THESIS PROJECT
CASE STUDY COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS
CASE STUDY-I
NATIONAL AQUARIUM
CONTEXT LOCATED ON PIER
MUNICIPALLY OWNED
AT WATER'S EDGE
FUNCTIONAL DOLPHIN TANK
SHARK TANK
CORAL REEF TANK
MECHANICAL BELOW
NATURALISTIC DISPLAY/ SPECIES
INTERACTION
SPATIAL PUBLIC AREA LIT FROM WITHIN TANKS
MULTI-LEVEL DISPLAY
ONE DIRECTIONAL CIRCULATION
GROUPED SPECIES EXHIBITS
BOTANICAL DISPLAYS
ACTIVE VISITOR CIRCULATION
VISITOR CIRCULATION DICTATES BUILDING
FORM
SENSORY ACTIVE VISITOR EXPERIENCE
VISUAL VISITOR INVOLVEMENT
AUDIBLE VISITOR INVOLVEMENT
EMOTIONAL VISITOR INVOLVEMENT
ENVIRONMENT CLIMATICALLY INFLUENCED DESIGN
WATER CIRCULATION SYSYEM THE NATIONAL AQUARIUM HAS CLOSED
FILTRATION SYSTEMS.THESE SYSTEMS IN
WHICH EXHIBIT WATER IS RECIRCULATED
THROUGH FILTERS & REUSED.
CASE STUDY-II
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION FUNDED BY THE
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION
AT OCEAN'S EDGE
GIANT KELP FOREST TANK
SARDINE TANK
JELLYFISH TANK
SHARK TANK
SEA OTTER TANK
PENGUIN TANK
MECHANICAL BELOW
REAL NATURAL DISPLAY
PUBLIC AREA LIT FROM WITHIN TANKS
MULTI-LEVEL DISPLAY
RANDOM & UNSTRUCTURED
CIRCULATION
ACTIVE VISITOR CIRCULATION
VISITOR CIRCULATION DICTATES
BUILDING FORM
ACTIVE VISITOR EXPERIENCE
VISUAL VISITOR INVOLVEMENT
AUDIBLE VISITOR INVOLVEMENT
EMOTIONAL VISITOR INVOLVEMENT
CLIMATICALLY INFLUENCED DESIGN
IN GALLERIES,
FRESH SEAWATER IS PUMPED
CONTINUOUSLY AND DIRECTLY FROM
MONTEREY BAY .THE
OUTER BAY GALLERIES OPERATE ON A
“SEMI-CLOSED” SYSTEM.
CASE STUDY-III
TARAPOREWALA AQUARIUM
LOCATED NEAR THE SEA
MUNICIPALLY OWNED
FRESHWATER SPECIES TANKS
MARINE WATER SPECIES TANKS
PUBLIC AREA LIT SEPARATELY
SINGLE LEVEL DISPLAY
ONE DIRECTIONAL CIRCULATION
CIRCULATION DICTATES BUILDING FORM
VISUAL VISITOR INVOLVEMENT
EMOTIONAL VISITOR INVOLVEMENT
CLIMATICALLY INFLUENCED DESIGN
THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM ADOPTED FOR MOST IDEAL WATER CIRCULATORY
CHANGING WATER IN THE DISPLAY
TANKS IS CLOSED SYSTEM. THE SAME
WATER IS USED OVER AND AGAIN FOR A
PERIOD OF 1 MONTH. AFTER WHICH NEW
SUPPLY IS TAKEN.
INFERENCE
PRIMARILY IT IS THE LOCATION CLOSE TO
THE WATERFRONT THAT WOULD BE
IDEAL FOR PROVIDING A FRESH SUPPLY
OF WATER NECESSARY FOR THE
AQUARIUM EXHIBITS
A LOGICAL GROUPING OF THE DISPLAYS
WITHIN A REPRODUCTION OF THEIR
NATURAL HABITAT.
ACTIVE VISITOR EXPERIENCE STEMS
FROM THE SPATIAL EXPERIENCES OF A
UNI-DIRECTIONAL CIRCULATION PATTERN
AROUND AQUATIC DISPLAYS.
EMOTIONAL AND AUDIBLE INVOLVEMENT
AS WELL AS VISUAL INVOLVEMENT
SHOULD BE INTERRELATED WITH THE
OVERALL SCHEME OF CIRCULATION AND
BUILDING FORM
THE BUILDING SHOULD RESPOND TO
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AS WELL
AS REFLECT CULTURAL INFLUENCE.
WOULD BE CLOSED SYSTEM