricated entirely from steel, with minimal vertical supports, the stair is attached to the
side of the building on a largely blank façade. Rendered in bright orange, the addition enlivens the sculpture court into which it descends. Rather than attempt something that would blend in with the subdued
character of the building, the stair was designed to be a departure from the old, retaining the spirit of what Stein sought, as opposed to the physicality. Part of the larger plan to upgrade the building includes
internal improvements to the auditorium and the classroom block
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Spread over an area of nine acres the IHC campus has been designed and built by Joseph Stein, Doshi and Bhalla who have created an island of architectural
excellence in the busy metropolis of India's capital, Delh