3.

SITE STUDY
3.1 Introduction

Chandigarh, city and union territory of India is

located about 165 miles (265 km) north of New
Delhi, the territory is bounded by the state
of Haryana on the east and by the state
of Punjab on all other sides. It is situated on
the Indo-Gangetic Plain a short distance
southwest of the Shiwalik Range between two
seasonal hill torrents, the Sukhna and Patiali
rivers. Chandigarh is the fourth-highest-income
Indian state / union territory by GSDP per capita and
has profound potential for development.

3.2 Site Location

The site is in the sector 43 of Chandigarh adjacent to the ISBT’s workshop.

3.2.1 Accessibility

The site abutted by Vikas Marg and Himalya Marg with approximately 20m in
width and there is a bicycle track running alongside the site.

3.2.2 Proximity
• ISBT sector 43 - 350m
• ISBT sector 17 – 5 Km
• Chandigarh International Airport – 17.5 Km
• Chandigarh junction railway - 10.5 Km

3.3 Site surroundings:

The site Is surrounded by ISBT sector 43 on the

left and sector 44D market on the right, on the
top left there is CRPF head quarters and on the
bottom across the Vikas Marg there is Sector 52
substation

3.4 Climatology

3.4.1 Climate

Chandigarh has a humid subtropical climate characterised by a seasonal rhythm:

very hot summers, mild winters, unreliable rainfall and great variation in
temperature. The western disturbances usually bring rain predominantly from
mid-December till end of April which can be heavier sometimes with strong
winds and hails if the weather turns colder (during March–April months) which
usually proves disastrous to the crops. Cold winds usually tend to come
from the north near Shimla, capital of Himachal Pradesh and from the
state of Jammu and Kashmir, both of which receive their share of snowfall
during wintertime.

3.4.2 Temperature:

The temperature varies from a record high of 45.6 degree Celsius in the summer
time to 0 degrees in the winter time

3.4.3 Precipitation

The average annual rainfall is 1110.7 mm. The city also receives occasional winter
rains from the Western Disturbance originating over the Mediterranean Sea.

The monthly average data is given below:

3.5 Byelaws and Building regulations

• FAR AND GROUND COVERAGE for Specialized Educational Institutes and

Cultural Spaces including Auditoriums/ Museums/ Cultural Centres /
Planetarium etc (15% of total scheme) is given to be 3.0 and 40%
respectively.

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 • General requirements:
1.

3.6 Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Chandigarh had a population of 1,055,450, making for a

density of about 9,252 (7,900 in 2001) persons per square kilometre. Males
constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. The sex ratio is 818 females for
every 1,000 males –which is the third lowest in the country

3.7 Proposed case studies

• Live case study: National gallery of modern art, New Delhi and
Exhibit 320 at New Delhi
• Literature case study: National Art gallery, London
4. SITE ANALYSIS

4.1 Introduction

The site is at sector 43 and constitutes about 6 acres of land approximately, The
site considered for the Art gallery and exhibition centre is a part of 29 acre site,
The entire area is an unmaintained place full of local dense vegetation sprawling
across the site and even coming out on the footpaths.

4.2 Site location

The site is adjacent to the ISBT sector 43,

it is as shown in the mage on the right.

Latitude: 30°42'48.60"N

Longitude: 76°44'45.78"E

4.2.1 Accessibility

The site is surrounded by roads on 3

sides which are abutted by bicycle
tracks, wheelchair access can be given
easily to the site.

4.3 Surrounding Land uses and

Circulation

The land use assigned to this site is commercial development mainly, the bus
terminal is on the left and is a crowded area with fair amount of traffic, then there
is market on the left that is sector 44D then there is a housing complex on the
north-east side, on the south west on sector 52 there is govt. land on which there’s
a gurudwara and electric sub-station.

4.4 Site photographs:

4.5 Sun path and wind direction:

The predominant wind blows from

southwest to north east in the
summer time and in the opposite
direction in the winters, site
receives a lot of sun as it is flat, the
surrounding buildings aren’t of
much height either to block the
sun of the site.

4.6 Climate analysis

4.6.1 climate

The climate is humid subtropical but the micro climate differs in the fact that the
area is rather a degree cooler due to the ample amount of vegetation present there.

4.6.2 Temperature

4.6.3 Topography

The site has a relatively flat terrain with loose soil mounds lying around due to
the site being unmaintained

4.6.4 soil Type

The soil strata in general comprises of clayey silt soils in the top layers followed
by sandy silt to silty sands at depths

4.6.5 Vegetation
The following vegetation was available on site:

Acacia catechu (Khair), Acacia modesta (Phulai), Acacia Arabica (Kikar), Acacia
leucophloea (Raeru), Dalbergia sisoo (Shisham), Azadirachta indica (Neem),
Murraya koenigii (Kari patta), Prosopis juliflora (Musket)

4.6.6 Wind data

 5. CASE STUDES

5.1 NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, NEW DELHI

5.1.1 Introduction
National Gallery of modern art was commenced on March 29, 1954 at
Jaipur house, New Delhi. This is one of the leading art galleries under
ministry of culture. This building, earlier, served the purpose of a
residential palace of the maharaja of Jaipur and is located very close to
India Gate. The intent of setting up this gallery was to procure and
preserve works of modern art from 1850s onwards, organize, maintain and
develop galleries for permanent display. It exhibits almost 4000 modern
art paintings, graphics and sculptures. It also organizes exhibitions,
workshops, lectures, seminars, etc and encourages higher studies and
research in the field of history, art criticism, art appreciation, museology.
5.1.2 Intent of study
To study an art gallery with such a big capacity and study the spaces
provided in the art gallery, the office spaces and how the building
complex deals with the hot climate of Delhi.
5.1.3 Location
The site is very near to the Udyog bhavan metro station and is a 9 min
walk from the India gate complex
 PROXIMITY:
ISBT, Kashmere Gate, New Delhi – 37 min by metro
Indira Gandhi International Airport- 14.2 Km, 30 min by car

5.1.4 Form and architecture

The NGMA headquarters at Delhi's Jaipur House, designed by

English architect Arthur Blomfield, is a fluid space, more flamboyant
in design aesthetics than the city's national museum or any other
museum in the [Link] Jaipur house has symmetrical plan and
the style is borrowed from the elements of Mughal architecture,
roman arches are used and there are carved Rajput columns.

Rajput columns
5.1.5 Site Planning

1. Entry/exit
2. service entry
3. Jaipur house
7 4. New wing
. gallery block
5. Admin and
institution block
6. Central
courtyard
7. Parking

• The site is surrounded

with trees from all the
sides. No overhead cables
are seen, keeping in
context of the urban
design. All the cables are
underground.
• The zone is almost fully
served by underground
sewerage. The zone has
several major storm
water drains. Site is
generally flat with trees.

5.1.6 General planning

Jaipur house: The building was a former residential palace of the Maharaja of
Jaipur, hence known as Jaipur House. The butterfly-shaped building with a
central dome and built in 1936, and designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield, after the
construction of Lutyens' Delhi. The Central Hexagon around the India Gate,
where the buildings of leading princely states were situated, was itself designed
by Sir Edwin Lutyens
 FRONT VIEW OF JAIPUR HOUSE

▪ New wing:

The basement comprises of workshops where frames and other

materials for the gallery are made.
The lowest basemnet stretches continuously under the three blocks
connecting them to various stores, plant rooms, workshops and other
related services. In this way the entire service infrastructure is
contained within the same basement and are connected vertically
through the freight elevators.u
Given below are the images showing the basement’s
workshops and how the services run through the
basement in red coloured pipes
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LVL +960
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• Admin block:

Images showing the library area in the Admin block.

SERVICES:

This is the exhaust of the The site has these rainwater

HVAC plant in the basement, it collection drains on the edges
is beside the pond, that is used of the pathways abutting the
ti store water for the site and green spaces.
for the HVAC plant itself
The site also has Fire hydrants The HVAC Delivery system, and
on the periphery, on the The Hanging lights from the
parameter of the site. ceiling. The electric services run
along the columns and the beams
5.2 NGMA, Kolkata

5.2.1 Introduction
It is a three storied building, designed in Italian style, the walls were
made of brick. Founded in 1833, it at first housed Agra Bank. The building
was named as the Currency Building when the Government occupied a
large portion of it for its Currency Department in 1868 from the Agra
Bank Limited. This building was being demolished when it was under
CPWD but ASI intervened and restored this 200 year old building which
is now being used as an art gallery.

5.2.2 The roof was arched on iron joist and the floor covered with marble and
chunar sandstone. A handsome gate at the entrance in three parts, is of a
very florid design in wrought iron. The Central Hall gets sunlight through
skylights overtopping the large domes. The Central Hall & a row of
exchange counters for notes gold, silver and other change. The Currency
office has a vault of a massive masonry lime on its roof, walls and floor.
The second floor is similarly designed and the then Assistant
Commissioner in-charge of the Currency Building had his residence
there. The rooms above are spacious and are paved with Italian marbles.

6. LITERATURE STUDY

• GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
ART GALLERY is a room, or a series of rooms where works of art are
 exhibited. It has a specific focus and is managed by a curator who
specializes in that form of art. Typically, all of the art in an art gallery is for
sale, although the gallery may retain a special permanent collection, or a
sponsor or a unique display of art
.
• TYPES OF ART GALLERIES:

a. Art gallery of paintings

b. Modern art gallery
c. contemporary art gallery
d. sculpture art gallery
e. abstract art gallery
f. Historical art gallery
g. Cultural art gallery
h. Pottery art gallery
i. Textiles art gallery

• REQUIREMENTS:

NAME OF THE SPACE AREA NO.

REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED
1. Administration: 1
2. Guard Room 6 sq m 2
3. Store Rooms 4-6
4. Small Amphitheatre 1
5. Lounges For gathering -
6. Exhibition space/ display areas -
7. Permanent and temporary galleries -
8. Conservation Lab 2
9. Cafeteria 1
10. Art boutiques & crafts and gift shops 1
11. Sculpture galleries and workshops 4
12. Sculpture gardens -
13. Dormitories 1
14. Library 1
15. Auction hall 2

DESIGN PARAMETERS:
The design parameters