INDIAN AIRFORCE MUSEUM (IAF)

INTRODUCTION

The LAF Museum, Palam is the first ever Aerospace museum of India.
The IAF Museum has the largest collection of aircrafts.
Itshowcases the achievements of IAF since 1930.it is built on the property of Northern Air
Command.
The museum offers an insight not only into the history of the Indian Air Forcebut a complete
picture of Military aviation in India.
Starting from the initial days when Indian aviators flew for the Royal Flying Corps during the First
WorldWar, right up to the days of the Kargil Operations.
The visitor is regaled with pictures, mementoes, souvenirs, models, and the actual aircraft
themselves.
Established -1955
Location- Palam, New Delhi.
Access- The Museum is situated next to Technical
Area Gate of Air Force Station Palam It is appx. 8 km
from Dwarka, Sec-9
metro station and only 1.5 km from airport.
Client- The Indian Air
Force Area: Around 4 acres.
DESIGN ANALYSIS:

• Site Planning & Circulation :.The site is irregular in

shape and flat with an area of around 4 acres.
• It is approached from Palam road 15 m wide
with entrance at a setback of 5 m from the road.
• As the museum is entered, a black ceramic tiled
walkway with hedges on both sides, leads to the
War memorial towards right.
• Further ahead lies the entrance to the
museum block with indoor gallery space that
opens up further to the large hangar at the
end.
• On the left lies the museum office and the
cafeteria.
• The outdoor exhibits are not very much
distributed except for two parts of the site
with outdoor displays as most of the aircrafts
are accommodated within the hangar
• The site orientation is such that the outdoor
galleries open up towards south sun
Materials:• All the buildings on the site display their formal military character and hence
fail to stand out as a unique built structure.• The walkway to the museum from the
entrance is paved with concrete paving blocks.• War memorial and the pathway to it are
made of black marble Indoor Gallery :• The main building with indoor galleries are brick-
built having their exteriors painted white and blue. The interiors have white walls too.•
The indoor galleries have white false ceilings with linear lines pattern along its length.•
The floors are of white ceramic tiles . Hangar and Outdoor Gallery :• The hangar and
other outdoor exhibits have concreted ground . Walls and roof are made up of blue
corrugated steel sheets supported by steel sections and Trusses columns
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