LITERATURE STUDY

CULTURAL CENTRE

D.SHARANYA
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 Culture, in its special meaning, is attributed to spiritual capital of a nation which
includes their all literature and arts; all that emerge from it and expose in
construction.
 There has been complete cultural negligence in India in the past few decades, with
the growth of Modern Technology. With the influx of new mod ern equipments and
the craze with the Western Culture adoption, Indians are in the verge of losing their
own culture. The idea of adopting to the Western Culture is considered prestigious
and trendy among this generation as is advertised and promoted by global icon. The
lack in promoting and encourageing may not only lead to cultural extinction but also
affect cultural tourism to a greater extent .First and foremost, the prevailing
misconceptions about Indians and about other state cultures need to be broken.
Interest to learn, follow & adopt our culture will boost our cultural value worldwide
Hence there is an immediate need to educate about culture to us and our neighbors.
 The necessity of considering the art in urban area for the current human is widely
emphasized in the past. Art is the factor for creating balance in the society. Look at
the subjects such as art and human, art and the society, necessity of art and culture
and so on at the other hand, the value and positive effects of paying attention to art
distributing are widely mentioned and one of the principles and ways to achieve the
principle of art distributing is constructing such cultural–art centers. Hence,
construction of such center is of various values.
 • CULTURAL COMPLEX: A cultural complex may be defined as a platform of
different cultural activities, social gathering and different exhibitions.
 ➢ MAIN ACTIVITIES IN CULTURAL COMPLEX
▪ DANCE AND MUSIC STUDIO
▪ AUDITORIUM
▪ OPEN AIR THEATRE
▪ MUSEUM / ART GALLERY
 The building program is primarily developed from various Cultural standards, Complex
design standards and Case analysis. Estimations are done wherever necessarI, with
consideration of various factors as crowd flow throughout with varying graphs of
occasional visitors, low flow week days and peak weekends, important festivals and
occasions This program developed, define requisite space for all activities with out any
space crunch or space wastage.
Area statements
No of units Area required for Total area Comments
SPACE to be provided one unit Required
TICKET 2 dedicated
10+2 50 for ladies
COUNTER
200 and
Queing
200 handicapped
Checking
100 people
Entrance
Administrative spaces

No of units Area required for Total area

SPACE
to be provided one unit Required
Lobby/Reception 30
Waiting area 15 1.7 25.5

Manager Room 5 10 50
Assistance 5 5 25
Office space 10 10 100
File Room 20
Storage room 30
Meeting room 10 60
Server room 20
Pantry Space 5
Restroom 10
Ladies 4+1 15
Gents 7+1 40
Circulation
Cultural spaces
ReceptionHall 50
ExhibitionSpaces 100
Gallery 100
Comm.Outlet&FoodCorn 60
Circulation 80
Landscaping 50
Restroom 300
Craft works 300
Workshop 200
amphitheater
Stage 350
Seating 2000 1.66 3320
Greenroom 200
Restroom 100
Control room 100
Rehersal hall 100
Multipurpose room 100
Retail shops 200
Circulation 1000
AUDITORIUM
Entrance 50
Ticket counter 30
Stage 150
Seating 1000 1.66
1660
Projection/ControlRoom
Storage 30
Greenroom 50
Restroom 100
Ladies 25
Gents 30
Circulation 200

Recreation Cultural
Spaces
5000
Games and activities
300
Casual exhibit space
200
Common Restrooms
SERVICE
DG room 100
Transformer 150
HV/AC 60
Solid waste management 50
Cctv control room 30
RO plant 60
Rain water harvesting 60

DANCE STUDIO
• A place where one practice or learn the art
of dance.
• Includes a smooth floor covering or, if used
for tap dancing, by a hardwood floor.
MUSIC STUDIO
• For artists who work within that studio, record and practice
music and play different instruments.
• Requires acoustic services so as to avoid echo etc.
ELEVATION OF SEATING :
obtained from lines of vision.
• Since spectators sit in gaps, only every second row requires full
sight elevation (12cm).
• Rows of spectator should be formed in a circular segment with
respect to the stage, not just for better alignment but also to
achieve better mutual perception.
• Exits: 1m wide/ 150 people should be provided or min. 08m.
• VOLUME: 4-5M3 THEATRE OR 6-8M3 FOR OPERA PER SPECTATOR.
• 99 seats*0.6m2 needs a stage area of 60m2(2/3)+30m2 (1/3) i.e., 90-100m2.
• A room proportion of 1:1:6 is the best option for multiple use.
• Proscenium height should be determined first. Then apron height, banking of
the stalls & volume of auditorium are determined.
• Lines of ceiling are obtained from acoustic requirements.
• Aim should be for the reflected sound from stage or apron to be equally
distributed through auditorium.
MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
The main concerns of museums & art galleries are collecting,
documenting, preserving, researching, interpreting and exhibiting some
form of material evidence.
• Each group of pictures in art gallery should have a separate room &
each picture awall to itself, which means small rooms.
• The normal human angle of vision starts 270 up from eye level.
• 3-5m2 hanging surface per picture, 6-10m2 ground surface per
sculpture & 1m2 cabinetspace per 400 coins.
• A sill height of 2.13m for pictures and a viewing range of 3-3.65m for
sculpture.