CASE STUDY :

THE ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY OF

FINE ARTS SCHOOLS OF
ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN &
CONSERVATION

SINHGAD COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

TY B.ARCH DIV : B
PRESENTED BY:
01 DARPAN BAFNA
02 KAVYA D’CRUZ
07 SAMEEKSHA GODSE
35 SAKSHI KULKARNI 1
 WHAT IS FINE ARTS WHAT IS APPLIED ARTS
• A fine art is a fine collection of art that is done to • The applied arts are all the arts that apply
create beautiful things design and decoration to everyday and
• The term “Fine Art” refers to an art form developed essentially practical objects in order to make
primarily for its aesthetic value and its beauty. them aesthetically pleasing.
• The term is used in distinction to the fine arts,
• Fine art is rooted in drawing and design-based works
which are those that produce objects with no
such as painting, printmaking, and sculpture. It is practical use, whose only purpose is to be
often contrasted with "applied art" and "crafts" which beautiful or stimulate the intellect in some way.
are both traditionally seen as utilitarian activities.
1. STUDIOS
2. WORKSHOPS
3. LIBRARY
 SPACES REQUIRED 4.
5.
AUDOTORIUM
EXHIBITION HALLS
6. CANTEEN
7. MEETING HALLS
8. STORAGE

o Course Curriculum for Fine Arts o Curriculum of applied arts:

Painting Industrial design – mass-produced objects.
Film and television Sculpture – also counted as a fine art.
Sculpture Architecture – also counted as a fine art.
Theatre and Drama Crafts – also counted as a fine art.
Animation Ceramic art.
Photography Automotive design. • DIPLOMA COURSE – 1 YEAR
• DIPLOMA COURSE – 1 YEAR
Printmaking • UNDERGRADUATE COURSE Fashion design • UNDERGRADUATE COURSE – 3 TO
5 YEARS
Dance – 3 TO 5 YEARS Calligraphy. • POSTGRADUATE COURSE – 2
• POSTGRADUATE COURSE – 2
YEARS
YEARS
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INTRODUCTION
• Campus Holmen consists of four different schools that all moved in
in the period from 1995-1998.
• All the schools were based on reuse and transformation of the
existing structures from the Danish Navy.
• As all the buildings in the area had one owner they were good taken
care of and possible to reuse in a very straight forward way.
• From 1993-1997 the area of Holmen was developed as a university
campus area for architecture, film, music and theatre education , fine
and applied arts.
• Architects - Vilhelm Lauritze Architects ,CUBO architects.
• 780 students + 50 Phd students for architecture students.
• Today, the Academy’s Fine Arts Schools have around 200 students
and 50 employees, of whom 22 are artistic and academic staff.

LOCATION :
Amalienborg
palace

• Location: Cul-de-sac , Denmark the opera

• Situated as a cul-de-sac district the area has a quiet and Kongens
nytorv
“remote” reputation and feeling. Holmen
• At the same time Holmen is centrally located within the old the royal danish
playhouse
city fortification walls, put the canal separates it from
having direct contact. car / bicycle
route from city
center

passenger
ferry
boat 3
 ENVIRONMENT AND MICRO CLIMATE

• Denmark experiences changeable weather because

it is located in the temperate zone at the meeting
point of diverse air masses from the Atlantic, the
Arctic, and eastern Europe.
• The west coast faces the inhospitable North Sea,
but the terminal section of the warm Gulf Stream
(the North Atlantic Current) moderates the climate.
• Lakes may freeze and snow frequently falls
during the cold winters, yet the mean temperature
in February, the coldest month, is about 32 °F (0
°C), which is roughly 12 °F (7 °C) higher than the
worldwide average for that latitude.
• The mean temperature in July, which is the
warmest month, is approximately 60 °F (16 °C).
• Rain falls throughout the year but is relatively
light in winter and spring and greatest from late
summer through autumn.
• The annual precipitation of approximately 25
inches (635 mm) ranges from about 32 inches (810
mm) in southwestern Jutland to about 16 inches
(405 mm) in parts of the archipelago.
FORM , FUNCTION & LANDSCAPE
• The buildings are placed in a grid, forming outdoor
spaces and streets.
• As the campus is based on reuse of old structures the
volumes are closely related to their earlier use and to
the available building technology from the time it was
built.
• In this case this means low buildings with
loadbearing exterior walls in brick, where some of the
volumes have only one floor and high ceilings.
• Landscape sitting provided in front of canteen , with
landscape furniture and pathways.
• Courtyards are provided in the center for natural
ventilation.
• The asphalt areas between the buildings was replaced
with raised grass areas, and squares and paths paved
with cobblestone or coarse sand.
• Rows of Linden trees were planted to emphasize the
campus atmosphere.

Northern warehouse: 3 floors + attic Administration

building: 2 floors + attic Exhibition / Auditoriums: 1 floor
with high ceilings
Canteen: 1 floor with high celeings
Workshops: 3 floors
Library: 1 floor with high celeings
 CIRCULATION
• The administration building and the
exhibition/auditorium building are the first you
meet when you arrive at the campus from the
city center.
• The exhibition/ auditorium building seeks to
attract visitors and people from outside in to
the campus area.
• The administration with the reception is also
clearly visible, though it is not possible to pass
through and further in.

• The new library is also placed along the main

road so that it is visible and easy available for
the public as well as the students.
• Further inside the campus the canteen serves as
the central point closely connected to outdoor
spaces.
• Almost all the circulation between the buildings
pass by the canteen. 6

• All circulation between the buildings takes

place outdoors.
 CAMPUS BIRD EYE VIEW : Center for Theory &
Method
Daylight Laboratory Production Design
Wood,metal And Games And
Study Department 11 Textile Design
Study Department 8 Fabric Interaction And
Clothing Design
Study Department 10 Workshop Industrial, pottery &
Architectural model Print shop
furniture Design
workshop

Center for Design

Research

IT department, Technical
Study Department 2
staff & maintainance
Study Department 7

Auditoriums

Canteen

Student council
Center for applied
innovation Library for
Architecture,Design &
Performing Arts

Reception
Administration
Rectors office

Institute of Building Culture

Institute of Technology Exhibition / Great hall
Institute of Planning Institute
of Design and Communication Study Department 1
Study Department 3
Study Department 6
 3 3 3
2 4 4 2 2 4 4 2
3 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
Northern warehouse:
1. entrance
2. drawing studios
3. office
4. teacher / researcher 6 10 9 10
Administration:
5. entrance 6 8 11 10
6. office
7. meeting room
Student advisory offices: 6
8. entrance 6
7 7
9. information 5
10.office
11.meeting
Meldahl´s blacksmity:
12.main entrance
13.auditorium / great hall 6 7
14.chair storage
15.exhibition
16.cafe
17.auditorium
18.canteen
19.special institutes
20.workshops 17
13 14 16 15 17 17 17
17
12 8

MASTER PLAN
 STUDENT STUDIOS NORTHERN WAREHOUSE
- OVERVIEW GROUND F L O O R

13 m

1:600

150 m

dividing glasswalls
used some places existing masonry walls dividing masonry wall

Detail plan first floor (segment)

13 m neighbour
section with
student studios

Student workspace = 346 m2 5,35 m

Circulation space / stairs = 96

m2
9
Toilets / spary room / storage = 38 m2
student workspace 37,5 m
9
Total in one studio / at one floor 480 m2

Total in building = 7800 m2

STUDENT STUDIOS NORTHERN WAREHOUSE
- SECTION

STRUCTURE
Originally this building has been a warehouse and has a very
rational construction. Load bearing exterior brick walls, with
small openings. The floor construction is in wood.
The wood columns stands with about 5,35 m c/c and the space
between the columns and the central core divides the space;
circulation / studio space.

Basically narrow spaces creates good daylight conditions. There

have though been some complains about the windows being to
small for satisfactory lighting.

Student workspace

Circulation space

Toilets / storage / stairs

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EXHIBITION & AUDITORIUMS MELDAHLS BLACKSMITHY
storage for chairs small cafe

Exhibition / Great Hall = 690 m2 (netto)

Chair storage / wardrobe = 182 m2

Exhibition / small bar = 830 m2 (netto)

Auditoriums = 600 m2 (netto)

Total in building = 4000 m2

 Eating space = 590 m2

CANTEEN Kitchen / storage / staff = 280 m2

Entrance / toilets = 85 m2
Total 955 m2

The canteen is the natural gathering Outdoor space = 1000 m2

point situated in the middle of the

school.

The placement of the kitchen

makes it possible to keep the
building open for other activities
outside opening hours. Economy

The building is closely related to the

protected outdoor spaces to the
south.

The roof construction were renewed

with light from above and solar
panels on the outside.

1:600
 WORKSHOP
Ground floor: A wood workshop, which is open 24 hours a
day. The workshop is equipped with a limited selection of
machines that are easy to use and more safe.
First floor: A metal workshop, welding room, plastic workshop,
painting room and a digital workshop.
Second floor: A wood workshop, a conference room
and an office.
The Architectural model workshop building is about 1600 m2.

Library

Architectural
model workshop
LIBRARY Workshops for
fine arts students

The joint institution is a public research library as well as a

documentation and knowledge center, covering the fields
of architecture, design, theatre and
contemporary dance. The library is open and also used by
practicing professional’s . It is situated along the main
road and therefore easy to spot.
The building is somewhere around 1500 m2.

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 ELEVATIONS

STUDENT ADVISORY BUILDING ELEVATION

SOUTH SIDE SITE ELEVATION

 MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY

Wooden coulmns and beams Pendant lighting and table lamps for
Wooden flooring
studios

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Glass used for windows and Exposed brick and stone work
skylights
 IMAGES

Northern warehouse Studio Bicycle parking

Auditorium Great hall Meldahl’s blacksmith building

 IMAGES

Library
Exhibition

Workshop
Canteen
ANALYSIS
• Buildings are properly segregated in grid pattern.
• The ventilation is done through the use of the windows and this causes some difficulties.
• The studio space looks a bit tight to work in bigger groups.
• The orientation after coming up the stairs seems to narrow.
• It could have been interesting to cut more in the structure and create more vertical relations
between the floors. It could also have been intresting to contrast the facade with something
new and shiney.
• Toilets are situated in the middle of the studios , so it has no proper ventilation and my cause
foul smell.
• Proper artificial lighting layout in studios having pendant and table lamps.
• Narrow spaces creates good daylight conditions.
• The space and the good daylight conditions gives posibilities of exhibitions with a great
variation.
 STUDENT’S HOSTEL
Y V UNIVERSITY KADAPA

· ARCHITECTS: DCOOP
· AREA : 2050 M²
· YEAR : 2007
· LOCATION: KADAPA,
ANDHRA PRADESH
ARCHITECTURAL TYPE : MODERN
ARCHITECTURE

• The student hostels buildings at the Y V

University are designed keeping in mind
the unique experience of living in a hostel
– a decisive and memorable phase in a
student’s life.
• The project is located in a context
characterized by state patronage with
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limited construction technologies and a
spartan budget.
 ENVIRONMENT AND MICRO CLIMATE

• Kadapa are in the northern hemisphere.

• The month with the highest relative humidity is
November (69.44 %). The month with the lowest
relative humidity is March (41.50 %).
• The month with the highest number of rainy days is
October (13.53 days).
• The climate here is considered to be a local steppe
climate.
• In Kadapa, there is little rainfall throughout the
year.
• In Kadapa, the average annual temperature is 28.4
°C | 83.1 °F.
• Precipitation here is about 606 mm | 23.9 inch per
year.
• The driest month is February, with 3 mm | 0.1 inch
of rain.
• May is the warmest month of the year. The
temperature in May averages 33.4 °C | 92.1 °F.
• December has the lowest average temperature of
the year. It is 23.8 °C | 74.8 °F.
FORM , FUNCTION & LANDSCAPE

• The Hostel is a collage of spaces and volumes

generated from a graphical diagram of lines – first
multiplied, then spatialized and transformed through a
series of actions.
• The design involves assembling the rooms into simple
rectangular blocks comprising five rooms each,
allowing for the control of volumes and scale.
• The spatial vocabulary evolves out of the dynamic
action of these modular blocks.
• The resultant architecture is an assembled kit-of-parts
where each block 'swivels', 'hollows', 'slides', or
'stacks' and plugs-in to a central public spine.
• These actions lend dynamism to the structure,
juxtaposing it against the weighted forms of Indian
Modernism.
• Courtyards are provided in front of hostels.
MASTER PLAN
GROUND FLOOR
 FIRST FLOOR

ROOMS
TOILETS

SECOND FLOOR
 MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY

1. Glass window
2. Concrete jail
3. Steel I sections
4. Concrete column
5. Tinted glass for partition
6. Wooden furniture
7. Pendant lights

1. Glass window 2. Concrete jail

3. Steel I sections 5. Tinted glass for partition

6. Wooden furniture
7. Pendant lights

4. Concrete column
 ELEVATIONS

SOUTH SIDE ELEVATION

EAST SIDE ELEVATION

HOSTEL BUILDING MODEL
ANALYSIS
• Each modular block and public path is coded by a specific color.
• Use of concrete jalis which cast visually appealing shadows on
floor.
• Only one toilet/ bathroom provided on each floor ( each room
should be provided with personal toilets/bathroom.)
• Addition and subtraction of cuboids for forming the structure.
• Not designed considering barrier free environment.
• Proper ventilation provided to each room.(cross ventilation)
THANK YOU !