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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-V

SUBMITTED BY :-

RITIK DIWAN

KAUSTUBH

UMANG SUBMITTED TO :-

AMAN RANA AR. SOHAM MUKHERJEE

SARTHAK AR. ANISHA MADAAN

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CASE STUDY ON :-
GOVERNMENT MUSEUM, CHENNAI
ART GALLERY
LOCATION:-
Govt. Museum Chennai Govt. Maternity hospital

Pantheon road F6 police station egmore

 LOCATION:-
The government museum at Egmore was established in 1851, is located
in Egmore, Chennai.

It is Known as the Madras Museum, the museum is the second oldest

museum in India. It is particularly rich in archaeological and numismatic
collections. It has the largest collection of Roman antiquities outside
Europe. Many of the buildings within the Museum campus are over 100
years old. Among them, the colossal Museum Theatre is one of the most
impressive. The National Art Gallery is also present in the museum
premises. Built in Indo-Saracenic style, it houses rare works of artists like
Raja Ravi Varma.

Located close to the main museum entrance gates on Pantheon Road,

the museum theatre is a rare specimen of the italianate style of
architecture, inspired by Classical architecture and developed in 1802 at
Britain by John Nash. However, the theatre was built by the british in the
late 19th century when this style was no longer popular in England.
PLANNING:-
Many additions to the original building were constructed between 1864 and 1890. The core of the old museum
building includes the only surviving remnants of the Pantheon, identified from the broad steps leading into it when
viewed from the north. Amongst the additions is the Connemara Public Library, built with stained glass windows,
ornate woodwork and elaborate stucco decorations, formally opened in 1896 and named after its progenitor. The
building was built by Namberumal Chetty and was designed by Henry Irwin, with the interiors resembling those of
Bank of Madras

The design included a huge reading room with a wooden ceiling between two curved rows of stained glass,
supported by ornate pillars and arches embellished with sculpted acanthus leaves. It was supplemented with
teakwood furniture, marbled floor, and decorative windows. All of these were restored in 2004-2007. The building
now houses the Old Collection (pre-1930), which is used for reference purpose only. The museum complex
consisting of six buildings and 46 galleries covers an area of around 16.25 acres (66,000 m²) of land. The objects
displayed in the museum cover a variety of artifacts and objects covering diverse fields.
The Government Museum is categorized into eleven sections:-

Eight Galleries Three supporting sections

• Anthropology • Design and Display,

• Art • Chemical conservation

• Archaeology • Education

• Botany

• Children's Museum

• Geology

• Numismatics

• Zoology
SITE PLAN:-

1. Main Building

2. Front Building

3. Bronze Gallery

4. Children’s Museum

5. National Art Gallery

6. Contemporary Art Gallery

MAIN BUILDING:-
The structure has a high plinth and is
accessed through a tall flight of stairs. It is
primarily a semicircular structure with a
rectangular wing at the rear. The latter wing
now houses some of the galleries of the
museum. The main hall is accessed through a
verandah with a row of columns linked by
semicircular arches. The walls and columns
are embellished with floral and geometric
designs.
PLANS OF MAIN BUILDING:-
MAIN BUILDING:-
The huge main hall was initially designed for
staging theatrical performances. It has around
600 seats and a commodious stage and the
actors' dressing rooms adjoin this stage.

During the British era, the theatre was mainly

used for staging English plays preferred by the
British elite of the city. Now, the museum has
been using the theatre for its own cultural and
academic programs such as art workshops,
lectures and conferences. It also rents the hall
for various cultural performances, mainly
dramas. The hall has witnessed several plays
including those of Shakespeare.
FRONT BUILDING:-
This front building has number of galleries
which include the:-

● Collection of arms
● Wood carvings
● Industrial arts
● Ethnology gallery
● Rare musical instruments gallery
● Physical anthropology gallery
● Kathakali gallery and folk art gallery
PLAN OF FRONT BUILDING:-
 BRONZE GALLERY:-

This gallery has a fabulous collection of about 1500

objects – 85 Buddhist, 25 Jain and the rest Hindu.
The collection includes specimens from various
periods of history ranging from the early centuries
of the Christian era to recent times.
PLAN OF BRONZE GALLERY:-

1.Guide room.
1.Numismatics Gallery
2.Vaishnavite room
2.Buddhist Gallery
3.Salvite room
3.Buddhist and Jain gallery

4.Chemical conservation room

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM:-
The museum for children in the complex
houses several static exhibits such as
galleries of dolls adorned with costumes
of various nations and civilizations and
also exhibits related to science,
transportation, and technology.
PLANS OF CHILDREN’S MUSEUM:-
NATIONAL ART GALLERY:-
The National Art Gallery is one of the oldest art galleries in India.
It is Constructed with red stones sourced from Satyavedu in
Andhra Pradesh, the Gallery was built in 1906 in Indo-Saracenic
architecture and houses paintings from Thanjavur, Rajasthan,
Kangra and Deccan areas, as well as sandalwood sculptures. The
National Art Gallery was built during the celebration of Queen
Victoria's Golden Jubilee in Indo-Saracenic style, designed by
architect Henry Irwin.

The gallery contains several Mughal paintings and rare works of

Raja Ravi Varma. It also has various Tanjore Paintings. Portraits
of various British officers such as Lord Connemara and Lord
William Bentinck are also present.The art gallery also included
numerous miniature paintings depicting court and battle scenes.
PLAN OF NATIONAL ART GALLERY:-

1.Decorative Art Gallery

2.Tanjore Painting Gallery

3.Indian Traditional Art gallery

4.Ravi Varma Painting Gallery

CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY:-
Contemporary art gallery now displays modern
paintings and sculpture. In order to prevent
ultraviolet rays falling on paintings both from
natural and artificial light new track lighting
system with Dichroic Halogen lamps has been
installed in the contemporary art gallery.
Modern art painting gallery Metal sculpture gallery
CONCLUSION:-
• There is no grand visitors lobby to the building, The Main Building Entrance is at the North east rear end.

• The visitors circulation pattern is not clear, one has to visit series of galleries and after completing the final
gallery view, he has to walk back to the entrance to exit.

• There are huge sculpture collections, but the given space is not enough, it seems too crowdy.

• Display exhibits and the type of exhibits are not attractive.

• The staircase to the upper floor galleries are not located properly.

• There is no link between galleries, that is, the sequential order is missing, moreover few galleries were located in
a separate building named front building.

• In children’s museum, most of the equipments were not working, the science techniques used were of old types.

• Rear Play area with kids playing equipments were welcoming.

• National art gallery was closed for the renovation work, there were many visible cracks seen in elevation of the
building.

• Contemporary art gallery has a huge collection of painting, security for the painting were missing.
THANK YOU
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THAT IT TELLS EVEN A
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