Whistling Woods International, Mumbai

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CASE STUDY : WHISTLING WOODS INTERNATIONAL, MUMBAI

NAME : WHISTLING WOODS INTERNATIONAL

LOCATION : Film city, Goregaon east, Mumbai.
AREA : Presently 4 acres in use and 20 acres for future expansion.
DATE OF COMMENCEMENT : Year 2005
CLIENT : Subhash Ghai
ARCHITECT : Ar.Atul Desai
INTERIOR DESIGNER : Ar.Amla Seth
FOREIGN COLLABORATION : Film Academy, Australia.

1 LOCATION

Film City Complex, Aarey Colony,

Goregaon, Mumbai,
Maharashtra 4000650

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2 LAYOUT
• The institute is located in film city, Goregaon East.
• Film city is only 10kms away from the Goregaon Railway Station.

3 SITE
• The access to the site is from the north and the building is entered from the south.
• The site is located on a hilly area and it slopes upwards from north to south.
• The slope is around 1:8m. So the entrance of the building is at the first floor level and the rear
entry from the north is at ground floor level.

Whistling Woods International Building

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4 PLANNING AND ZONING

• It is not a campus but is one structure as a whole

• The structure is divided in 4 blocks namely –
A. Administration
B. Auditorium and multi-purpose hall
C. Academic
D. Recreational WWI Front
• Whole building is based on radial planning.
• All these blocks overlook into a courtyard ,which is accessed
from thetoground
• Similar floor
the FTII level.this building is also planned with east-west orientation.
campus,
• But this court cannot be accessed from recreational block directly, which is a negative point.

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5 PARKING

• The biggest drawback is that there is no specific parking provided. All the vehicles area parked
in the sun and no shade is provided.
• The 2 wheelers are parked on the west side, adjacent to the structure.
• Visitor’s vehicles are parked along the road on the south in front of the building.
• The service vehicles ,vans, buses, etc. are parked on the open space on the south side of the
site.

WWI Parking
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6 COURSES OFFERED

• The institute offers two year courses, with an intake capacity of 15 students per course.
• The course offered are as follows,
1. Acting
2. The art of technique of animation
3. Business of film and television
4. Cinematography
5. Direction
6. Editing
7. Screenwriting
8. Sound recording, design and music production
• Out of which only animation course has an intake of 35 students.

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7 BLOCK WISE ANALYSIS

ADMINISTRATION BLOCK

• The administration block is a G+4 structure.

• It is a circular building with central atrium and all the floors having corridors which look into
the atrium.
• The entry is at first floor level which consists of reception ,waiting lounge, pantry, meeting
room.
• The second floor consists of cyber café, faculty lounge ,conference rooms.
• The third floor consists of the faculty rooms and the president’s room. And the fourth floor
consists of Subhash Ghai and Megha Ghai’s cabin.
• The ground floor which opens out into the courtyard consists of the admission department ,
accounts office marketing, mail room and waiting lounge.

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Dome - 'A' Block

WWI lobby
CONCEPT
WHISTLING WOODS INTERNATIONAL, MUMBAI – it is designed by AR.ATUL DESAI
and associates. concept was to plan the building in radial pattern for better internal
connectivity. ample amount of natural light and ventilation in the building.

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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BLOCK B (Auditorium and multipurpose hall )

• The auditorium has a big lobby and can be accessed directly from outside.
• The capacity of the auditorium is 250 people.
• There are two multi-purpose halls on this floor. The size of the hall is 6x9m and height is 6m.

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BLOCK C (Academic)
• The academic block comprises of 2 floors, with 13 classrooms on each floor.
• The are around 450 students in the institute.
• The functions accommodated in this block are as follows,
1. Level 1 editing lab
2. Level 1 sound recording lab
3. Pre-production lab.
4. Music room
5. Audio visual rooms.
6. Lecture halls WWI-premises
• The classrooms are placed along a singly loaded corridor overlooking into the courtyard.

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BLOCK D (Recreational block)

• Block D and A are connected through a bridge on first floor level.

• The building has a cut out at the centre which keeps the first floor very well lit.
• A table tennis game is kept in this central space along with the students lounge.
• The other recreational activities provided are , coffee shop, gymnasium, also there is a facility
of ATM.
• There is a film studio and a TV studio on the ground floor along with changing rooms. The
size of both the studios is 12x12x12m
• The second floor consists of the Animation dept. The department provides 1 computer lab, 2
studios and 2 light tables room. Each room is facilitated for 35 students.
• Ground floor consists of the service area with AHU units ,maintenance rooms, stores , central
machine room.
• workshop and the foundation hall (A.V room).

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overhead bridge connecting blocks

• The courtyard cant be accessed from the ground floor of this block.
• Music mixing and sound recording rooms are completely sound proof along with the
control room.
• The editing rooms are equipped for 15 students with computer tables. The sound recording
rooms do not have big screen for viewing and the size is around 4x4m.

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16%

11%
55%

11%

7%

Open court Block A Block B Block C Block D

PIE CHART SHOWING PERCENTAGE OF SPACE ACCORDING TO BLOCKS

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8 BUILDING SERVICES

• The rooms which need to be totally sound proof are provided with double glazing glass
doors. While the walls are cladded with thick foam boards with perforated wooden panels
fixed on them.
• All other service rooms are accommodated in the Block D.
• Whole building has centralized air conditioning system and the AHU unit and the plant is
placed in Block D.

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