Proposed plan by Le Corbuiser-

from Kite Museum Redesign Space project

by asmita yadav

Experimental workshops

North east elevation

Directors residence

Permanent exhibition

Temporary exhibition

North west elevation

Permanent exhibition

South east elevation

South west elevation

Experimental workshops

Extension of the below exhibition ground. Used for storage at times of functions

Permanent exhibition

Used for storage at times of ground exhibitions

Intended purpose

Activities, functioning

Directors residence

Space provided by amc for minor sale exhibitions and cultural activities like community marraiges, print, stationery, textile expos. Usually empty and is used aprox 2 times a month

Temporary exhibitions

Ground floor- monsoon office, kite museum, disaster management office

First floor- city museum, temporary exhibition hall

Service floor-lection office, storage

Permanent exhibition

Traces of deer sculptures, grass lawn with surrounding trees and plants.

Amphitheatre

Tagore hall, a garden, ground for functions at tagore hall

Another entry gate linking exhibition ground to museum which is being closed from long time.

Was a link to permanent exhibition area Sculptures being exhibited on both the sides of the road Heritage o ce till last year, now its locked and used for storage.

Intended purpose

Activities, functioning old re control machine being exhibited Service staircase kite museum being gi ed by mr bhanu shah disaster management o ce which is closed at present

Ramp used to go to rst oor exhibition area for the visitors,and for easy movement of big artifacts.

Act as cooling system inside building and glimpse of open sky

Open to sky area, the source of natural light inside the 7x7 grid structure

Information desk or reception area for the museum Monsoon measuring department temporarily being placed.

According to le corbuiser principles, the structure is resting on the pilotis to protect it from oods and give proper ventilation system and could be used as parking area.

Link to permanent exhibition

Link of the museum and garden

Placement of concrete lighting structures Resting and lunch place for policemen and amc sta .

Open tar road not being used for any purpose right now

Temporary exhibition having at 2d panel boards for display commonly photography and painting exhibitions. Few of them are familly of man, festivals of india, international book fair, live portrait exhibition, sameer bhai panchal’s painting exhibition, raja ravi verma ‘s painting exhibition.

Permanent city exhibition having artifacts about ahmedabad city, its culture, religion, about the architects, famous buildings, textiles, sculptures, utencils.

Reception desk area with few temporary siting arrangements and water facitility

A naturally ventilated area.

Tourists, school students, professionals, local public, exhibitores

O cials-amc people, maintainence, security guards, election o cials, rain department o cials

Entry points

Kite museum ow

Free movement

SELECTED SITE - KITE MUSEUM

Kite museum

• Flat artifacts while kite has so much dynamism.

• Information, artifacts is all vertically placed.

• Kite is a tensile structure, its properties are no where shown.

• Only its patterns and colours are being given importance.

• e excitement, fun, enjoyement, sound felt during ying it.

• Cater to all the age groups.

• Kites represents colourful sky and shows that Gujarat soars high to touch the skies to be the best in the world.

e kite museum being an important entity is at present dedicated to a very small area on the ground oor which is most of the time being neglected by people becuse of the grand welcoming o ered by the ramp.

And also when we enter the ground oor we have two options, either to go to rst oor or the kite museum which leads to division of the visitors.

To solve out this problem and make the kite museum more signi cant amoungst people, we could change the entrance of the kite museum and extend the space given to it. We can include disaster management o ce and heritage o ce into it and increase the space.

is would facilitate the direct wind and natural light coming to the side of the kite museum .

So now with a new entry to the kite museum we could have two entrance which are temperorily closed. And the other door which is at present used as entry could be an exit door leading to the ramp and the city museum.

Experience in museums-

• It can teach us, delight us, inspire us.

• Can’t nd a speci c piece of information

• Leave soon because people are bored

• Miss key lessons from the main exhibits

• Visitors accessibilitity and attention ings which could be done-

• Motivate visitors

• Focus content

• Engage visitors within a story

• Modularity

• Interaction and narrative

• Integrate technology

• Present information in a hierarchieal manner

UTARAYAN

MOTION

GEOMETRIC

COLOURFUL

JOY

FESTIVITY

TRANSLUCENT

FUN

PATTERNS

FOOD

LAYERING

ENERGY

FREEDOM

TINY STARS IN SKY

NIGHT LAMPS

WIND DIRECTION

MODIFIED SHAPE

DYNAMIC

SUPREMACY

CRAFTMANSHIP

MAANJHA

FLOW

SYMMETRIC

PRESSURE

INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL

ALL AGE GROUP

TENSION

WEIGHTLESSNESS

DIFFERENT SIZES

FIRKI

FLY

WIND

HOPE

BIRD

LIGHTNESS

BREEZE

Opportunity mappingKites In Ahmedabad-”Way Beyond e Colourful Patterns”

Family involvement

Uttarayan kite yers come from all walks of life. Typically young boys are introduced to the sport of kite ghting by their fathers, older brothers, uncles or friends. Fewer women are yers. ey become experts at setting the bridles and untangling the strings. ey are very much a part of the celebration of uttarayan as they manage the roo op ambiance with special food, cold drinks and moral support for ‘kite fever’.

E Day Scenario

As kite yers visit various roo ops they are treated to food along with cold drinks. All of this is

Food

In the homes of kite yers all over the state families begin to prepare special foods for the festival. ese include ‘tilgul’ or ‘laddoos’, sesame sweets made with jiggery.

‘khichri’ is eaten and given away as charity. A dish called ‘undhyoo’ a mixture of nine winter vegetables stewed overnight in a clay pot and sweetened with jiggery is special to this festival because it is traditional during the time of harvest.

Cons of ying kite

The age old harvest festival of makar sankranti celebrated across india and the kite flying festivals in many other asian countries have been synonymous with colourful kites dotting the sky. But an earlier harmless practice has started affecting birds in urban areas when followed in an improper fashion, especially when glass-coated manja (string) is used. It has lead to hundreds of death of the innocent birds. Also as the sun starts to set, the whole scenery changes to the kites flying all over. The trees loaded with the broken kites, sky filled with flying kites and maanjha. The maajha lyig allover also leads to severe accidents of bike riders.

taken in a spirit of family and friendly competition to get the most kites. Cheers of encouragement and shouts of “who kata hai!” ring from the roo ops as adversaries’ kites are cut down and experts nd victory throughout. Local kite suppliers stay open during the day for emergency supplies, backup kites and last minute arrivals for the festivity. When evening comes, and the sun sets, the sky and trees are littered with the ‘ owers’ of millions of fallen kites. e passionate kite yers begin their nal competition with recrackers and helium balloons with candles to test the night winds. A strong white kite , easy to spot in the darkened sky, is kept for the launching of ‘tukkals’ signifying the end of the festival. It is not just the challenge of launching the lanterns at this nal stage that continues the sport of the day. You need a team of gaurds to y kites all around your lanterns in order to prevent your neighbours from cutting down the chain of light.

Opportunity sketches-

Basic form explorations-

e basic structure of the display system for kites.

• e structure is made up of square frames interconnected to to each other by smaller square frames.

• e bigger square frmes have a system of hanging kites tied diagonally.

• e hanging kites would rotate and thus would be free in space.

• e structure would be placed as the partition wall inside the space. So the shadows of it forming the ground or the side wall according to the angle of source would be very attractive.

• the bigger square frames touch the ground only at the vertex of the frame.

• e structure with multiple frames inside one another. All connected in a series on the diagonal points.

• e kites being hung on few frames while few ar empty.

• e frames are supported on ground with the vertex of the frame touching the ground.

• e structure with the wire mesh which gives support as well as shape.

• e squares placed on mesh in a grid format.

• e dynamic shape of the structure resembles to kites.

• e square grids would be made of frames covered with farbics.

• Some of the frames would carry kites on it as well.

• e di erent square frames would be of di erent colours which would also create interesting lighting while making shadows.

Concept 4-

• e more simpler and basic structure where the frames are placed vertically on ground with the edge support on ground.

• e frames would be all vertical while only the smaller frame for the kite would be hung diagonally and would be free for movement.

Some other concepts-

A collapsable screen cum partition for the display of kites. e structure is a three dimentional one, so kites displayed wont be just at.. ey even cast a beautiful shadow on the ground. e both sides of the panel could be used for display of kites and information.

Some other concepts-

Cad drawings of the final concept and its explorations

e placement of the the display structure inside the exhibition space. e strucutre stands vertically touching the bottom as well as the roof. e structure seems to emerge from the ground and diverse into the roof. e diamond shapes diverse on to the roof like the kites in the sky. e four similar structures are placed each between the two pillars.

e strucutre can have a big uttarayan photograph printed on the textile frames in the pixallated form. e structure diverses on the roof having sky colour printed. Few of the diamond shaped would have actual kites being displayed looking as if the kites are ying in the sky. e back and front of the structure would have di rent photographs being printed.

e previous explorations were a bit complex in itself and thus when it repeated, it was getting too clustered in the whole space. us a simpler when gets repeated forms a interesting pattern.

e same form with a di erent composition and material.

e whole structure frame would be with a iron rod and the diagonal grid inside would be with nylon cords.

it was being simpler wavy form e nal composition selected for the screen where the grey patches represent fabric piece and kites while the white spaces would be blank. e diagonal lines would be made with thick nylon ropes while the kites would attach to the frame work of ropes with thin nylon wire.