NATIONAL CASE STUDY
PAKISTAN’S FIRST DIGITALLY INTERACTIVE MUSEUM
LOCATION:
Greater Iqbal Park, Lahore NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Ensuring an impressive and interactive experience
HEROES GALLERY
FIRE EXITS
HALL 2
FIRE EXITS
HALL 1
FORM
ENTERANCE
DISPLAY
CIRCULATION
MODULARITY HALL 4
LIGHT/ DIGITALY PROMOTED
SEMI CIRCULAR PLAN HALL 5
ACCESSIBILITY
IMMERSION AND ENTERTAINMENT
ACCESSBILITY
CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE
• Wide circulation space unavailable • Accessible by ramps and stairs
• Multiple Entrances • Crowding is more likely to occur in such areas • Far away from parking
• Narrow displays in few areas
• No focal point • No signage or directions
• Confusion and
misdirection
PROS:
• Effective artifical lighting creates drama
• Focus is very well established
• Creation of different moods CONS:
• Minimum to no natural light • Too much text
• One space per theme • Open display could be touched and damaged
• Different experience in every space • Narrow displays in few areas
• Crowding is more likely to occur in such areas, the rooms and spaces have lesser area
• Focused and attentive theme display • Weak loop for circulation
• Digital display creates an experience • No direction to the museum entrance
• Space placement near the original artifact display • The display is too much attractive that leads to the damage
• Multiple spaces for use of more than one person • All the display was done on temporary walls the permanent walls were neglected
• Open display to make the museum attractive MASTER PLAN
LAHORE MUSUEM OVERVIEW MALL ROAD
GARDENS
Built in 1894 on the Mall Road, Lahore.
Designed by Bai Ram Singh and John Lockwood Kipling.
The museum displays collections of musical instruments, jewelry, textile,
TICKET
poetry and armory. BOOTH
ENTRANCE
Extensive collection of the Gandhara kingdom, Buddhist art from Indo-Greek
period, the Indus valley, the Sikh Empire, Mughal Empire and the British Empire
Built in Anglo Indian style
FAÇADE DETAILS
Two Structural System: Domes and Gable Roofing
• White Marble, Stone Foundation
MARBLE GIFT SHOP
• Brickwork/Terra Cota bricks, Woodwork
• Comprises of almost 15 galleries PORTICO
Plaster and Columns
• Domes, Gable Roofing
• Decorative work in Paint, Floral designs
and Fresco paintings
• Skylights, Arches
PARKING
• Parking behind Tollinton Market
LIGHTING AND VENTILATION
LAHORE MUSUEM
• Natural Lighting and Ventilation through openings PLAN AND CIRCULATION 1938
• Entrance on South • Wide circulation space
PROS • Basic square planning • Easy to navigate
• Buffer zone at the entrance
• Large halls and wide
circulation space
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SHERAZ
• Separate parking
• Warders for security, cameras
CONS
• Glare on display cases
• All permanent display lesser space for temporary
• Terrible lighting on carvings
• No safety systems and HVAC
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY
The Tribal Museum
Bhopal
LOCATION
• Site is located on hills of Bhopal, M.P
• 6.9Km away from Bhopal bus stand.
• 8Km away from Bhopal railway station.
• Bhopal suffers hot and dry climate.
• Museum is built of 7 acre site on hill side.
SITE DISTRIBUTION AREA DISTRIBUTION
• The Tribal Museum in Bhopal, Madhya
Pradesh is India’s first museum, making
the area a hub of cultural diversity. MUSUEM
• A total of six galleries exhibit the lifestyles ARTIFACTS
of the seven main tribes
• Each gallery is themed, displaying myriad
forms of artworks and exhibits
MASTERPLAN
Project analysis slide 3
• BUILT ON A SITE OF 7 ACRES, THE
GALLERIES ARE RAISED ABOVE THE
GROUND ON COLOUMNS, FORMING A
CONTINUOUS, MULTI-LEVELED VERANDA,
FOLLOWING THE CONTOURS OF THE
SLOPING
• ALL THE
SCULPTURES AND
OTHER SHOW
CASING THINGS
WERE CREATED
BY THE TRIBAL
PEOPLE
THEMSELVES
USING THE BASIC
AND OLD
TECHNIQUES.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDIES
MU PLA STY EN AC CIR LIG MA DISPLAY CONCLUSIONS
SEU NNI LE TR CES CU HTI TER FEATURES
MS NG AN S LAT NG IAL • Preventing confusion by adding signage
CE ION S • Separate exhibition halls (temporary+ permanent )
Graphic panels,
NATIONAL Radial planning Traditional Confusing Access through Complex Maximum usage Use of wood,
HISTORY architecture with entrance with no stairs and ramps circulation with of artificial marble and stone
MUSEUM a modern signages maze pattern lighting
interior
audio/video • Adding fire exits and alarm systems
interaction, VR,
sculptures and
showcases • Interact 5 senses
LAHORE Square planning Colonial Style Clear, wide and Access through Linear circulation Mostly dependent White marble, Open exhibits, wall mounted, glass enclosed artifacts
MUSEUM prominent stairs with loops on internal lighting stone
entrance but diffused
sunlight also
foundation,
terracotta
• Adding cultural galleries
incorporated
Glare brickwork and
woodwork
Sculptural displays
TRIBAL MUSEUM Semi-circular Vernacular style, Extended Ground level Linear circulation Natural lighting Vernacular
BHOPAL planning around multiple entrance with with minimal pattern from the materials. Mud,
a courtyard principles long walkways ramps courtyard as well clothwork,
followed as internal stones etc
• Adding a focal point to the design
lighting
and modular exhibits
CONCLUSIONS
VAST ENTRANCE
MULTI-SPACED AREAS
LIGHT &
SHADOW PLAY
FIRE EXITS
SHERAZ AHMAD
WIDE GALLERIES
EXPERIENTIAL ENVIRONMENT INERACTIVE 5 SENSES 19-AR-