Faculty of architecture

and planning , Aktu ,

Lucknow
Architectural design-V
RAR-501

Tushar Sharma
B.Arch IIIrd year ‘B’
5 Museums 1805181068
2020-2021
 ▪ The architecture of the Museum is inspired by tribal
rhythms, geometries, materials, forms, aesthetics and
Madhya Pradesh Tribal ▪ The galleries are raised above the ground on
columns, forming a continuous ,
spatial consciousness, these very qualities are now
acting as points of inspiration for the display materials Museum, Bhopal By- Kamath multileveled verandas , following the
contours of the sloping , rocky terrain.
being created by tribal artisans, supported by
anthropologists, sociologists and social workers. Studio ▪ The landscape is designed to collect and store rain water , to be
used for both cooling and irrigating the green, roof and garden.
▪ The museum is segregated between public and administrative spaces.
Continuity of the space is maintained to integrate spaces throughout
horizontal zoning.

▪ The contours of the site play an

important role in the vertical
zoning of the museum.the roof
truss is made up of long span
steel structures ▪ Life size visuals are created from native materials like
wood , iron , jute , mud , clay , straw , hemp , leaves.
▪ The walls use both local stone left exposed and
brick plastered with crushed stone on the
outside and mud plaster on the inside.
Ground
floor plan

▪ The structure is built of steel tubes, castellated girders, and steel rods
First floor fabricated into intricate trusses. Steel seemed to be a natural choice
plan in the land & location of ancient Iron Age & Bronze Age
civilizations, and the contemporary truck body building industry.
▪ The museum is designed to create a built fabric which the tribal
communities could identify with, extend and evolve to represent them and ▪ The roofs are made of half round tiles galvalume sheets and
express their own ideas and way of life with ease and spontaneity. concrete with a topping of grass and groundcover.
 ▪ In response to this context, Maki and Associates conceived the ▪ The Museum’s exterior is characterized by extensive use of
Bihar Museum as a “campus” - an interconnected landscape of Bihar museum , weathering steel, a durable material that complements its
context and creates a dignified contrast to the surrounding
Patna By – Maki & greenery.
buildings and exterior spaces that maintains a modest but
dynamic profile, in harmony with existing site conditions.
▪ It is supplemented with stone, terracotta, and glass finishes - a modern
material palette with clear connections to Bihar’s past and future. Associate ▪ The weathering steel
symbolizes India’s historical
achievements in metallurgy
as well as its current
prominence within the
international steel industry
(of which Bihar’s rich
natural resources have
played a critical role). ▪ Each program zone (entrance /
event, museum exhibition,
▪ This constant presence of the natural environment within the administration, and children /
Museum “campus” creates a rich, unique experience with each educational) has been given a
visit, one that changes with the time and seasons distinct presence and recognizable
form within the complex.
▪ Most of the external surface of the buildings
are clad in zero maintenance corten steel,
whose earthy brown red colouration subtly
contrasted with the surrounding greenery.
The corten steel is offset with Indian granite
and sandstone , terracotta and glass finishes
▪ Lighting is one of the
main aspects of this
▪ These zones are linked together via interior and exterior courtyards museum , especially
and corridors, ensuring that all spaces retain a connection to the natural lighting and the
surrounding landscape while remaining sheltered and comfortable architect has tackled
throughout the year. the issue through bay
▪ Each courtyard has a unique and spatial quality. Some of these winds, façade lighting,
courtyards have been strategically located to preserve the existing luminous walls and a
trees on the site. central courtyards .
▪ Building was designed such that it merges with ▪ Building comprises of four storied with a basement
the site surrounding . It was the first planned
museum at the national level .
National museum , . Basic plan of the building is fan shaped with a
circular courtyard in between surrounded by a
Delhi covered veranda.

▪ Wings are linked with the courtyard according to

different requirements and need. Hence one’s find that ▪ Interior are done with the help of wood , glass, and stone. Flooring used
after watching the exhibits one finds himself again in is marble and wood . Different wall colors and rendering is done to
the same place from where he/she started. avoid monotony .

▪ The ideology behind the circulation pattern was

▪ The zoning of the museum is that every section of the exhibition can be
done horizontally as well as experienced by the visitors and no section is left
vertically . Administration and untouched.
other staff related spaces are
placed at the basement of the
museum. ▪ Aluminum is also used in many sections such as
bronze and coin gallery .

▪ Services like HVAC, electrical and other are also placed at the basement . ▪ Building is made using high strength R.C.C. and red
Exhibition are placed at the upper level . Horizontally , the museum is sandstone. Temporary structures are provided around the
zoned into open , transition and exhibition spaces . Such zoning makes building.
this museum a nice visitors experience.
▪ Wright created the philosophy of “organic architecture,
“ which maintains that the building should develop out
of its natural surrounding. Althrough the word “organic
Solomon R. Guggenheim ▪ The Guggenheim is primarily composed of reinforced concrete .
Normal weight cat in place concrete is the material of the lower

Museum , new York . By – radial

levels . Light weight concrete is the material of the interior
usually refers to something that bears the characteristics
walls and the ramps.gunit , or shotcrete , is the materials
of plants or animals , for frank Lloyd wright the term
used for the exterior of the spiral curved walls . Wright used to
organic architecture had a seprate meaning .
F.L. Wright achieve a seamless monolithic façade .

▪ Wright left out expansion joints

which would have created
visual vertical breaks . He
hoped the application of
elastomeric paint , known as
the cocoon would fill in the
cracks formed during
construction . The pairing of
▪ For him organic architecture was an interpretation of multiple types of concrete
matures principal manifested in building that were in caused visible cracks in the
harmony with the world around them. Building inspired façade. Steel framed windows, ▪ The museum was designed by
by wright’s love for the automobiles – planetarium- ▪ In the guggenhein , wright intended to allow aluminium skylight were zoning of spaces into exhibitions
designed for visitors to drive up the ziggurat – like ramps. visitors to experience the collection paintings by designed . Cement plasters spaces , administrative spaces and
taking an elevator ti the top level then view soffit on metal lath other amenities. Spaces were zoned
▪ A giant spiral ramp circulates up to a artworks by descending the central spiral ramp . vertically rather than horizontal
gaint dome with twelve narrow Museum currently design exhibitits to be viewed approach . Four floors of
reinforced concrete partitions that walking up the ramp rather than walking down. exhibitions spaces , three of which
pierce the spiral and serve as From street , building looks like a white ribbon are double height , also have office
stiffeners . The web walls act as rolled into a cylindrical shape , slightly wider at the and storage spaces for mechanical
shear walls, transferring forces top than at the bottom systems
laterally and vertically , while
helping resist bending moments. 12
radial web walls around the rotunda ▪ Skylight was originally intended to
, 8”thicl and 25’ wide t the top were illuminate the painting in natural light ,
designed . Structural core includes but were changed to artificial to have
staircase and elevator shaft . Acts as more controlled lighting . The huge 29 m
structural anchor and provides an atrium was designed for proper lighting
alternative circulation to the ramp. conditions . Luminance ceiling was
designed further for more lighting.
 ▪ The building design is inspired by a mineral
▪ The museum visit follows an elliptical circuit
formation commonly found in the deserts of the Gulf
region.
National museum , Qatar . that gently rises and falls, evoking the natural
undulations of the landscape.
▪ It incorporates exhibition spaces that fan out in an elliptical
circuit around a central court, the Howsh, where outdoor By-Atelier Jean Nouvel ▪ Large openings offer glimpses of the Howsh, the
museum’s gardens, and Doha Bay.
cultural events will be staged.

▪ The shadows created by

overhanging elements
allow visitors to stroll
around outside at the same
time as protecting the
interior from light and heat.
The sand-colored concrete
cladding is in harmony
with the local environment. ▪ The building is composed of large interlocking
disks, spherical in section, and of different
diameters and varying curvatures.
▪ Like the exterior,
▪ Some disks are ‘horizontal’ and rest on
the interior is a
other disks.
landscape of
▪ The ‘vertical’ disks constitute the building’s
interlocking disks.
support and transfer the loads of the horizontal
The finishes are
planes to the base.
neutral and
monochromatic.
The floors are sand-
colored polished
concrete with tiny
mineral aggregates.

▪ The museum is surrounded by a landscaped park that reinterprets Qatari landscapes, with
alternating low dunes, flooded crops, and gardens inspired by sabkhas and oases. Containing ▪ The vertical walls are coated in stuc-pierre, or
only local plants and trees, the park tells the story of Qatar and how its people lived in and stone stucco, traditional gypsum and lime-blended
cultivated the harsh environment. It includes a heritage garden of traditional plants and large plaster that provides a stone look. Ceilings are
grassy areas perfect for stretching out on in the evening. A 430-car parking area is seamlessly covered in a microporous acoustic plaster sprayed
integrated into the park. on mineral wool.