CASE STUDY

CULTURAL CENTER

NAME: RUCHITA DAVANE

ROLL NO.: 2020003
YEAR: THIRD YEAR SEM-5
COLLEGE: UNIVERSAL COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
BHARAT BHAVAN
• ESTABLISH IN 1982 . INAUGURATED BY THE THEN PRIME
MINISTER OF INDIA. MRS. INDIA GANDHI N 13TH FEBRUARY
1982
• BHARAT BHAVAN IS MULTI ART CENTER SET UP TO CREATE AN
INTERACTION PROXIMITY BETWEEN THE VERBAL, VISUAL AND
PERFORMING ARTS.
• ESTABLISHED AND FINANCED BY GOVT. OF MADHYA PRADESH.
• BHARAT BHAVAN IS A CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE CREATIVITY,
PURSUIT OF CLASSICS AND TRADITION AND WIDE
PARTICIPATION IN A NEW CULTURAL UPSURGE.
• ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE NATIONAL INSTITUTES IN INDIA,
BHARAT BHAVAN IS A CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING AND
VISUAL ARTS.
BHARAT BHAVAN
LOCATION:
J. SWAMINATH MARG, SHAMLA HILL NEAR, UPPER LAKE, BHOPAL,
MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA. IT IS AN INDEPENDENT TRUST CREATED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF MADHYA PRADESH.
 FROM OF BUILDING
• BHARAT BHAVAN IS UNIQUELY DESIGNED
WITH THE COMBINATION OF SIMPLE AND
INTERESTING SHAPES
• THE AUDITORIUM HAS UNIQUE DESIGN
MADE UP OF R.C.C. SHELL WHICH HAS A
SKYLIGHT ON THE TOP OF IT PROVIDING
NATURAL LIGHTING
 REQUIREMENT OF BHARAT BHAVAN
i. PERMANENT MUSEUM
ii. GREEN ROOM
iii. OPEN AIR AMPHITEATRE
iv. INDOOR THEATRE
v. RESTAURANT
vi. AUDITORIUM
vii. STORE
viii. WORKSHOP
ix. SPECIAL EXHIBITION ARE
x. OFFICE
xi. LIBRARY
xii. WORKSHOP STUDIO
xiii. TOILET
xiv. TICKET COUNTER CIRCULATION
FUNCTION
IT HOUSES AN ART GALLERY, A FINE ARTS WORKSHOPS, AN OPEN AIR
AMPHITHEATER, A STUDIO THEATER, AN AUDITORIUM , A MUSEUM
TRIBALAND FOLK ART, LIBRARIES OF INDIAN POETRY, CLASSICAL
MUSEUM AS WELL AS FOLK MUSIC.
CIRCULATION
• FREE FLOW CIRCULATION WAS PROVIDED TO AVOID
ACCUMULATION AT A CERTAIN POINT.
• NO SUCH PATTERN OR WAY DEFINED TO KEEP PEOPLE
MOVING IN ACERTAIN PATTERN.
• OPEN TO SKY COURTYARDS WERE PROVIDED TO KEEP ALSO
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUTER PART OF THE BUILDING.
• OPEN AIR AMPHITHEATRE WAS ALSO MADE TO UTILISE THE
NATURAL VIEW OF ADJACENT LAKE.
BUILDING MATERIAL
• RED SAND STONE WAS USED ON THE OUTER FAÇADE OF THE
BUILDING.
• FLEMISH BOND BRICK.
• R.C.C. SHELLS WERE USED MASONRY THE AUDITORIUM.
• ASHLARS STONE MASONRY WAS USED ON THE OUTER FAÇADE.
• BRICK SAND AND EXPOSED CONCRETE.
• THE INTERNAL FINISH IS OF MARBLE, GRANITE AND SAND
STONE.
LANDSCAPING
• BEST PART ABOUT THE BHARAT BHAVAN WAS IT’S LANDSCAPING.
• ROOF OF ALL THE BUILDINGS WERENCOVERD THROUGH GRASS
MAKING THE VIEW BEAUTIFUL AS WELL AS KEEPING THE BUILDING
COOLER.
• OPEN TO SKY COURTYARDS WERE MADE TO MANAGE CROWD LAKE
ADJACENT TO THE BHARAT BHAVAN WAS ALSO INCORPORATEDD
INTO THE DESIGN.
 STRUCTURE
• SITE OF THE BHARAT BHAVAN IS LOCATED ON THE SMALL REGION
• RETAINING WALL WERE MADE TO AVOID THE LANDSLIDE
• COFFERED SLABS WERE MADE TO AVOIDE THE COLUMNS
• OUTER FAÇADE STONE WALL WERE 380MM WIDE
• SLOPES WERE FOR EASAY PASSAGE FOR HANDICAPPED
• FLOWER BEDS WERE MADE ON THE ROOFS OF THE BUILDINGS
• VISITOR ENTER AT THE HIGHEST LEVE; AND WALK DOWN TO A PEDESTRAIN
SPINE FLANKED BY PATTERN OF COURTYARDS
• EACH OF THE PARTS OF THE BUILDING IS DISTINET YET FLOW EASILY ONE
ANOTHER
• INNER WALLS WERE 340MM WIDE PLASTERED ON BOTH OF THE SIDES
• IDEAL VIEW FOR THE CULTURAL PERFORMANCE
• THE PROPORTIONS OF THE BUILDING ARE WELL ORDERED, BORROWING
GEOMETRIC PATTERNS FROM INDIAN CULTURES MAKIG IT MORE RELEVANT TO
CONTEXT.
• EACH CURVE LAND SPACE DEFINES ITSELF. EACH OF THE PART OF THE BUILDING
IS DISTINCT YET FLOWS EASILY ONE ANOTHER, LINKED BY MEANDERING PATH
• THE LANDSCAPE OF THE BHARAT BHAVAN IS THE BUILT
FROM IT SELF THAT GENTLY TERMINATES AT THE LAKE
FRONT FORMING INTO AN AMPHITHEATER WITH THE CITY
SCAPE IT SELF FOR A BACK DROP REFLECTING IN THE
SHIMMERING WATER OF THE LAKE
• SPILL OUT SPACE WITH EVERY INDOOR SPACE CREATES A
CONDUCTIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVITY
• THE KUND LIKE ELEMENTS WITH PAVILION FOR MUSIC
CLASSES AND PERFORMANCE IS ENCHANTING AND
MESMERIZING
• ELEMENTS SERIES OF TERRACED GARDENS, WHICH WOLD BE
SEEN CASCADING DOWN TO THE LAKE
• LEVELS – THE VISITORS ENTER AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND
WALK DOWN A PEDESTRIAN SPIN, FLANKED BY A PATTERN
OF COURTYARDS, TO REACH THE VARIOUS PART OF THE
COMPLEX
• THE TERRACES AND COURTYARDS REFLECT CARREA’S
CONCERN WITH PROGRESSION THROUGH SPACE- THE MAZE
OR PUZZLE- WHERE PART AND THE COMPLEX OF INTERNAL
STREET ACT RATHER LIKE A VILLAGE LAYOUT
• IT CAN ALSO BE CALLED AS A NON BUILDING WHICH
CORRESPONDS TO THE CONTEXT IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY
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