PRACTICE + PERFORMANCE

USER GROUPS PUBLIC STUDENTS FACULTIES ARTISTS

EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS

PERFORMING ASPECTS

TO INSPIRE INNOVATIVE NEW ART MAKING, ENABLE UNPRECEDENTED ARTISTIC COLLABORATION AND SERVE AS A HUB FOR PERFORMANCE.

- Spaces that aim to inspire generations of performing artists to create cutting-edge, original network and re-examine well known works, practices and traditions.

TRANSPARENT AND POROUS ENABLING THE COMMUNITY TO WITNESS AND ENGAGE IN THE CREATION OF ARTS.

- CULTIVATING CREATIVE EXPRESSION

BUILDING PERFORMANCE

Have the power to craft situations that invite flashes of real understanding to ignite between people.

THE SPACE BEING MORE OPEN TO IMAGINATION

Making the campus more alive

LECTURE SPACES

TALKS CONVERSATION

- STIMULATING DISCOVERY

- FUELING INNOVATIVE THINKING

STAGE

STAGE

FLEXIBILITY OF SPACES WITH EVENTS

ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BUILDING

Technologically sophisticated

Highly flexible

Adaptable to multiple artforms

Intimate in scale and feeling

- By blurring out the boundaries, the idea is to create a space which is revealing for the passers by as well as the performers to feel open and free.

- Double glazed glass screens to reduce heat transfer.

- The extensive use of glass will offer insight and transparency into the fascinating, sometimes messy process of art-making. Also, allow continuity of light.

Harmony In Building Materials

VIBRANT CAMPUS WITH MULTI LEVEL PLAZAS

PRIORITISING PEDESTRIAN AND GATHERING SPACES

More visibility and collaboration happening on mutiple levels with green cover implemented even on higher levels.

Rhythm In Movement

- Creating a spine which is exploratory and avoid sharp restricted movement.

- More welcoming and inviting passer by to take part in the activities.

Creating plaza spaces at the base where performers, students and public can congregate.

LARGE PRACTICE SPACES CREATED WITH AN ORCHESTRA IN MIND

- Allowing floor length curtains around its perimeter for acoustic dampening.

A CENTRAL ATRIUM SPACE DRAWING FOCUS FROM ALL FLOORS WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF SKYLIGHT.

- The central space where multipurpose activities happen like recreation, transition and sometimes flashmobs or inaugration of events happen.

ADJUSTABLE FUNCTIONS OF SPACES

- Spaces like rehearsal halls being flexible for small ensemble to happen.

BLACK BOX AND DRAMA THEATRE WALLS AND FLOOR MADE OF RUGGED MATERIALS.

- Making the space create adaptive situation changes and customise the sets by using paints and drilling/carving,etc.

HIGHLY INTERACTIVE AND INTIMATE SPATIAL FEELING

- Workshop spaces where rigorous and more focussed training can happen and dwelve into the dreaming session

MALLEABILITY OF THE SPACE TO ACT AS A CATALYST FOR CREATIVITY, DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION.

- Fully accessible to individuals with disabilities and will be open for gatherings before and after events.

- The buidling to encourage informal interactions both social and intellectual.

24 HOURS LIVE CAMPUS AND SAFETY IMPLICATIONS FOR THAT.

- To create a destination such that the conservatory acts as a magnet for creative artists from across campus and well beyond.

Focus Engagement

Different focal points within the building and outside the building depending on the type of activities. In some places, focus is created on the activity or performance using light as an element and in individual studios focus is created on the instrument.

LOCATION: WHITEIELD, BANGALORE

Whitefield is a suburban turned city with numerous software parks, malls and five star hotels. It is now an emerging hub for the performing arts with a lot of upcoming music, dance and theatre schools and is known for its cultural diversity.

The site is well connected by means of public transports with a Metro station within 1km radus and bus stops within 500m from the entry points. The two site entry points were decided with respect to the traffic such that the neighbouring IT and school traffic doesn’t get clashed during peak hours.

Engagement is the key parameter used through the campus right from the entryway where the visitor or public see open performance activities happening such that they take part in the activity. All the studios are porous and the user within the campus tend to engage with the varied activities independent on their interests. focus is created on the instrument.

Acoustic Interaction

Acoustically treated interiors and buffer areas created to cancel the external noise from penetrating into the activities.

Interaction happening at multiple levels within and outside the building blocks.

Strengths

- The site boundaries are adjacent to the primary roads on three sides making it easily accessible to the metro stations and bus stops.

- The site is located close to a residential zone with lots of PGs and hostels.

- The roads might cause noise and disturb the outdoor performing activities.

- Alternative cooling methods are necessary to tackle with the prevailing heat conditions.

Weakness

- The site is located amidst IT parks and commercial zones and the site itself will act as a destination for the locals.

Oppurtunities

- The closely located academic institutions might use the site for performances.

- Nallurahalli lake can act as an extension to the site and create a breakout for the students.

- The number of site entries should be restricted for safety purposes and kept monitored.

- There might be a traffic congestion during peak hours from the IT parks.

Threats