MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE

2 AIM
1 INTRODUCTION To design an architectural museum to bridge the gap between architecture and society.

The museum is meant to house information about other buildings so that the visitors understand and learn why
they appreciate or they don’t when they visit a piece of architecture. It might be known as the guardian of heritage.
It might be known as a centre of knowledge for those who wish to know about architecture. It might be a platform To study qualitative and quantitative
To focus on the appreciation of
for people to connect to each other through the exhibits and spaces. Whatever this museum is identified as will be aspects of museum lighting design in
the potential of architecture and design.
a reflection of what it aims to do. existing installations.

` 4 To study the ergonomics of the

Museum is an institution that tells the story of human kind. Education is one of To encourage public engagement and exhibition and display units in art
Demand for excellence in art, OBJECTIVES gallery and museum and the
the most important criteria for development and one of the fundamental
objectives of museum is to educate. design and architecture. architectural and design aspects.

MERRIMAN N J
Promotion of better architecture To study the visitors experience and
Architecture museum is a unique repository of architects and allied professional records and a dynamic hub of and built environment. circulation pattern in the museum.
research into architectural and built environment history. The Architecture Museum is a facility for the acquisition,
preservation and management of aarchitecture and related record.
The place will empower architects as they receive better acknowledgment and appreciation for their works.

5 SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

The understanding of architecture varies between architects and the public. Every person is
3 directly or indirectly affected by any piece of architecture, just that majority of them don’t
realize what is it about architecture that’s affecting them and how. They appreciate/criticize
architecture consciously/sub-consciously at times without understanding why it is the way it is.
NEED OF This difference in understanding between the architect and his/her subject (any person getting
THE PROJECT affected by architecture) needs to be brought to the same level by providing a platform that
brings them together. This museum will become a centre for knowledge for everyone visiting it.
It will become an icon that people want to see when they visit the city of Delhi. It will become an
inclusive public place for people from all backgrounds to gather and talk about architecture. It
will become a place of education for aspiring architects to do their research and understand
architecture. Most importantly, it will become a place that is important to city without
disturbing the city fabric.
Space integration is the most important part of museum palnning and it’s the main scope of work which can be
exhibited through circulation pattern and zoning. Lighting(natural and artificial lighting) is another most
important aspect that should be catered deeply with studying the effects and design aspect of it in the museum.
Interiors of the museum is as important as the exteriors of the museum, so interior details should also be
considered. Interior details will be the part of the scope of work.
Landscpaing and site planning is also one of the aspect which makes a boring museum lively, so landscaping is
one of the major scope of work which can be exhibited through site plan and landscape details.
01 In India architecture along with architects is not celebrated and appreciated by the people.
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ISSUES 02 They are unaware how important architects contribution is to developing the society.

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03 There is no place In India where multiple architects works is preserved and exhibited.

6 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The National museum of architecture is a project proposed by GREHA along with the Council Of Architecture, 10 SITE
INTACH and Indian Institute of architects.
GREHA, a registered society, working in the field of architecture, environmental design and development of Vacant institutional site, belonging to the
human habitat took on the responsibility of conceiving a Museum of Architecture which will raise public Delhi Development Authority(DDA) has
awareness of this discipline, which affects our lives in significant ways on a daily basis. been identified . This is located near
Lado Sarai, close to Qutub complex and
the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
with good access from the Mehrauli
Badarpur road.

7 LIMITATIONS JUSTIFICATION

The project does not cater about the deep analysis of the structural system and structural details as these details The site is located in the national capital of india which makes it a
are not the main aspects of design. The project also does not caters about the costing and estimation of the perfect site for people from all over the country to come and
project because its an academic project. understand the importance of architecture. The site is also situated
near the Qutub complex, which itself is a architectural masterpiece.
Tourists visiting Qutub complex will surely pay a visit to the
museum.
The site is situated near the urban village of Lado Sarai and Hanj
Khan which are urban center as well as heart of art galleries.
8 SPECIAL STUDY- Effect of Light on space, human mood and psychology.

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11 REQUIREMENTS

The museum will exhibit the architecture marvels of the past, accomplishments of the present and the vision for
the future. The experience will involve weaving of all the three phases of time, a time-line to dive into. This
experience of a time-line will be translated into architecture. Therefore, the museum will be dedicated to both
historic and contemporary works, it will be journey from certainty to uncertainty which will further get translated
into the architecture of exhibition spaces, site planning and the building form. Major functions:

1. LIBRARY: Library provides services to the public and contain large number of books or volumes related to all
aspects of architecture including biographical information about renowned architects.

2. CONVENTION CENTER: Auditorium, Multipurpose hall and exhibition galleries are largely public function,
people- intensive components. These spaces allow events like seminars, lectures, film-screenings, launches of new
proposals, etc.

3. MUSEUM: Museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artefacts and other objects related to subject
which are available for public viewing through exhibition that may be permanent or temporary. The museum will
house various galleries showcasing the historic works of architecture to the traditional-vernacular to the
contemporary architecture. It will house drawings, models, photographs and films showing depicting design as
well as the construction process.

i. Gallery of ancient history (permanent)

ii. Gallery of modern architecture (permanent)
iii. Gallery of contemporary architecture (temporary)
iv. Gallery of contemporary architecture (temporary)
v. Gallery of the futuristic visions (temporary)
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4. RESEARCH CENTER: It is consisting of R&D labs, innovation centres, discussion rooms, workshops, lecture LITERATURE CASE STUDY
rooms all programmatic element associated with the activities involve in the pursuit and dissimulation of
knowledge.
GUGGENHAIM MUSEUM, NEW YORK NATIONAL MUSEUM, DELHI
FORMULATION OF THE AREA PROGRAM:
Concept for the formulation of the area program according to the requirements of the user groups that the
museum will visit the museum.
For students and architects: 
CONVENTION/CONFERENCING FACILITY: Auditorium and multi-purpose halls to
hold lectures and such events Meeting rooms
For students and research scholars:

RESEARCH CENTRE: Research and Design labs to provide a kind of a co-working space for researchers and
students. A library containing books on all subjects of architecture and archival drawings.

For architects and public: 
MUSEUM: Exhibition galleries containing exhibits of historic architecture, modern
architecture, contemporary architecture and temporary galleries allowing space for future interventions.

For Research scholars and public: 
PUBLIC FACILITIES: Residential facility containing guest rooms for research
scholars and tourists. Spaces like cafes allowing the two to interact.

AREAS OF RESEARCH:

1. MEDIUM: In a museum of architecture, it is important to understand the medium through which architecture
will be exhibited. It may be models, drawings, photographs, digital media and also virtual reality. Therefore, it will
be required to be specified what is needed in this case.

2. PROGRAMMATIC CONTENT: It will also be necessary to study the programmatic content in order to evolve an
area program. The study shall also focus on the sub-divisions and inter-relationships of each component.

3. REFLECTION OF TODAY: The museum should reflect the present, therefore there will be a need to study how are
the buildings such as museums and research centres which are meant for public/ semi-public use being designed
today, in addition to the study of the ones which have been significant since a number of years.

LIVE CASE STUDY LIVE CASE STUDY

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NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI

5 CIRCULATION
1 INTRODUCTION The ideology behind the circulation pattern was that every section of exhibition can be experienced by
the visitors and no section is left untouched.
The National Museum in New Delhi is one of the largest museums in India. It holds variety of articles ranging from
pre historic era to modern works of art. It was established on August 15,1949 in the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapathi
Bhavan. It functions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The museum is situated on the corner of
Janpath and Maulana Azad Road. The blue print of the National Museum had been prepared by the Gwyer
Committee set up by the Government of India in 1946. The museum has around 200,000 works of art, both of
Indian and foreign origin, covering over 5000 years.
It also houses the National Museum Institute of History of Arts, Conservation and Museology on the first floor
which was established in 1983 and now is a Deemed University since 1989, and runs Masters and Doctoral level
courses in History of Art, Conservation and Museology.

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The site is situated on the corner of Janpath and Maulana Azad Road over an area of 10 Acres.

CONNECTIVITY CLIMATE
• Macro Climate : Humid Subtropical
• 1.2 km away from Central Secretariat Metro Station
• Average Temperature : 25.0c
3.8 km away from New Delhi Railway Station
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• 14.5 km away from Indira Gandhi International Airport
• Maximum Temperature : 47.0c 6 ZONING
• Minimum Temperature : -2.2c
• Nearest stops : National Museum Bus Stop The zoning of the museum is done horizontally as well as vertically.
• ANNUAL PRECIPITATION : 886 Mmm
Administration and other staff related spaces are placed at the
• Prevailing Wind Direction : 18km/h North-West
basement of the Museum.Services like HVAC, electrical and other
are also placed at the basement.
Exhibitions are placed at the upper level horizontally, the museum
is zoned into open ,transition and exhibition spaces. Such zoning
makes this museum a nice visitor’s experience.
LATITUDE : 28°36’ 42.4764”N
LONGITUDE : 77°13’10.1748”E

Sun direction Prewailing winds

3 CONCEPTUAL PLAN 4 SITE PLAN

The site is not well
Building was designed such that designed as there is no
it merges with the site segregation of spaces.
surroundings. It was the first There is no proper
planned museum at the parking facilities and the
national level. Building landscape area is not
comprises of four stories with a designed well. Parking
basement. Basic plan of the facilities are provided at
building is fan shaped with a the adjacent building.
circular courtyard in between
by a covered verandah. Wings
are linked with the courtyard
according to different
requirements and need. Hence
one’s find that after watching
the exhibits one finds himself FEW IMAGES OF
again in the same place from NATIONAL MUSEUM
where he/she started.

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7 FLOOR PLANS
AREA
Exhibition halls are interconnected with another with a center circulation ANALYSIS
court 6m wide. Separate entrance for VIP and physically handicapped is
present. Basement consists of AC, staff, cafeteria and workshop.

10 USER ANALYSIS

BASEMENT FLOOR GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR

Harappan gallery, Mauryan gallery, Gupta gallery, Terracota gallery, Bronze gallery,
Medieval art gallery, Buddhist art gallery. Jewellery gallery, Decorative art gallery,
Miniature painting gallery, auditorium and library are placed at ground level.
Coins, Indian wall pinting gallery, Manuscript gallery, Maritime heritage gallery,
Ajantha painitng, Tanjavore painting gallery. Special exhibition are placed at first floor.
Textile gallery, Western art gallery, Copper gallery,
Wood carving gallery, Tribal art gallery, Music instrument gallery, arms and armour
gallery, Asian antique gallery, Ethnic art gallery are placed at second floor

8 MATERIALS

Interiors are done with the

help of wood, glass and
stone. Flooring used in
marble and wood. Different
wall colour and rendering is
done to avoid monotony.
Aluminium is also used in
many sections such as
bronze and coin gallery.
USE OF ALUMINIUM AND WOOD IN NATIONAL MUSEUM
Building is made using high
strength RCC and red
stone. Temporary structure
are provided around the
building.

9 LIGHTING
Each display had focused light, diffused light. Lights are used in false ceiling or hanged by a
steel section. No natural lights are used inside the museum, artificial lighting is done with
daylight kept to minimum. Natural lighting is only used in central circulation core.
Well played with focused lights with the use of concave and convex lens at different places.
In jewellry section the gallery was dark and recessed pockets were made with minimum
lighting. The whole structure is based around the central rotunda which lights up the entire
corridor.

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GUGGENHAIM MUSEUM, NEW YORK

4 CIRCULATION
In the guggenhaim, Wright intended to allow visitors to experience the collection of paintings by taking the elevator to the
1 INTRODUCTION top level then view artworks by desending the central spiral ramp. Museum currently designed exhibits to be reviewed
Swelling out towards the city of Manhattan, Solomon.R.Guggenhaim museum was the last major project designed walking up the ramp rather than walking down. From street, building looks lika a white ribbon rolled into a cylindrical
and built by Frank Lloyd Wright between 1943 until it opened to the public in 1958, 6 months after his death, shape, slightly wider at the top than at the bottom.
making it one of his longest works in creation along with one of his most popular projects, completely
contrasting the strict Manhattan city grid, the organic curves of the museum are familiar landmark for both art
lovers, visitors and pedestrians alike.
The Solomon.R.Guggenhaim museum, often refferred to as The Guggenhaim is an art museum located at 1971
Fifth Avenue on the corner of east 89th street in the upper east side neighbourhood Manhattan, New York city. It
is the permanent home of continuously expanding collection of impressionist, Post impressionist, Early Modern
and Contemporary Art and also future’s special exhibitions throughout the year. The museum was established by
the Solomon.R.Guggenhaim foundation in 1939 as the museum of non-objective painting, under the guidance of
its first directore the artist Hilla Von Rebay. It adopted its current name after the death of its founder
Solomon.R.Guggenhaim in 1952.

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The Solomon R. Guggrnhaim museum, often referred to as the Guggenhaim, is an art museum located at 1071
fifth Avenue on the corner of east 89th Street in the Upper East side neighbourhood of Manhattan, New york City.
CLIMATE
CONNECTIVITY
• 5.1 km away from Grand Central. • Macro-climate : Humid Continental
• 6.0 km away from Pennsylvania Station. • Average Temperature: 12°C 5 6 ZONING
• 29.2 km away from J.F.Kennedy International Airport. • Minimum temperature : -18°C
• Annual Precipitation : 1600 mm The museum was designed
• Prevailing Wind Directions : 15 km/h North-West SITE OLAN by zoning of spaces into
exhibition spaces,
administrative space and
amenities. Spaces were
zoned vertically rather than
horizontal approach.
LATITUDE : 40°46’58.728” N
LONGITUDE : 73°57’32.2956” W

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3 CONCEPTUAL PLAN

Wright created the philosophy of organic architecture, which maintains that the building should develop out of its
natural surroundings. Although the word Organic Architecture had a separate meaning. For him Organic Architecture
was an interpretation of nature’s principlesnmanifestednin buildings that were in harmony with the world around
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SPURTHI ASWATH A giant spiral ramp circulates up to a giant
dome with twelve narrow reinforced concrete
partitions that pierce the spiral and serve as
stiffeners. The web walls act as shear walls,
transferring forces laterally and vertically,while
helping resist bending moments. 12 radial web
walls around the rotunda,8” thick and 25’ wide
at the top were designed. Structural core
includes staircase and elevator shaft. Acts as
structural anchor and provides an alternative
circulation to the ramp.

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSEUM

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AREA ANALYSIS
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8 FLOOR PLANS
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. 4 floor of exhibition space, 3 of which are double height also have office and storage USER ACTIVITY
space for mechanical system. 12 radial web walls divide the gallery into 70 days for
viewing art work. A large glass dome cover the rotunda, providing natural lighting inside
the gallery.
Skylights line each level of the rotunda, providing natural light along periphery, the galler
walls are 9’6” tall and slopes slightly outwards and 97° from the floor. Designed to hold
paintings, the tilt of the gallery walls was intended to replicate the slope of an easel.

9 MATERIALS

The Guggenhaim is primarily composed of reinforced

concrete. Normal weight cast in place concrete is the
material of the lower levels. Light weight concrete is the
material of the interior radial ealls and the ramps.
Gunite, or shotcrete, is the material used for exterior of
the spiral curved walls. Wright used Gunite to achieve a
seeemless monolic façade. Wright leftout expansion
joints, which would have created visual vertical breaks.
He hoped the application of elastometric paint, known
as cocoon. Wood fill in the cracks formed during
construction. The pairing of multiple types of concrete
caused visible cracks in the façade. Steel framed
windows, aliminium skylights were designed. Cement
plasters soffits on metal lath.

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10 LIGHTING
Skylights was originally intended to illuminate the painting in natural light, but were changed
to artificial to have more controlled lighting. The huge 29 M atrium was deigned for proper
lighting condition. Luminance ceiling was designed for more lighting.

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COMPARISON GUGGENHAIM MUSEUM, NEW NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW

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YORK CITY DELHI
To understand the conceptual and To understand the architectural
structural aspects of museum respond to the issue faced in delhi
SELECTION CRITERIA

LOCATION United states of america India

YEAR OF COMPLETION 1952 1949

ARCHITECT F. L wright Gywer committee

Solomon R. Guggenhaim Indian central government

OWNERSHIP Foundation

SITE AREA 20,000 sq. M. 30,000 sq. M.

GROUND COVERAGE 40% 25%

BUILT UP AREA 11,200 sq. M. 18,200 sq. M.

F.A.R 0.6 0.6

Organic architecture Chronological circulation

CONCEPT

FORM Golden sections Rotunda

Museum and art gallery Museum and educationl college

FUNCTION

Circular ramp covering the entire To make visitors experience each

museum and every gallery
CIRCULATION

Atrium in the center provides Artificial lighting is used mostly

natural light to optimize the except the inner courtyard to
building efficiency provide the light in corridors
LIGHTING

White marble at exterior to make it Sandstone to resemble the heritage

FAÇADE simple and a divinely holy palace of india
of
LANDSCAPE No space for landscaping Not properly developed

VISITOR’S OPINION Building form is more attractive A typical museum

than exhibition

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