CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS AND VISUAL ART

INTRODUCTION

Performing art and visual art center shall be a center for research, understanding
and promotion of the performing arts. It shall cater to all forms of performing
arts stressing upon dance, theater and music also including the contemporary art
form. It will also have a research center for music and dance form. Provision for
accommodation for a limited number of people will also be included in design.
Focus on multiple use of one space, convertible spaces mostly for community and
public interaction. Landscape plays an important role in making the planning and
resolving the circulation, so it will be designed accordingly.The project envisages
the creation of an environment for the arts, meant exclusively for the arts and not
for any one exclusive art. It is therefore meant to encourage in a broad sense all
kinds of artistic pursuits

Aim :
Developing a performing art center at delhi which facilitates, practice,
teaching, research, display and appreciation of various art forms.

Objective:
To provide leadership on a national level as India’s premier
performing arts, research and training centre through the
presentation of Indian and
international art forms, the promotion of excellence and the
preservation of India’s rich cultural heritage.
Development of a performing arts center providing the required areas
and infrastructure to be able to display and promote the art. Designing
a self integrated and flexible space, and also ensure constant activity
at the center, involving the community and public.
Entrance foyer
The entrance foyer may be required to accommodate the following:

●ticket check if at entrance, and not at points of entry into the auditorium
●information in the form of leaflets and other handouts describing productions and events,
notice boards providing information on events and, possibly, a reception/information desk
●circulation and waiting area
●seating (desirable for ambulant disabled)
●directional signage directing the public to the various facilities (consider carefully
colour, size and type face for clarity and for the visually impaired and elderly)
●supervision: some consideration needs to be given to oversee the entrance area by the
staff in order to offer assistance and exercise control
●exhibition and display: space for temporary exhibitions or wall display; display cases for
merchandise and crafts
●access to box office, crèche, cloakrooms, toilets and sales, as well as meeting rooms and
other public facilities
The public needs to be able to easily identify visually the main circulation routes to the
auditorium and other public facilities from the entrance
foyer.

Offices and associated areas

The following staff may require individual offices; with each office being 12–15M2:
●Platform/stage manager
●Assistant platform/stage manager
●Secretary
●Chief technician
●Master carpenter
●Property master
●Wardrobe mistress/master
In addition electricians, and platform/stage hands and including flymen (if appropriate)
require changing rooms: allow 3M2 per person. Stage hands for opera, musicals, dance
and drama productions, if seen within a performance will require make-up provision and
to change into costumes. Showers should be available to stage hands and flymen, off their
changing rooms. A separate toilet can be located at platform/stage level, suitable for
wheelchair users.
Foyer
The foyer provides the means of access to all parts of the auditorium and should have
facilities for the public to sit, talk, walk about and meet friends. These social aims can include
also a legitimate level of self-display from formal promenading to a general awareness of
those attending a performance. The floor area is related to the capacity of the auditorium:
allow a minimum of 0.6M2 per person for all the foyer areas, excluding toilets, cloakroom
and vertical circulation.

Public entrance
The front entrance provides the main access
into, and egress from, the building for the
public. The entrance should be located along
the main access route and be clearly visible:
the public should be aware of the entrance by
its location and signage. The entrance gives
information about the attitude of the
management towards the public and can be
welcoming or intimidating, exclusive or
embracing, clear or obscure.

Requirements for public entrance areas include:

●Access and parking: Provision for passengers to alight at the main entrance by taxi, car or
coach, with a discrete lay by or service road, especially if it is a large building complex, and
close proximity to parking.
●External display: Name of the building and/or company as an illuminated external sign;
posters and advertising material; current and
future attractions on adjustable signs or electronic signs; banners and flags. The building
itself, suitably artificially lit when dark, is also an
external display.

Parking:

Landscaping:

Integration of all the spaces can be achieved by landscape, built form-

such as connecting corridors, pergolas, pavement design etc.
Art gallery :
The gallery may be designed as a formal interior essentially for pictures, or
less formal and specific, allowing exhibitions to be created for the space. Live Art
should be considered, as should the use of gallery space for recitals, drama
performances and so on, in which case the acoustic characteristics of
the space would require particular attention. The whole of the gallery can be
the foyer space to the auditorium, with refreshment areas, toilets, etc.
off the gallery, thus making the gallery the focus of the public spheres.

A display can be provided within the foyer associated with a performance or 21

conference, exhibitions of local interest, sponsors’ material and
art-related displays, on walls or screens. Security can be covered by the general
provision in the building.

Library :

•Area required for a simple reading/work

place is 2.5 m2
For a PC or individual work place > 4.0 m2
is needed
• fire precaution
•Installation of book security system will
prevent theft of book, by giving electronic
lock up.
•The more efficient method is to have linked
areas which as large as possible without
change in level.
Toilets:
Legislation provides a guide to the minimum provision: this is
usually inadequate especially for women. A general guide to the
minimum requirements is as follows:
Men WCs minimum of 2 for up to 500 males, then
one for each additional 500. Urinals minimum of 2
for up to 100 males, then one for each additional
100.
Wash basins one for each WC plus one for each five urinals.
Women WCs minimum of 2 for up to 75 females, 23
then one for each additional 50. Wash basin one for
each WC.
Also consider powder shelves, long mirrors and sanitary towel dispensers and disposal in
women’s toilets and provision for changing nappies
Allow for handdrying facilities: either electric warm air dryers, roller towels or paper
towels with containers for disposal.
Separate toilet or toilets for disabled persons, containing 1 WC and 1 wash basin in each
toilet, are essential provision.
Toilets should be located off the main circulation near the entrance lobby and also at each level
of the foyer in a multi-level auditorium.

Auditorium and platform/stage formats

The relationship between the auditorium [the audience] and the platform/stage [the
performance] is a fundamental requirement. The selected format affects the experience for
both audience and performers, seating capacity and auditorium size and shape, from which
follows the general arrangement of the building.
The relationship may be summarized as either the proscenium format or open stage format:
the proscenium format is as if the performance is seen through a window’ or hole in the wall
and there is a clear division between audience and performers; the open stage formats follow
the concept of the auditorium and platform/ stage being within a single volume with the
seating confronting, partially surrounding or wholly surrounding the platform/stage.
 CASE STUDY

• National Centre for the Perfoming Arts

NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra
400021
• Triveni kala sangam

SCOPE

 The major scope of this project is to study and design the

performing arts and visual arts centre
 The main scope of this project is to design the landscapes,
gathering space where people will interact with each other.

 The scope of this project is also to make the people aware of their
culture as they are being stuck in the fast tech life and also,
introduce them to the ancient Indian Dance which were
performed in temples.
Requirements
 Dance studios
 Music studio
SITE INFORMATION  Auditorium
 Open air theatre (OAT)
 Art and museum gallery
 Conference room
 Space for display exhibitions
 A library for members
 Teaching and Demonstration
halls
 Cafe
 Storage spaces
 Office space
 Studios for painters and craft
persons

The siite is been located in delhi near sultan gahri

in delhi , the site is about 10 acres