CASE STUDY
MUSEUM OF ARTS AND PHOTOGRAPHY,BANGALORE
INTRODUCTION
The Museum of Art and Photography
(MAP) in Bangalore, India, explores the
balance between collecting and
organizing things, which is the job of
curators, and involving the community
so that the art becomes a part of
people's daily lives in the city.
LOCATION
The museum is close to the
296-acre Cubbon Park and the
UB City Mall, both visible
from the upper levels.
According to the studio, this
created an opportunity to
22, Kasturba Rd,
bridge the presence of the
ShanthalA Nagar, Ashok
Nagar, Bengaluru, city and the forest / park from
Karnataka 560001, India the museum.
PLANS
• The building is drawn on a rectangular-formed
geometry, reaching at five levels.
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The basement plan has provided space for car parkings
From where the lower ground level can be accessed
through staircase.
• The basement also includes store room which is used
to store the accessories of the museum.
• The pump room is provided in the basement which is
used for the water supply all over the museum.
• The architect also included sewage treatement plant
in the basement itself.
• At lower levels,includes various area or spaces
like:Cafeteria ,Care takers unit, Experience zones,
Staff room, Staff toilets , Staff storage ,Education
centre , Disabled washrooms , Washrooms ,Basement
hold area , Battery room , Kitchen , Drivers toilet…….
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• The museum contains 620 square metres of gallery
space, with a large L-shaped exhibition space on the
ground floor set to be free to the public.
• At upper levels, the studio arranges lobbies to
create the break between the galleries / auditorium,
conservation laboratory, the library.
• The first floor is partially dedicated to a curated
screens gallery, a visual gallery /storage, and an
130-seat auditorium auditorium.
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• A conservation laboratory, which is open to the
public, with the double height rare books library and
the MAP team workspace are arranged in the second
floor.
• The floor is divided in a way that enclose public, semi-
public and as well as private areas.
• The meeting rooms are provided in between the
individual cabins.
• The circulation space is surrounded with glass and
steel structure which helps to attain a visual beauty
of the bangalore city while movement.
• The open office is semi-publc area where both private
and public activities includes.
Architects: Mathew and Ghosh Architects AIM OF THE PROJECT
Area : 4089 m²
Built up area : The museum's design focuses more on
Year : 2020 displaying art than on creating fancy
Location : Bangalore, India spaces.
Typology : Art and Photography Museum The goal is to have simple gallery areas
Floors : no. 7 that protect valuable art and objects
Climate :Tropical from harmful ultraviolet light.
Landscape : 30% of built up area
CLIMATE
▪ Bangalore (or Bengaluru) is the
capital of the state of Karnataka and
is located in southern India,
▪ at 13 degrees north latitude, on a
plateau at 920 meters (3,000 feet)
above sea level.
▪ The climate of Bangalore is tropical
▪ rainy season from June to October
▪ dry season from December to April.
MATERIALS USED
▪ The hermetically sealed stainless steel
imagery subverts the pristine iconic and
exclusive by the election of material
and motif that is mnemonically
relatable to the idea of containment -
the stainless steel post-industrial
TF 4F water tank: The mundane-accessible
also referencing Art's (and
Architecture's) capacity to create the
thrust for reflection and change if
need be.
▪ Perhaps one day it would just be
recognized as the local 'tanki' (local
water tank) for artistic nourishment!
• The third and fourth floors are
dedicated to galleries, including a EXTERIOR
connected passage gallery at the
fourth floor which makes it a large ▪ To optimise the structure, the studio
singular gallery when desired. creates column free spaces for the
galleries the structure is worked out
as a box (that gains its strength from
its surface as planes) compared to
traditional columns and cantilever
TERRACE FLOOR slabs at each level.
▪ "This surface of the structural
exterior therefore reiterates the idea
of the shell / the skin of the box with
a water tank like appearance," Ghosh
added.
CIRCULATION
------------ INTERIOR
• The reception area features an
installation titled Rock
Formation Tower 420, by Arik
Levy.
• One of the museum’s opening
exhibitions, “Visible/Invisible”,
------------ was curated by Museum Director
Kamini Sawhney. It focuses on
the representation of women in
art through MAP’s collection
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
SECTIONS
3m
3m
3m
3m PROJECT GALLERY
3m
3m
4m