SHRI VAISHNAV VIDHYAPEETH VISHWAVIDYALAYA, 

INDORE (M.P.)

DESIGN STUDIO , SUBJECT CODE – ARCH501

TOPIC – CASE STUDY OF TRIBAL MUSEUM

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Tribal Meusum ,Bhopal

• The Museum of Tribal Heritage at Bhopal was commissioned by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 2004 since over 30%
of the population of the state is tribal.

• Tribal museum is constructed on shyamala hill Which is situated in city of lakes Bhopal.

• Museum is Surrounded by buildings of great importance the State museum of Bhopal.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Architect Revati Kamath and Design Studio

Zoning Socio-Cultural and institutional
Climate Hot & Dry Climate
Topography Sloping

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
A) BASIC CONCEPT OF THE CASE STUDY -

The Museum is designed to create a built fabric which the tribal communities
could identify with, extend, and evolve, to represent themselves and express
their own ideas .

Tribal settlement with greenery and water bodies around shall be created to
display the principle of living in co-existence with nature

The galleries are raised above the ground on columns, forming a continuous
multilevel verandah the site is developed on the contours. 2
B) USER BEHAVIOR AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS
22%

30%
.BUILT UP SPACE
LANDSCAPE
60% 8%
TRANSITION SPACE

10%
60% PARKING
OPEN SPACE
9%

VISITORS ADMINISTRATION WORKSHOP

2
%
Pie chart of user Behavior Site Distribution

10% 5%

ACTIVITY PATTERN OF MUSEUM -

10%
25% ADMINSTRATION
• Timing for the tribal museum is 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm. WORKSHOP

9% EXHIBITION GALLERY
• Museum remain closed on Monday. LIBRARY
• Time required is 2-3 hrs. AUDITORIUM
3 AMENETIES
• Usually 4:00pm will be little busy % SERVICES

38%
Area Distribution 3
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION

The Museum is built on a site of Seven acres. The program is designed in such a way that it involves the tribal community and
provides them a platform to evolve and express and to providing them an opportunity to connect with the urban world and
also to generate economy by sealing their products and conducting workshops. The staff and the visitor area have been
segregated and main entrance

SITE PLAN
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GALLERY - To showcase the rich diversity of tribal culture. There are 6 galleries each of Area 300 sq mts.

WORKSHOPS - For artisans to produce artefacts and develop installations.

• Handmade paper display

• Dance and music workshop
• Wood and bamboo workshop
• Photography workshop
• Metal workshop
• Terracotta and earth workshop

LIBRARY - Providing vast knowledge of tribes around the world.

THEATRE - Platform for various cultural activities and social gatherings.

DORMITORY - For stay of artisans and their families

PARKING - Parking at the entrance, reception area, administration, auditorium, canteen, shops, washroom, storage area,
water bodies, central amphitheatre, separate service entry, and courtyard
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ZONING

The museum is segregated between public and administrative spaces. Continuity of the spaces is maintained to integrate spaces
throughout horizontal zoning. Administrative and workshop is placed at lower levels while public area like exhibitions galleries,
auditorium and restaurants are placed at upper level in vertical zoning.

Space for
various exhibits
Courtyards puncture the with proper
built Mass, bringing in circulation
light and air.

UPPER FLOOR PLAN

Transition space between

Corridor the galleries used as
Admin introduction gallery.
Ramp
Exhibition
Workshop
Auditorium
FIRST FLOOR PLAN Café
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ARRANGEMENTS OF SPACES IN MUSEUM:

Gallery 1: Cultural Diversity Of Madya Pradesh

Gallery 2: Tribal Life
Gallery 3: Tribal Aesthetic
Gallery 4: Tribal Spiritual
Gallery 5: Exhibition, Workshop And Guest Gallery
OPEN-SPACE AND LANDSCAPING

OPEN-SPACE:-
• Central courtyards are Provided that allows natural Lighting and ventilation.
• It creates a sense of connecting space to environment.
• Open air theatre is also Provided that represents the courtyard of tribal community.

CENTRAL COURT CONNECTION BUILT SPACE WITH NATURE AMPHITHEATRE

LANDSCAPING:-
• The landscape is designed to collect and store rain water, to be used for both cooling and irrigating the green roof and gardens.
• Artificial landscape in used in this museum that connects to the nature.
• Artificial pond is also provided

ARTIFICIAL POND ARTIFICIAL LANDSPACE

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MATERIAL
MATERIAL USED IN WALLS:-
Walls were made up of local stone left exposed. Other walls were made up of
brick plastered with crushed stone on the outside and mud plaster on the
inside and handmade painted on the surface of the wall..

MATERIAL USED IN ROOF:-

The roofs are made of fabricated from half- round

tiles, galvalume sheets and concrete with a
topping of grass and groundcover.
HANDMADE PAINTED WALLS STRUCTURAL SYSTEM:-

The structure is built of steel tubes,

BAMBOO CONSTRUCTION:-
Bamboo is used as a column and covered with a rope,
shading device to protect from the harsh sun light, and
also used as a decorative element.
castellated girders, and steel rods
fabricated into intricate trusses. Steel
seemed to be a natural choice in the land
& location of ancient Iron Age & Bronze
Age civilizations, and the contemporary
truck body building industry.
TRUSS

DISPERSION OF HARSH SUNLIGHT CASTELLATED GIRDERS AND STEEL RODS FABRICATION

CONCLUSION

• The best thing about the museum is that it is not typical museum where Artifacts are just displayed, one can touch and feel the materials
and sculptures.
• It has beautiful amalgamation of traditional art and architecture with modern architecture.
• In every space the culture of tribe is reflected.
• Interior are colorfully decorated with tribal art forms like painting of life style.
• Building has been designed according to the topography of the site.
• Spaces have been integrated according to the user need and activities.
• Well segregation of display area and administrative area. Climate responsive and sustainable design.
• Ramps are provided for physically disable persons.
• Proper sunlight treatment .
• Balance between the built and the open spaces.

 DESIGN ANALYSIS:-

 Best have been integrated according to the user need and activities; the display area has been designed at the upper level while the
administrative area workshop area is placed at the lower level. Main entrance is also placed at upper level while the exit is at the
lower level.

 Balance between natural and artificial lighting is well maintained. Natural lighting has been checked through shading devices. Artificial
lighting is also designed strategically.

 The Museum is designed to create a built fabric which the tribal communities could identify with, extend , and evolve, to represent
them and express their own ideas and way of life with case and spontaneity. While the architecture of the Museum is inspired by
tribal rhythms, geometries, materials, forms, aesthetics and spatial consciousness.
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 GALLERY 3: - CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF MADYA PRADESH
• The gallery showcases cultural diversity of the state.

• The gallery has been arranged so that all-encompassing culture of Madhya Pradesh emerges before visitors
automatically.

• A huge tree is shown in the midst of map of Madhya Pradesh. Below the map, geographical presence of all major
tribal clans of Madhya Pradesh has been displayed through significant symbols.

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 GALLERY 2: - TRIBAL LIFESTYLE
• Tribal lifestyle has been displayed in this gallery.
• Here a huge food grain container has been re-constructed.
• Information about diverse aspects of tribal life has been given
through ultramodern methods. Changes witnessed in tribal
dwellings during last 5 to 7 decades have also been displayed
GALLERY 3: - TRIBAL AESTHETICS

• This is tribal aesthetics gallery where

cosmetics have been displayed apart
from phases of tribal life, rituals,
festive songs pertaining to festivals
and auspicious occasions etc.
• There is a marriage canopy in the
midst of the gallery.
• Effort has been made to personify
events pertaining to seasons and
agriculture, ballets, attires and
elegance.
 GALLERY 4: TRIBAL SPIRITUAL

• This gallery has been presented like a tribal spiritual (dev

lok).
• It has been decorated with twinkling stars and
constellations.
• Apart from deities of state’s gods and goddesses, lingo dev
ki gudi and madiya kham etc. Of bastar have also been
displayed in it.
• Other exhibits include malwi mata ki gudi, sheetal mata ka
sthan, ghotul, karmaseni tree and a street in which potter,
waterman, blacksmith, gold smith’s houses and tools have
been displayed.
GALLERY 5: EXHIBITION, WORKSHOP AND GUEST GALLERY

• Under the initiative of setting up a gallery for

guest state, first of all life of tribal
communities of Chhattisgarh state is being
depicted in this gallery.
• That is why the corridor leading from devlok
to the gallery has been converted into
courtyard and corridor adjoining it to the
rajwar tribe of sarguja in Chhattisgarh.
Rajwar dwelling style of bamboo and clay
lattices and way of coating is highly.
NATURAL LIGHTING

• Courtyards puncture the built mass , bringing in light and air ,

while enabling the roof forms to establish modulated scales and
compositions.
• Perforated lighting is also used to illuminate the spaces.
Bamboo are used for proving shades in corridor.
Artificial lighting

Artificial lighting is used strategically in the tribal museum.

Spot lights and task lighting is used particularly rather than ambient lighting.
To balance shadows and luminance is easily checked by artificial lighting in
the museum.
THE STRUCTURE

The structure is built of steel tubes, castellated girders, and steel rods fabricated into
intricate trusses.
Steel seemed to be a natural choice in the land & location of ancient iron age & bronze
age civilizations, and the contemporary truck body building industry.
Steel structure tube bamboo is used as a column and covered with a rope, shading
device to protect from the harsh sun light, and also used as a decorative element.
SECTION -

SECTIONAL ELEVATIONS

The museum elevations have been beautifully depicted

through tribal paintings and carvings related to tribal life.