TOPIC JUSTIFICATION AND SITE INTRODUCTION -

INTRODUCTION :

• The world of mankind is making the globe more

beautiful with its innovative ideas on an everyday
basis.
• But the wonder that lies in nature's creations is
undoubtedly marvelous.

• Each of them is much awe-inspiring that

people believe God to be an artist, who’s
canvas is planet earth.

SIGNS OF UNIQUENESS :
CRATER
FORMED IN
SEDIMENTARY
HIGH ROCK
ROCKS AND
GEOLOGICAL CENTURIES-OLD MINERALS RARELY
RELEVANCE FAMOUS FOUND
ANCIENT ELSEWHERE ON
• Meteor that means a shooting star, TEMPLES EARTH.
might’ve seen or heard many times in RICH
movies it says if we look at a shooting star BIODIVERSIT
Y
and make wish it gets fulfilled
• can't state this as a fact but there is fact
that every time earth gets hit by the foreign
heavy body it leaves a mark in the form of
impact crater and every impact makes a great
story .

To manifest the experience of the site and its related histories and
implementing architectural interventions that become devices for
perceiving and experiencing the site.

Understanding the user groups and associate requirements for

activities to analyze program with the understanding of surroundings.

To provide a means of facilitating education, awareness, and

enjoyment of one of the state's prime geological heritage sites and
consequently ensure that the fragile environment be protected against
damage and destruction and therefore be preserved in its entirety.

SITE TOPOGRAPHY

GOPALPURA • SITE LOCATION – BISLAI

VILLAGE RAMGARH
SITE AREA – 13 ACRE
• DISTANCE FROM TOWN -1.8
KM
• SITE FEATURES- FLAT LAND ,
SURROUNDED BY
MAIN RD. SITE FARMLANDS AND CRATER
• OWNERSHIP- ALLOTED TO
RAJSARKAR I.E
GOVERNMENT
• AMENITIES – BIOGAS PLANT
PARBATI SCHOOL ,WATERSUPPLY, ELECTRIC
RIVER
RAMGARH SUBSTATION

CASE STUDIES - 1. TOURIST HUB AT LONAR 2. AJANTA VISITORS CENTER 3. CHIXCULUB CRATER MUSEUM

GREEN
BUS
STATION CHILDRENSPA
RK

SHOPS
VISITORS
CENTRE
WITH
PARKING REPLICAS
0

Component Descriptions Unit Site Location Durga tekadi

20 rooms, 4 Dormitory, SPA, Distance from

1.7Kms
Restaurant, Kitchen, Laundry, 3228.72 Crater
MTDC Resort
Multipurpose hall, Laundry, sqm
Distance from Lonar
SPA & shops Town
1.8Kms
1) Planetarium, Museum
2) Observatory, Research 2324.77
Research center Site Ownership • Land allotted to MTDC
lab, Admin area, Tourist sqm
info. Center, Toilet.
• Total plot area - 20 Ha
Landscaping Softscape , Hardscape 57600 sqm Plot Area • Net plot area - 18.5 Ha
• Area for development - 4.6 Ha (approx.)
Including compound wall- 2km
Site development 4.6 Ha
& entrance gate- 1no.
• Hill mounted land with Durga mandir at
Open air theatre 80 seating capacity 900 sqm Site Features hill top
• 4.6 Ha free land for development
Security cabin 2 nos 20 sqm

CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN GALLERIES AND BUILT SPACES:

ANIMALS & SPECIAL DINOSAURS

ECOSYSTEM EXHIBITIONS AND FOSSILS

INTENCIVE
HUMAN EARTH
INTERACTIONS
DIVERSITY SCIENCE
INFERENCES ;
1.CONCEPTUAL DESIGN RESPONDING TO THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING
2.MORE USE OD NATURAL LIGHT BY CREATING HUGE VOIDS
RESEARCH 3.ICREATION OF SEMI PUBLIC SPACES FOR INTERCONNECTION
AMMENITIES
WINGS
4.INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY IN SUITABLE AND UNDERSTANDABE MANNER

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SHEET TITLE : INTRODUCTION AND JUSTIFICATION
DESIGN TOPIC -RAMGARH CRATER DISCOVERY CENTRE , RAJASTHAN . SIGN :
NAME –RUPALI GNAGARAM LATE
COURSE -FINAL YEAR B.ARCH
COLLEGE –BVCOA .
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SITE ANALYSIS
• GEOLOGICAL MAP OF RAJASTHAN • ACCESIBILITY • NEIGHBOURHOOD

•
•

•
VEGETATION
FLAT LAND

WATER BODIES

SOIL,ROCKS
TO KOTA

FARM
LAND
TO
AAGRA CRATER

VILLAGE PARBATI RIVER RAMGARH LAKE BABUL TREE KHEJARI TREE SAAG TREE BLACK KACHARI SEDIMENTARY
BOUNDARY

TEMPLES
FAUNA
ROADS

WATER
TO JAIPUR BODY
WETLAND/WATERBODY

MACRO CLIMATE OF THE SITE

• CLIMATE RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE • ARCHITECTURE STYLE • LOCAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

• BARAN COMES
PARTIALLY UNDER
HOT AND DRY ZONE
AND COMPOSITE
CLIMATIC ZONE . AS
PER INDIAN
CLIAMATIC ZONES
AND MAP
• SO THE
TEMPERATURE IS
LOW COMPARITIVELY • VERNACULAR APPROACH • BUILDING ELEMENTS
OTHER DISTRICTS IN
RAJASTHAN

• SUN MOVES FROM EAST TO WEST VIA SOUTH THE ANGLE IS NEARLY
30 DEG AWAY FROM LONGITUDE
• CLIMATIC ANALYSIS ON SITE
.
NORTH • NORTH-EAST
• MORE NORTH LIGHT ,LESS
HARSH
• LIGHTED AREA WITH
SUMMER HOT AIR
• ZONING OF ACTIVE SPACES
CAN BE CLOSED AND
PRIVATE USE OF NORTH
LIGHT WILL LIT-UP THE
CLOSED SPACE STRUCTURAL FORM

• NORTH-WEST WEST
• .LESS LIGHTED AREAC, VENTILATION
EAST • PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES ACCORDING TO SITE LOCATION AND CLIMATE
• FAR FROM CROWDED AREA
• ZONING OF PRIVATE / CLOSED SPACES • SOUTH-EAST • FEW COMMON DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AFFECT THERMAL COMFORT CONDITION AND THEREBY THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A BUILDING
• MORE LIGHTED AREA WITH
AFTERNOON SUN
• STRONG BUILDING
COOLER ENVELOPE FOR THERMAL
WINDS
• SOUTH-WEST WITH LOW
COMFORT
• .LESS HARSH SUNLIGHT , MOSTLY SHADED FREQUENC • BUILDING ORIENTATION
AREA Y WILL BE ON EASTWEST
SHADING OF WINDOW AND WALL SHADING OF BUILDING SURFACE BY
• .DENSE COOLER WINDS AXIS
COURTYARD TO CIRCULATE COOL AIR HEAT GAIN AND RELEASE
SURFACE BY JAALI SCREENS AND LOUVERS VEGETATION.
• ZONING OF OPEN /PUBLIC PLACES , TO • PREFERABELY LESS
CIRCULATE COOL AIR THROUGHT THE SITE SURFACE AREA INSOUTH
SOUTH EAST

• SCHEMATIC SITE SERVICES

WATER CONSERVATION- SEWAGE TREATMENT-

SUSTAINABLE APPROACH - EFFICIENT WATER MANAGEMENT TO MAKE ZERO
DISCHARGE BUILDING
SHADING OF BUILDING SURFACE BY CIRCULAR FORM HELPS IN MINIMUM HEAT PASSIVE COOLING TECHNIQUES
LARGER HEAT TRANSFER AREA
SURFACE TEXTURE TRANSFER AND DIVERSION OF WIND
BIOGA
S
PLANT CAVITY WALL
SHADING
CATCH BASIN OF
BUILDING
SURFACE BY
ARCHITECT
URAL
PROJECTIO REINSCREEN DGU GLASS
NS.
POWER MANAGEMENT –
INTEGRATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC
JAALI WALL ACT AS
SYSTEM INTO WINDOW STONE BUND GREEN ROOF DOUBLE SKIN BUILDING ENVELOPE FOUNDATION
RECHARGE THERMAL BREAK
INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS GREEN STP
SHAFT

PROGRAM ANALYSIS
TEMPLE
GALLERIES GEOLOGICAL
SOVEINEIR PRAYER
HISTORY HALL
SHOPS WORKSHOP CRATER MUSEUM ARCHEOLOGY
ACTIVITIES NEAR GEOLOGY
PART 2. AREA GALLERY
PART 1. DISCOVERY CENTRE TO THE CRATER
SPIRITUAL
MUSEUM BIOLOGY
TEMPLE RESEARCH LABS
STONE REPLICA
GALLERY
INFORMATION CENTRE DINING
NATURE TRAILS PLANETARIUM
MUSEUM
TEMPLE/HERITAGE WALK
RESEARCH LABS
PUSHKAR LAKEFRONT RESTAURANT RESEARCH
ACCOMODATION
GALLERY

LIBRARY
Holidays, Leisure & 62.8
COSMOS c
Recreation SPACE
GALLERY
MUSEUM
Pilgrimage/Religious 21.6
AV HALL DORMITORY
Activity RECEPTION
INFORMATION PAST ADMIN
Research/Education 15.6
CENTRE PRESENT
AND INSTRUMEN
Day visitors Information, education, interaction, refreshment. ADMIN RAMGARH FUTURE T GALLERY
BOOK 2BHK
Researchers Research documentation, workshop, accommodation SHOP RECEPTION MUSEUM ROOMS
TOTAL SITE AREA – TIMELINE
58000 SQ.M WAITING HALL IMPACTS OF ACCOMODATION
Spiritual community Contemplative environment, silence, crater access CONFER EARTH
Educational Education information, refreshments, accommodation
MAXIMUM BUILTUP ENCE
AREA- TICKET
community BOOKING CRATER
6000 SQ.M
GALLERY KNOW
Immediate Education, economic empowerment CLUBHOUSE CANTEEN
YOUR
surrounding CRATER. &LEISURE
TOURIST FOOTFALL –
community 3000 ANNUAL

PROGRAM ANALYSIS

CONCEPT DIAGRAMS ZONING

• •STUDY
STUDY
OF OF
SOLAR
SOLAR
SYATEM
SYATEMTO TO
UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTAND THETHE
PLANETARY
PLANETARY 4
4
MOTIONS
MOTIONSIN THE
IN THE
SPACE
SPACE
WHICH
WHICHALSO
ALSO
INCLUDES
INCLUDESTHETHE
FORMATION
FORMATION OF OF
METERIOD.
METERIOD.
• •UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING EACH
EACH
PLANETS
PLANETS
POSITION
POSITIONIN SOLARSYSTEM
IN SOLARSYSTEM 1 3
• •BY BY
APPLYING
APPLYING
COSMIC
COSMICARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURETHEORY
THEORYCO-RELATING
CO-RELATING 3
EVERY
EVERY
PLANETS
PLANETSIMPORTANCE
IMPORTANCE WITH
WITH
THETHE
SPACES
SPACES
IN THE
IN THE
DESIGN
DESIGN
PROGRAM
PROGRAM 2

2 1
• APPLICATION OF COSMIC KNOWLEDGE
INTO ARCHITECTURE
• CONCEPT OF NAVGRAHA 4
• FORMING PATTERNS BY STUDYING • BY GROUPING THE SUBSPACES WITH
SACRED GEOMETRY MAIN SPACES THE BLOCKS ARE 3
FORMED
• FURTHER THIS BLOCKS ARE ZONED ON 1
THE SITE COINCIDING WITH THE
OPEN AREA SACRED GEOMETRICAL PLAN
1. MUSEUM BLOCK
2. ADMIN BLOCK
2
ZONING REFLECTING 3. RESEARCH CENTRE
4. ACCOMODATION
CONNECTIVITY
DIAGRAM

• EARTH -SOUTH WEST - MYSTERIOUS - COSMOS • ACCOMODATI

GALLERY • SPIRITUAL ON
• VENUS - SOUTH EAST - BEAUTY ,LEISURE - MUSEUM • EXHIBITION
RESTAURANT • PLANETARIUM SPACE
• SATURN - WEST - PATIENCE, RIGID - ADMIN BLOCK
• JUPITER - NORTH EAST - WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE - • COSMOS FUNCTIONAL ZONING
MUSEUM BLOCK GALLERY • RESTAURANT
• MOON - NORTH WEST - EMOTIONS - SPIRITUAL • RESEARCH • CAFÉ COMBINING CONCEPTUAL ZONING AND
MUSEUM CENTRE • ADMIN CONNECTIVITY DIAGRAM
GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS FOR PLANNING
• MARS -SOUTH - COURAGE , INITIATIVE –RESEARCH
CENTRE
• MERCURY- NORTH – PLANETARIUM

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DESIGN TOPIC -RAMGARH CRATER DISCOVERY CENTRE , RAJASTHAN . SIGN :
NAME –RUPALI GNAGARAM LATE
COURSE -FINAL YEAR B.ARCH
COLLEGE –BVCOA .
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1. SITE ENTRY
2. VEHICULAR PARKING
21 21 3. ENTRANCE ATTRACTION
22 4. COSMOWATER FEATURES
5. AMPHITHEATER
21 6. ARTIFICIAL WATER POND
7. COSMIC GARDEN
8. SOLAR GARDEN
9. SITE SERVICES AND LANDSCAPE
10.KIDS PARK
11.INFORMATION CENTER
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18 17 12.ASTROLOGY DOME
13.RESTAURANT
19
14.PLANETARIUM
15..MYSTERY DOME
16.METEORITE DOME
17.RESEARCH LABS
18.RESEARCH MUSEUM
19.PUBLIC LIBRARY
20
20.WORKSHOP AREA
21. RECREATIONAL SPACE
22. ACCOMODATION
16 23.WATCH TOWER
25
11 24.BOTANICAL GARDEN
10 25.CRATER REPLICA

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12
1.

13
14

3.
7

4.

5 6

1.

9 M WIDE ACCESS RD.

SITE PLAN

SECTION AA’

SECTION BB’

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NAME –RUPALI GNAGARAM LATE
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DESIGN DETAILS
DESIGN TOPIC -RAMGARH CRATER DISCOVERY CENTRE , RAJASTHAN . SIGN :
NAME –RUPALI GNAGARAM LATE
COURSE -FINAL YEAR B.ARCH
COLLEGE –BVCOA .
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DESIGN DETAILS
DESIGN TOPIC -RAMGARH CRATER DISCOVERY CENTRE , RAJASTHAN . SIGN :
NAME –RUPALI GNAGARAM LATE
COURSE -FINAL YEAR B.ARCH
COLLEGE –BVCOA .
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DESIGN DETAILS
DESIGN TOPIC -RAMGARH CRATER DISCOVERY CENTRE , RAJASTHAN . SIGN :
NAME –RUPALI GNAGARAM LATE
COURSE -FINAL YEAR B.ARCH
COLLEGE –BVCOA .
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DESIGN DETAILS
DESIGN TOPIC -RAMGARH CRATER DISCOVERY CENTRE , RAJASTHAN . SIGN :
NAME –RUPALI GNAGARAM LATE
COURSE -FINAL YEAR B.ARCH
COLLEGE –BVCOA .
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