SITE MAP NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE

NEW DELHI, INDIA (1991)

ARCHITECT: ACHYUT KANVINDE

INTRODUCTION
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE
ESTABLISHED IN 1992, IS A SCIENCE
MUSEUM DELHI ,INDIA IT IS THE PART
OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF DELHI
MUSEUM(NCSM), AN AUTONOMOUS
SITE LOCATION BODY UNDER INDIA’S MINISTRY OF
BHAIRON MARG, ADJACENT PRAGATI CULTURE.
MAIDAN
SITE AREA: 7000 SQ.M
LIGHTING
SITE DETAILS BUILDING MATERIALS • ARTIFICAL LIGHTING IS DONE IN ALL
ALL EXTERNAL FACADES ARE IN GREY GRIT FINISH. THE GALLERIES WITH DAYLIGHT
GROUND COVERAGE: 3750 SQM (50%)
ALL STRUCTURAL MEMBERS HIGHLIGHTED IN BROWN EXHIBITS KEPT TO MINIMUM.
TOTAL BUILT-UP AREA: 18000 SQM
PERMISSIBLE F.A.R: 2.5 • SKY LIGHTING THROUGH FIBERGLASS
SKYLIGHTS IS ALSO DONE IN
FOOTFALL: 4,00,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR
GALLERIES.
SERVICES
• UNDERGROUND FIRE-TANK OF
STRUCTURE 2000000L CAPACITY.
 PILE FOUNDATION IS 20 M DEEP. • A 200TON A.C. PLANT USED FOR
 FRAME STRUCTURE USING HIGH AUDITORIUM.
STRENGTH R.C.C. • THERE ARE 2 ADDITIONAL
 STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS ARE PRECAST PLANTS OF 25TON FOR EACH
TO SAVE TIME. SEMINAR HALLS.
 COFFER SLABS ARE USED. • FIRE EXITS PRESENT ON EACH
 BASEMENT HEIGHT- 4.15 M & FLOOR TO FLOOR.
FLOOR HEIGHT- 3.6 M. EXTERIOR VIEW • FIRE EXTINGUISHERS PRESENT
VIEW FROM
FROM STAIRCASE ON EACH SECTION OF EVERY
GATE SHOWING
FLOOR.
FRONT FACADE
• NATURALLY LIT HALLWAYS, BUT
TREE STORY ATRIUM EXHIBITION HALLS ARE
CIRCULATION WITH SKYLIGHT ARTIFICIALLY LIT MAJORLY.
• AIR- CONDITIONED EXHIBITION
 CENTER HAS FORCED SYSTEM OF HALLS.
CIRCULATION
 VISITOR, UPON ENTERING ON THE FIRST
FLOOR IS TAKEN TO THE THIRD FLOOR VIA
ESCALATOR AND STAIRS.
 THEN THEY VISIT A HALF CIRCUIT OF THE WALLS AND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR GALLERIES, TAKE THE STAIRS TO ALL INTERNAL WALLS ARE
THE FOURTH FLOOR TO DO A COMPLETE LOOP PLASTERED & COLOURED
ACCORDING TO THEME.
VEGETATION OF THE GALLERIES.
ALL FLOOR FINISH ARE
 THEN THEY COME DOWN TO THE OTHER HALF
TREES AND PLANTS: OF THE THIRD FLOOR. FROM HERE THEY FIND TERRAZZO, WOODEN, TILES.
RUBBER, JASMIN, ASHOKA,
THEIR WAY TO THE GALLERIES BELOW ON THE
MEETA NEEM, TUNI, NEEM, PALM
SECOND FLOOR.
ETC.
SKY LIGHTING THROUGH
FIBERGLASS SKYLIGHTS IS ALSO
DONE IN GALLERIES.

CORES
GALLERIES
THE ENTRY PLAZA TO THE CENTRE WELCOMES ITS
VISITORS WITH A HUGE EXHIBIT SPANNING FOUR
FLOORS, ONE OF THE LARGEST EXHIBITS IN THE WORLD,
"THE ENERGY BALLS", IN WHICH NYLON BALLS SIX
INCHES IN DIAMETER, ARE LIFTED TO A HEIGHT OF
LIFTS FIFTY FEET, LETTING THEM GAIN POTENTIAL ENERGY,
FOR ALL AND THEN DROPPED, LETTING THEM TRAVEL ALL KINDS
FLOORS MAIN TOILET OF PATHS, PERFORMING WORK TO EXPEND THEIR
ON THE POTENTIAL ENERGY INTO OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY. INTERIOR
GROUND BESIDES, THERE ARE SMALL BUT ATTENTION GRABBING VIEW,AUDITORIUM
FLOOR EXHIBITS LIKE THE MAGIC TAP WHICH APPARENTLY
GUSHES FORTH WATER SUSPENDED IN SPACE WITHOUT
ANY INLET, A HARP, WHERE MERELY MOVING ONES
HANDS CREATES MUSIC, AND A SUITCASE WHICH
CURIOUSLY RESISTS BEING TWISTED ABOUT ITS HANDLE.
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