HERITAGE INTERPRETATION CENTRE

Encounters With The Past: Exploring Approaches Towards Interventions In A Historic Context Tutor: Mudra Shah,Janki Contractor Ta: Nishi Shah

L2 Spring 2019-20 4th Sem Aayush Doshi UG180025

Contents

1 Conceptulization

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Spatial Layout

Design Language And Detail

Heritage Interpretation Centre 3

Process Spatial Layout

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Exploded Axonometry

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Site Context- Plan 4

Final Spatial Layout

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Ground Floor Plan

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Site Photos

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First Floor Plan

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Narrative

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Sectional Elevation 1

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Case Study

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Sectional Elevation 2

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Detail Part-Space

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Sun Path Diagram 14 Volumetric Interventions 15 Storyboard-Internal Spatial Experience 18

Studio Brief

The aim of Studio is to learn intervention in a Heritage Context and design Heritage Interpretation centre at Panchkuva Darwaja. It begins with the heritage walk of the Ahmedabad.

The narrative of Heritage Interpretation Centre is derived through experience of heritage walk which is translated into a physical form. Design process began with understanding the city’s history, historic context and architecture. The case study of related architectural projects, lectures sharpens the

concepts and increase knowlege of the architectural heritage.

At the first stage narrative is translated into explorations of a massing models(intervention). The massing models are evolved considering the the spatial distribution, circulation, experience, narrative. Then storyboard helps to visualize the internal spatial expereince.of a space. Then design is devloped into a plan and sections- conceptual drawings. The conceptual drawings evolves on the basis of the narrative, experience, cirulation, site

context, material, design language and detail. Then design is resolved considering the structural system of heritage building.

The each space is detailed using the refrences. The detail space design considers all the previlous aspects along with the material, design language, response to heritage. This design is communicated through detail renders.

Heritage Interpretation Centre ‘Heritage is the inheritance of tangible and intangible resources which are historically and culturally important that are worthy of preservation.

Tangible heritage includes movable and immovable heritage. Tangible movable heritage includes the museums collections, industrial items, artworks. Natural tangible heritage includes fossils, archaeological items etc. Tangible immovable heritage includes, monuments, architectural works, cultural landscapes etc.

Intangible heritage includes the local/oral traditions, languages, crafts, festivals, performing arts etc.

Tangible and intangible heritage both balance each other. It becomes more interesting when heritage is seen with respect to the specific community, religion, local context, and natural environment.

Heritage is not similar to history, but it is a celebration of the past in the present Everything which is old, is not the heritage, but anything can become heritage. Heritage passes through the process of heritage formation, recognition, designation, interpretation and loss. Interpretation is essential to increase the awareness about that place, especially when its designation is by the authority and not by community groups.

Heritage formation causes due to obsolescence, survival, rarity value, artistic creativity, association.

After this item becomes heritage when it is recognized through study and research on it. Then recognition is followed by the designation of the item by a specific authority.

Designation is essential for establishing its importance in the community and region. Thereafter it is conserved or preserved which includes debate on that topic.

Finally it’s interpretation is essential to increase the awareness about that place, especially when its designation is by the authority and not by community groups.

Interpretation is the act of explaining the specific subject to others. Various ways adopted for communicating to the public are guided walks, talks, seminars, displays, sign labels, artworks, audio-visual media, exhibitions. This process enriches the visitor experience by helping them to understand the significance of that place by connecting it to their own lives. Interpretation techniques include spatial experience, installation, information panels, murals, artworks, information plaque, overlay.

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Site Context Plan

Revdi Bazaar Sindhi Bazaar Fort Wall Ruin Panchkuva Darwaja Heritage Percinct Existing Colonial Building Amrutvarshini Vav

Cycle Bazaar

Gandhi Road Lat: 23.02 N/S, Lon: 72.59 E/W

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Scale 1:1000

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Existing Site Plan The existing site has two types of architectural heritage. Fort wall-gate, Amritvarshini vav represents traditional architecture whreas existing building represents colonial architecture.

Amritvarshini vav was built in 1723 A.D.

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Fort gate, vav is built up of traditional sandstone.

Fort wall and colonial building is built of traditional exposed brick work.

The existing colonial building is two floor and intervention is the 50% of exsting built mass.

Traditional architecture Colonial architecture Site area Intervention area 0

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Site Photos

Front elevation of Colonial building

Front side Vendor market

Amrutvarshini vav

Amrutvarshini Vav

Buiilding with semicircular arc and hip roof.

Vendors selling cloth, plastic items.

L shaped Vav with two floors.

Two different shaped arches at two levels.

Back elevation Colonial building

Side elevation Colonial buiding

Amrutvarshini Vav

Amrutvarshini Vav

It has semicircular brick arch openings.

It has exposed brick wall texture.

It has ornamentation, niches on side wall.

It was builded using local sandstone.

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Narrative Building Narrative- Experience of Natural Light in Traditional Architecture of Ahmedabad The aim of heritage walk was to choose a particular theme for designing a heritage interpretation centre on the basis of experience.

The natural light defines characteristics of a space.

It depends on factors such as position of opening, size of opening, porosity of membrane and other architectural elements in relations with each other.

Kharakuva ni pol

Pol commercial+residential

Pol house with jarokha

Pol house with otla

Narrow-long pol shaded during the day.

Sunlight pentrating only from above.

Contrast of light and shadow on facade.

Contrast of light and shadow on otla.

Light in space can create focus, affects its sclae-volume, guide movements, define it and multiplies experience of a space.

In response to Ahmedabad’s hot climate narrow long pol recieves light through a higher angle with the ground plane which keeps pol shaded throughout the day.

The pol houses recieces light only through openings on facade and courtyard.

Dark spaces in pol defines space as private, secure.

The composition of form, space and order generates play of light and shadow.

Amrutvarshini Vav

Intricately carved coloumn

Jama Masjid Verandah

Jama Masjid Verandah

Play of light and shadow.

Shadow rendering wall surface.

Shadow exposes stone texture.

Shadow defining linear order- movement.

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Narrative The courtyards in the space acts as a architectural voids which is a major component for a light and ventilation.

The different types of courtyards in traditional architecture are chowks in pols,private courtyards of houses.

Bright lighted spaces becomes active with public gatherings, different activities.

The different intensity of light defines spaces as a public,semi-public, private, semi-private in combination with open, semi-open, closed space.

The white light is composition of seven colours, but with use of basic colours it agains divides into different colour pallete.

The use of jaali divides single beam of light into a different parts and creates a shadow pattern.

Jama Masjid Courtyard

Pol house courtyard

Pol house window on facade

Sunlight uniformly lights courtyard.

windows recevies light through courtyard.

Light with basic colour pallete.

Rani no hajiro courtyard

Raja no hajiro jaali

Raja no hajiro coloured glass work

Sunlight uniformly lights courtyard.

Light through islamic intricate pattern jaali.

Reflection of interior light through glass.

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Narrative THEME: SPATIAL EXPERIENCE OF NATURAL LIGHT THROUGH TANGIBLE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF AHMEDABAD Spatial Experience

Physical Translation

Natural light creates impact on the architectural space. It is The new intervention is three barrel vaults intersecting at 90 degree to each other creating a central courtyard with existing spatial only when it unites with the intangible natural light. building.

So the narrative is the unification of tangible and intangible of Circulation is designed from modernism to traditional through a Architectural space and light. one way path.

Ahmedabad as a world heritage city has grown under three Barrel vault interprets the natural light through the long, narrow, stages: traditional, colonial, modern. dense, pols and which also changes its spatial vertical depth The narrative is built on the argument that one should celebrate due to changing heights of pol houses on either side. the heritage and evolve towards modern architecture.. The heritage interpretation centre means which communicates The central single courtyard interprets the spatial voids(chowks) the theme(subject) to the stakeholders through the way which of the pols. generates a spatial experience.

The art installation above the courtyard interprets the volumetric changes due to light in pols.

Design Decisions The material palette and interiors of the heritage interpretation centre is based on language of modernism, colonial, traditional architectural heritage.

The modernism part has an exposed brick work, exposed roof structure, double volume space, uniform undivided space which interprets the minimal design of modernism.

Uniform north light and shaded through south light makes the interiors uniformly lighted.

The souvenir shops interpret the colonial architecture through the use of floral patterns in flooring, it sells the textiles crafts which interpret the textile history of Ahmedabad.

The barrel vault uses the Islamic geometric intricate patterns in floorings, ceilings.

The water body and channel in the courtyard interprets the traditional unification of light, water, space in sarkhej roza, jama The light through the stained glass, brick jali, wall colour interprets mosque, vav. the light and colours.

The new intervention is surrounded by a water channel on all sides which interprets the drainage system of the pol.

Sculpture-art gallery celebrates the intricate wooden haveli architecture through the wooden, stone sculptures display.

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Narrative Evolution From Traditional to Modern Architecture It is the sensitive, positive response to the changing time technology.

Traditional architecture uses the heavy ornamentation, different colour interiors, materials as stone, wood, brick. As learned it is the specific response to nature, context, use, requirements, availability of space at that time.

But in modern times space is designed considering todays context, function, light, requirement.

Modern architecture uses the new(future) materials-concrete, glass.

often steel,

Astapad derasar

Swaminarayan temple kalupur

Old ASE building

Traditional architecture

Traditional architecture

Colonial architecture

Gujarat college

ATIRA Guest House

ATIRA Foundation building

Colonial architecture

Modern architecture

Modern architecture

Modern architecture has characteristics of its volume, asymmetrical compositions, minimalism.

Form follows functions, exposed structure, composition of basic shapes and colours, ribbon windows, open plan floor ,less is more.

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Case Study Natural Light on CEPT Campus- Modern Architecture The natural light in modern architecture is percieved differently.

Here in the staircase space south light is achieved as a single beam due to use of thick deep wall opening.

The material pallete of space indicates visual connection due to use of thin metal members and only tread in structural staircase.

Library staircase space

Library staircase wall

Library basement 1

Faculty of Architecure basement

Beam of light through deep thick south wall.

Beam of light recieved on oppsite wall.

Light through louvers.

Light through Independent structural coloumn and staircase wall.

New CFP building basement wall

FP building Corridor

FA building staircase

FA building ramp staircse

Light through coloured glass on south wall.

Skylight on side wall.

South light through glass on side wall.

Play of south light and shadow.

The louvers replaces the use of jaali in traditional architecture.It also allows to change it direction as per requirement.

Moreover it allows inside-outside connection.

The Ahmedabads environment recieves harsh sunlight from south side throughout the year.

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Case Study

ATMA Conferrence hall

ATMA terrace

ATMA first floor

West sky light though curved roof on concave surface veneer wall.

Exposed concrete curved roof with glass window.

West light through brisesoleis on convex exposed concrete surafce wall.

ATMA fisrt floor

ATMA second floor

ATMA terrace

Independent rcc structural coloumn and wall, light on yellow coloured wall.

Orthogonal east brisesoleis providing Sabarmati view, ventelation and light.

Exposed rcc structural column.

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Case Study Natural Light at ATMA- Modern Architecture Le corbusier derived five principles of modern architecture.

The use of deep reveals, ovehang ledges, shade screens, grand pillar halls is learnt from the vernacular architecture in modern evolved way.

Brissoleil are long deep members arranged at a particular angle to cut direct sunlight ,So intensity of light decreases gradually reachng to main space.

The exposed structure and single material justifies the maximum possibilities with it and shows pure form of it.

ATMA first floor

ATMA brissoleil

ATMA staircase

Independent east brissoleil from side walls.

West light through brisesoleil.

Play of light and shadow due to form and shape.

The use of free plan allows flexibility in interior use of space and movements.

The use of basic colours, compositing spatial layout with orthogonal and curvilinear forms enriches experience of it.

ATMA staircase

ATMA second floor

ATMA first floor

Light through hollow pattern of structural staircase wall.

Skylight through glass on exposed white pigmented wall.

Exposed concrete wall surface used for hanging exhibit.

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Sun path diagram N

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Horizontal plane

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Maximum and minimum angle

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Volumetric Interventions

Existing context

Tools-mass and voids through cuboids

Tools-mass and voids through cuboids,cube

Fort gate and colonial building.

Cuboids interprets vertical dimensions and light through pol.

Cube interprets courtyards, cuboids goes underground to achieve dark space.

Tools-mass and voids through cuboids,cube

Tools-mass and voids through cuboids,cube

Tools-space achieved through flat planes

Puncrures interprets the skylight of pol.

Cuboids, cube intersection interprets pol urban fabric.

Exposed intersecting palnes interprets modern character.

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Volumetric Interventions

Tools- three orthogonal cuboids creating a central courtyard

Tools- flat roof structure with arch openings

Cuboids, coutyard interprets pol. volumes in colonial building interprets modernism

Flat roof structure and arch openings interprets modern character

Tools- composition of orthogonal and curvilinear spaces.

Tools- light through different language of openings

It interprets the modern character of space.

Cuboids, courtyard-traditional. Existing ground floor- colonial. Existing first floor-modern.

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Volumetric Interventions

Tools- spatial organization of spaces, circulation

Tools- spatial organization of spaces, circulation

Cuboids to barrel vaults recieving skylight.

Establishing roof structure with dormer windows.

Tools- spatial organization of spaces, circulation

Tools- spatial organization of spaces, circulation

Barrel and groin vault interprets pol and courtyard verandah.

Three barrel vault intersecting orthogonally creating central courtyrd.

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Storyboard-Internal Spatial experience

Entrance foyer

Entrance foyer

Light achieved through structure, curvilinear form.

Skylight through punctures in flat roof.

Entrance stairway

Central courtyard

Arch structure with wall as a self exhibit.

Interpretation of traditional plinths and amphitheatre.

Cafeteria

Front elevation

It overlooks the city space through glass window.

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Storyboard-Internal Spatial experience

Exit double volume space

Exit double volume space

Roof structure with art installation recieving light from arch window

Light through arch window on a curvilinear wall.

Exhibition space

Souvenier store

Panel exhibition hanging from the roof.

Light through floral pattern grill window.

Vav side elevation

Exhibition space

Light through brissoleil in exhibition space on south side.

Panels and models exhibition.

Exhibits Services k SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION HANGING FROM THE ROOF

FILM SCREENING

SOUVENIER SHOP

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MALE WASHROOM

FEMALE WASHROOM

STORAGE

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AUDIO-VISUAL ROOM

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DIGITAL INTERACTIVE MEDIA

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VERANDAH

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DOUBLE HEIGHT

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LVL+ 600MM

Double volume space

LVL +900MM

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LVL+ 300MM

Heritage archives Washroom

BRICK JAALI

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COURTYARD

Exhibition space Staircase 2

LVL +1500 MM

LVL +1200 MM

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FOYER

Amphitheatre Courtyard

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LVL+600 MM

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TALK/PERFORMANCE

Audio Visual room b

HERITAGE ARCHIVES DISPLAY

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VERTICAL PANELS HANGING FROM CEILING

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c Exhibition space

b Staircase 1 d Cafeteria

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EXHIBITION

CAFETERIA

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ROOF GARDEN

LVL + 3400MM

DOUBLE HEIGHT

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LVL + 1700MM

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Exhibits

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Services

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Process Spatial Layout

Modern architecture Colonial architecture Traditional architecture

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Process Spatial Layout

Modern architecture Colonial architecture Traditional architecture

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Final Spatial Layout

Staircase 1 Audio Visual room

Staircase 2

Souvenier Shop

Washroom

Amphitheatre Courtyard

Cafeteria

Sculptural gallery Heritage archives Double volume space

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Exhibits

Services

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Final Spatial Layout

Viewing gallery

Staircase 1

Exbition space

Staircase 2

Exhibits

Services

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Final Spatial Layout Graphical Representation of element of light

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Final Spatial Layout Graphical Representation of element of light

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Exploded Axonometry

Design Langugae and Detail

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Exploded Axonometry

Design Langugae and Detail

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Detail Part-Space

Detail Part-Space

Design Langugae and Detail

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Detail Part-Space Exhibition Space

25 degree gable pitched roof Transparent glass interlocking roof tile Photographs+models exhibition Exposed metal exhibition structure Abstract art installation Golden proportionate patterned fluted glass Clay interlocking roof tile Red pigmented concrete finish Vertically texture fluted glass Terroxy resin flooring Wooden sliding door Viewing gallery Niched seaing space Pigmented concrete flooring

Detail Part-Space Souvenier Shop

Existing jack arch slab

Glass roof display Textiles hanging from circular wall stand Hand crafted floral pattern tiles View towards vav

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Detail Part-Space Amhitheatre-Natural Light

Concrete rain gutter

Different levels plinths Volumetric art installation Metal grating Water channel body

Circulation path Water body Stone mosaic flooring Central performmance space

Detail Part-Space Amhitheatre-Artificial Light Night View

Conleaed ligting in installation

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Detail Part-Space Sculptural Gallery-Natural Light Brick groin vault Stained glass pattern

Semicircular arc winow with stained glass pattern Brick jaali Brick wall niched display

Islamic geometric pattern Terroxy resin flooring Stone sculpture Geometric pattern marble Exposed brick wall texture

Detail Part-Space Sculptural Gallery- Artificial Light Conleaed ligting

Conleaed ligting

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Credits Photo Credits Pg no:14-Sun path diagram [Digital image]. (n.d.).

Retrieved May 05, 2020, from http://andrewmarsh. com/apps/staging/sunpath3d.htm

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