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MUSEUM National Museum Indian Museum Bihar Museum New Acropolise Museum National Crafts Museum
PARAMETERS

Architect Ganesh Bikaji Deolalikar Walter Granville Maki and Associates Bernard Tshumi Charles Correa
Year of Completion 1989 1814 2017 2017 1990
Site Area 53,480 sq.m 30,351 sq.m
Total BUA 18,000 sq.m 30,000 sq.m [approx] 25,410 sq.m 21,000 sq.m 6,800 sq.m
Building Height 12m 18m 15m 7m
Relevance of Case study •Museum dedicated to pre-historic era and •Socio cultural and scientific achievements •Museum dedicated to Patna •Response to monumental •Cultural exchange and
art works of modern times of the country •Identity formation context. craft promotion area. •Vernacular
•Classical Principles infused with contemporary architecture. •Sequence of spaces along a
de-sign. central spine and connected courtyards.

Functional Requirements >Administration >Galleries for various subjects >Exhibition space >Exhibition Space (5 Galleries) -The gallery of >Craft demonstration
>Library >Administration >Entry Foyer the slopes of Acropolis. >Amphitheatre
>Exhibition spaces >Lecture halls >Children's Museum -The Archaic Gallery. >Temporary Exhibition
>Auditorium >Administrative Centre -The Partheneon Gallery. >Library Research
>Workshops >Courtyard -Propylaia, Athena Nike, Erechtheion. >Conservation facility
>Amenities -From the 5th Century BC to the 5th Century >Village complex
>Labs AD.
>Art and Craft zone
>Services >Theater(180 seat)
>Cafe, terrace and store

Structural System RCC RCC RCC, timber and mild steel

construction
Façade Sandstone to resemble Shuttered windows, Extensive use of Glass, concrete, marble used Use of vernacular and
heritage of India ornamented columns of the doric order and weathering steel with stone and on the façade to keep it simple and sobre traditional approches for skin treatment to
use of white marble depicts the imperial terracotta goes to the colour palette of give it a very traditional touch.
architecture of the colonial period in India the contexts and also depicts the
contribution of Bihar towards
metallurgical growth of India

Zoning of spaces The zoning of the The zoning of spaces is Each zone (entrance / The museum is articulated into The spaces are well
museum is done horizontally as well as broadly classified into the galleries, event, museum exhibition, three layers, as opposed to distinct floors. segregated with respect to the function of
vertically. Administration and other staff exhibition spaces, administration spaces and administration, and children / the space.
related spaces are placed at the basement lecture halls. educational) has been given a distinct The three layers from the bottom are
of the museum. Services like hvac, presence and recognizable form within Archeological excavations, mail galleries and the There is a clear distinction of the zones.
electrical and other are also placed at the They are distributed throughout the floors in the complex. These zones are linked Parthenon Hall
basement. Exhibitions are placed at the an orderly fashion. together via interior and exterior
upper level. Horizontally, the museum is courtyards and corridors. Ensuring that
zoned into open, transition and exhibition all spaces retain a connection to the
spaces. surrounding land-scape while remaining
sheltered and comfortable throughout
the year.

Circulation The ideology behind Circulation happens There is linear integration of spaces The circulation in the museum The circulation is
the circulation is that no section is left through the wide open corridors and the through the corridors is raised in chronological order, so that the through narrow passages and corridors
from neing visited staircases for vertcal movement along the visitor crosses an architectural and historical
floors. tour.

The visitor's route is therefore a clear, three-

dimensional loop.

Lighting Artificial lighting and Artificial lighting and High efficient artficial Artificial lighting and Artificial lighting in
the natural light that penetrates through the natural light that penetrates through lighting with optimum use of natural the natural light that penetrates through the galleries along with natural light.
the inner courtyard the inner courtyard and the windows on the light glass walls in certain sections of the building.
walls