BUDDHIST

CULTURAL CENTRE

Undergraduate B.Arch Jadavpur University

Presented by: MIHIR NARAYAN Guided by: Prof. Shivashish Bose

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CONTENTS
01 PROJECT
. BRIEF

02 SITE

03 FEASIBILITY

04 LITERATURE REVIEW
PROJECT BRIEF
INTRODUCTION
RELEVANCE
TIMELINE / BACKGROUND
JUSTIFICATION
AIM & OBJECTIVES
SCOPE
LIMITATIONS
 INTRODUCTION
SIGNIFICANCE
Site is in Bodhgaya is small but internationally renowned town of
immense religious and cultural significance, located in the Gaya
district of Bihar, India. It's claim to fame lies in the fact that lord
Buddha attained enlightenment here and more than 2500 years
ago under the bodhi tree. It is thus considered as the geographical
Centre of the Buddhist world by followers of the faith worldwide. It
has a tremendous cultural connotation, and is therefore an
extremely important Centre for national, as well as international
tourism.

LOCATION
Site is located in Bodhgaya, Gaya district of Bihar, which shares
common boundaries with Jehanabad district towards the west,
Hazaribagh and Chatra districts towards the south and Nawada
and Koderma (Jharkhand) districts towards the east. It is
located approximately 13 kms south of the town of Gaya, the
large district headquarter and pilgrim town, and about 125 kms
from Patna, the state capital.
 RELEVANCE
Awareness
Spreading awareness of the culture and monuments of
different parts of the world of the most important of the Biggest Landmark
Buddhist pilgrimages site.
Maha Bodhi Temple is the
biggest heritage site near the
Protection of Different Cultures site and is globally famous. The
Mahabodhi Temple, a UNESCO
Heritage of different cultures including
World Heritage Site, is an
Chinese and Thailand must be protected
ancient, but much rebuilt and
and spread all over the world.
restored, Buddhist temple in
Bodh Gaya, marking the location
where the Buddha is said to
have attained enlightenment
Protection of Heritage
Protection and revitalization of Bodhgaya
as a heritage town.

Axis
Presently the town of Bodhgaya is spread around the
Mahabodhi temple on an East-West and North-South
Axis.
 Timeline
Bodhgaya as a Tourist Site
Due to Intense foreign
visits, it was declared as
one of the biggest tourist
Awareness Increases spot
People from the different
2014
parts of the world started
showing up

2015
Gaya Airport Live Project
Within 5 kms from Since this a government
the town Airport 2016 project we cannot expect
Opened thus anything sooner
helping passengers nevertheless things are
from far countries to
visit as well.
2017 getting better near the site
including roads and all.

Need of a Cultural Centre

2018
Gradually people started to
feel the need of a proper
museum and an Auditorium
where they can learn more
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Laid the foundation stone
2019
about Lord Buddha and by CM Nitish Kumar for
their culture. the construction of the
Mega Cultural Centre.
 JUSTIFICATION
Since most of the locals in Bodhgaya are dependent on tourism for their
1 livelihood, this project would increase job opportunities on various levels,
for them.

Bodhgaya is rich in Architectural and Cultural History, the project to be undertaken for the chosen
2 site will help in spreading awareness about Bihar’s cultural spots.

3 The primary function of the museum and the auditorium would be

educate people about the rich heritage in Bihar.

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AIM
To achieve a design solution for creation of a
culture and tourism Centre on the site without
hurting the sentiments of the heritage site nearby
the site also keeping in mind of the local inhabitants
by the use of existing resources in a
proper way.
OBJECTIVES
1. To create a cultural Centre which
promotes activities of the heritage sites
nearby.
2. To incorporate activities which are
interactive and attract tourists from around
the world thereby creating a landmark.
3. To propose a design solution which
enables rainwater harvesting from the Falgu
river specially during monsoon season(Flood
prone Area) thereby utilizing the rainwater in
the locality.
4. To enhance important viewpoints to create
a better tourism potential of the site.
5. To demonstrate the journey of the different
culture by providing their architectural
features in my design.
6. To respect all of their cultures and create
a place like museum to store the valuable
archaeological surveys.
 SCOPE
To formulate design guidelines To create a landmark
based on case study of relevant which speaks of
projects, field visits to historic Buddhist Cultures out
sites that has look even by it ’s
old heritage temples. planning, form and
elevation aesthetics
used.
To produce legible
To understand architectural
drawings and
requirements of the
visualization to depict
project based on tourism policy
the design ideas for the
and requirement
proposed project .
of community traditional theme.

2019
 Limitations

• You cannot go more than 6 story height in the Area

since it falls near the Bodhgaya Airport.

• Site falls under Flood prone area so we need to

make a higher plinth than a regular one.

• The accessible road that goes to the site is very

narrow.

• Bodhgaya does not have a sewer system. As per

Census 2001, about 61% of households did not have
access to a toilet. In several parts of the town night
soil/ sludge water either flows through the
surface drains or through unpaved
(kaccha) drains along the road side.
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 SITE
SITE SELECTION
SITE ANALYSIS
Why Bodhgaya?
Heritage site of India

Tourism alone generates 70% of the total revenue

from Heritage sites in Bodhgaya.

Since Bodhgaya is rich in Architectural and Cultural

History, the project to be undertaken for the chosen site
will help in spreading awareness about Bihar’s cultural
spots.

The primary function of the museum and the auditorium

would be educate people about the rich heritage in Bihar.

Since most of the locals in Bodhgaya are dependent on

tourism for their livelihood, this project would increase job
opportunities on various levels, for them.
D e s i g n
Requirements
Basic Requirements
Administrative block
Reception
Managers room
Staff room
Meeting room
Cultural areas
Auditorium
Museum
Conference room
Multipurpose halls
Banquet halls
Open air theatre
Interpretation area
Exhibition area
Audi visual rooms
Library
Other Areas
Restaurants
Cafeterias
Landscape areas
Parking
Services area
Any other activity, if required in the project would
be added at the later stages.
HERITAGE SITES
Heritage sites of different culture can be seen in the huge
campus of Bodhgaya. Monks stays there in monasteries
and follow lord buddha as their culture.
FEASIBILITY
PRESENT SITE CONDITIONS
GENERAL SURVEY
 Site Images
Present Site Conditions

View from the site

Electric Poles, Transformers
and mobile towers are nearby
View to the site
Mahabodhi Temple is
visible from the site..
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Panoramic View
Across the road at the site.
 PRESENT SITE

SAME

01 02
2018 2019

There were no such change since the CM laid the foundation stone in 2018.
Plans have been checked and passes the order of construction.
G e n e r a l
S U R V E Y
G e n e r a l
S U R V E Y
LITERATURE REVIEW
LITERATURE STUDY
CASE STUDY
A room built to enable an audience to

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hear and watch performances at
venues such as theatres.
LITERATURE STUDY
Requirements to consider in a
auditorium are acoustical, illumination,
doors, communication, and safety
measures etc.
Provide carpet in the aisles and forward
area, a hardwood floor on the stage, in
front of the main curtain, softwood
elsewhere.
Provide sound shaping devices as
required for proper acoustics in the
auditorium.
Fluorescent house system, stage
lighting system, with means of lowering
the fixtures for service. SUPER ELEVATION OF SEATING LENGTH OF ROWS: max. 16 seats per aisle or 25
seats per aisle if one side exit door 1m wide is
provided per 3-4 rows.

SIZE OF AUDITORIUM: area of 0.5m2/spectator is

for sitting.
 PROPORTIONS OF AUDITORIUM :

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obtained
from spectator’s psychological perception &
LITERATURE STUDY
viewing angle as well as the good view from
all seats.
Good view without head movement, but
slight
eye movement of about 30o .
Good view with slight head movement
and
slight eye movement approx. 60o.
Maximum perception angle without head
movement is about 110o.
With full head and shoulder movement, a
perception field of 360o is possible

WIDTH OF AUDITORIUM : from the fact that

spectators sitting to one side should still be
able to see the stage clearly

BOXES MAY HAVE UP TO 10 STANDING PLACES SHOULD

LOOSE CHAIRS, ELSE FIXED
CHAIRS HAVE AREA MINIMUM
0.65M2 PER PERSON
BE ARRANGED IN ROWS,
SEPARATED BY FIXED
BARRIERS ACCORDING TO OFFSETTING OF SEATS IN ROW IS
MINIMUM DIMENSIONS ACHIEVED BY DIFFERENT SEAT WIDTHS
(0.50-0.53-0.56)
ELEVATION OF SEATING : obtained from

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lines of vision.
Since spectators sit in gaps, only every
LITERATURE STUDY
second row requires full sight elevation
(12cm).
Rows of spectator should be formed in a
circular segment with respect to the
stage, not just for better alignment but also
to achieve better mutual perception.
Exits: 1m wide/ 150 people should be
provided or min. 08m.
VOLUME: 4-5M3 THEATRE OR 6-
8M3 FOR OPERA PER SPECTATOR.
99 seats*0.6m2 needs a stage area
of 60m2(2/3)+30m2(1/3) i.e., 90-
100m2.
A room proportion of 1:1:6 is the best
option for multiple use.
Proscenium height should be
CEILING SHAPE AND SOUND REFLECTION
determined first. Then apron height,
banking of the stalls & volume of
auditorium are determined.
Lines of ceiling are obtained from
acoustic requirements.
Aim should be for the reflected sound
from stage or apron to be equally
distributed through auditorium.

PROSCENIUM HEIGHT : WIDTH = 1 : 6 CONTACT RELATIONSHIPS B/W PUBLIC & STAGE &
AMONG ONE ANOTHER
STAGES LITERATURE STUDY
Stage Forms: Full Stage, Small Stage & OPEN AIR THEATRE (OAT)
Set areas
Full Stage: More than 100m2 of Stage Open stages require considerably less scenery than normal stages because the
area. Stage ceiling more than 1m above top playing area is viewed from several sides.
of Scenery store : for theatres and multipurpose theatres, production is 10-12 and for
proscenium arch. opera it is up to 50 & more.
Small Stage: Area no more than 100m2, Per play/production, around 20-25% of playing area is required as storage area (for
no stage extension (secondary stages), theatres about three times & for opera it is about ten times).
stage ceiling Space requirement for costumes : 1-12cm/costume or 1-15 costumes per rod.
not more than 1m above top of proscenium.
Set Areas: Raised acting areas in rooms
without ceiling projections.
Stage proportions are developed from the
lines of vision from the auditorium. The
stage
area is the playing area plus the walkways
(around the back of stage) and working
areas.
Stage Ventilation: Means should be
provided for ventilating smoke and hot
gases resulting
from fire on the stage e.g.- provision of
haystack lantern light or fire ventilator sited
in
highest point in roof over stage and as near
to center of stage as is reasonably
practicable.
An additional fresh air inlet may prove
effective.
MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY LITERATURE STUDY
The main concerns of museums & art
galleries are collecting, documenting,
preserving, researching, interpreting and
exhibiting some form of material
evidence.

Each group of pictures in art gallery should

have a separate room & each
picture a wall to itself, which means small
rooms.
The normal human angle of vision starts
27o up from eye level.
MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY LITERATURE STUDY
The main concerns of museums & art
galleries are collecting, documenting,
preserving, researching, interpreting and
exhibiting some form of material
evidence.

Each group of pictures in art gallery should

have a separate room & each
picture a wall to itself, which means small
rooms.
The normal human angle of vision starts
27o up from eye level.
3-5m2 hanging surface per picture, 6-10m2
ground surface per sculpture &
1m2 cabinet space per 400 coins.
A sill height of 2.13m for pictures and a
viewing range of 3-3.65m for
sculpture.
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Key Inferences
• The museum should have an entry exit loop
• Use rectangular grid for space planning is
predominant in any of the studies, hence must be
followed.
• The form has to be subtle and should merge with
the exist in fabric.
• Connect ions can be established through the use of
courtyards
• Minimum Black road should be provided to
integrate all the component s in the site.
• As far as possible the use of local material and
construct ion technique should be used
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