INTERIOR DESIGN CASE STUDY

Interior Design Studio: URBAN CAFÉ CASE STUDY

BY : SHIVANGI SINGH BARCH/10026/2015 DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE BIT MESRA

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CASE STUDY

Cafe Regal JAMSHEDPUR, JHARKHAND , INDIA

Overview • NAME : CAFÉ REGAL • LOCATION: BHARUCHA MANSION, OPPOSITE REGAL GROUND JAMSHEDPUR,JHARKHAND • ACTIVITIES : APART FROM BEING A RESTAURANT THIS CAFÉ IS ALSO USED AS A PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE THE TALENT OF JAMSHEDPUR BY HOLDING MUSICAL NIGHTS AND ART EXHIBITIONS , COMEDY SHOWS, SPEECHES BY VIPs VISITING THIS CITY.

History • THE BHARUCHA MANSION WAS EARLIER BUILT AS A HOUSE KHURSHEED BHARUCHA , THE FIRST INDIAN CHIEF CASHIER OF TATA STEEL IN 1935.

• BUYING SURPLUS STEEL GIRDERS MEANT FOR HOWRAH BRIDGE , SERVED AS A PARSI LODGE AND EVENTUALLY BECAME A CINEMA HALL AND OFFICE SPACE. • THEN HIS GREAT GRANDSON VARUN GAZDER , RENOVATED THE COMMON DINING HALL INTO THIS CAFÉ REGAL.

Interior Design Concept • THIS BUILDING WAS AN OLD BUILDING SO IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF ADAPTIVE REUSE AND RETROFITTING. • ALSO A PLACE WHICH NEEDS TO CONSERVE ITS HISTORY AS WELL AS THE LEGACY NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED. • HENCE THE INTERIORS BE IT THE DOORS OR THE WINDOWS ARE SIMILAR TO THE INTERIORS OF PARSI HOUSE EVEN THE STEEL I SECTION BEAMS ARE CONSERVED. • THE FAN , CHAIRS , SHELVES ARE THE SAME WHICH WERE SALVAGED FROM REGAL CINEMAS.

The Furniture Layout Plan ELEMENTS : THE DINING AREA HAS FOUR SEATER TABLES THE BILLING COUNTER ONLY ONE CHAIR WITH A FABRIC SIMILAR TO PERFORMANCE AREA WALL THREE PERFORMANCE AREAS SCREENING AREA BEFORE WASHROOM

Anthropometrics & Ergonomics IN PLAN: A LOT OF CLEAR SPACE CLASHES ARE NOT FREQUENT TWO PEOPLE CAN EASILY WALK BETWEEN THE FURNITURES

IN ELEVATION : HEIGHTS JUSTIFY THE ERGONOMICS

Colours & Patterns COLOURS USED ARE : PALE YELLOW: WALLS GREEN: FENESTRATIONS A VERY CLASSICAL PATTERN ON A SILVER COLOURED WALL TO HIGHLIGHT THE PERFORMANCE AREA • PATTERNS ON WINDOWS AND GLAZING ARE SIMILAR TO OLD PARSI HOUSES • VIBRANT COLOURS IN THE MAIN PERFORMANCE ARENA • ALSO WOOD LAMINATE FLOORING IS PROVIDED TO HIGHLIGHT THE AREA • • • •

Materiality & Texture • WALL FINISH : CEMENT PLASTERED RCC WALLS • DOORS : TIMBER WITH WOOD LAMINATES • WINDOWS : TIMBER WITH WOOD LAMINATES PAINTED IN GREEN

• FURNITURE: • BILLING COUNTER : TIMBER WITH WOOD LAMINATES • DINING HALL : TIMBER FURNITURES HAVING THE COVER OF FOAM AND VELVET ON IT • SOFA IN THE PERFORMANCE AREA : VELVET COVER • CUSHION : SATIN CUSHIONS WITH SMOOTH TEXTURE

• COFFEE TABLE : TIMBER WITH WOOD LAMINATE FINISH WITH TRANSPARENT GLASS TOP • SHELVES: TIMBER WITH WOOD LAMINATE FINISH • CHAIR IN THE PERFORMANCE AREA : TIMBER WITH CANVAS FABRIC COVER WITH FOAM STUFFED INSIDE IT. • WALL IN THE PERFORMANCE AREA WITH A FABRIC LAMINATE ON IT SIMILAR FABRIC HAS BEEN USED IN THE CHAIR FOR THE MANAGER IN THE BILLING AREA

Additional Features • LIGHTING : THE LIGHTING FIXTURES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE USED IN OLD PARSI HOUSES ALSO WALL MOUNTED LIGHTS AT SOME PLACES. • ALSO CHANDELIERS SALVAGED FROM REGAL CINEMA HAS BEEN USED AT ONE CORNER. • AT THE BILLING COUNTER THREE HANGING LAMPS HAS ALSO BEEN USED. • ALSO THE WALL DÉCOR INCORPORATES MIRROR, THE STATESMAN POSTER LIKE THE OLD PRINTING HOUSES. • THE SHELVES HAS BOOKS RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF BHARUCHA FAMILY AND HISTORY OF JAMSHEDPUR AND TATASTEEL. • I SECTION BEAMS ARE VISIBLE ON THE CEILING TO KEEP THE STEEL CITY FEATURE INTACT.

Critical Analysis • SCARCITY OF DAYLIGHT AT THE INNER PORTIONS . HENCE ELECTRICAL LIGHTING THROUGH OUT THE DAY. • ALSO ONLY THE MAIN PERFORMANCE AREA IS HIGHLIGHTED BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR MORE THAN TWO PERFORMERS. • THE TABLE DÉCOR IS TOO SIMPLE LIKE A VERY LOW COST RESTAURANT. NOT MATCHING WITH THE CLASSICAL PARSI STYLE DINING TABLES

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CASE STUDY

KULLHAD RANCHI, JHARKHAND , INDIA

OVERVIEW • LOCATION :RANCHI , JHARKHAND • ACTIVITIES : JUST A CAFÉ FOR SNACKS, BEVERAGES AND IS USED AS A HANGOUT PLACE BY YOUNGSTERS AND ALSO A BANQUET FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES

INTERIOR DESIGN CONCEPT • THE CONCEPT OF INTERIORS IS DERIVED FROM A TYPICAL RURAL TEA (CHAI) SHOP IN INDIA. • THE FURNITURE THEY HAVE USED IS SIMILAR TO THE ONES USED IN RURAL INDIA MADE OF BAMBOO THATCH. • ALSO IT’S A FUSION OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY STYLE INTERIORS.

THE FURNITURE LAYOUT PLAN • THREE RESERVED AREA ARE PROVIDED WITH SOFA AND A COFFEE TABLE • FOUR SEATERED ROUND SHAPED TABLES ARE PROVIDED IN THE UNRESERVED AREA. • ALL THE THREE RESERVED ARE SEPARATED THROUGH SCREENING FRAMES MADE OF METAL.

COLOUR & PATTERN • COLOURS: USE OF LEMON YELLOW AND BROWN SHADES • ALSO BAMBOO FINISH AT CERTAIN PLACES TO HIGHLIGHT. • AT SOME FURNITURES ALSO GOLDEN YELLOW TINTS HAS BEEN USED • AT THE SOFA THE SITTING MATTRESS ARE A COMBINATION OF RED AND GREEN ( CONTEMPORARY COLOURS HAS BEEN EXPLOITED. • PATTERNS : PATTERNS OF BAMBOO FINISH IN HORZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINES GIVE A CLASSY LOOK. • FURNITURES ALSO HAVING KNITTED BAMBOO PATTERN ADDS TO THE FLOURISHING CONCEPT. • SHELVES IN THE SHAPE OF TEA CUPS • CONTEMPORARY PATTERN WITH CATCHY YOUTH LINEUPS.

MATERIAL & TEXTURE • WALL FINISH : CEMENT PLASTER WITH PUTTY AND PAINT ON IT • CERTAIN PLACES ARE HIGHTED WITH BAMBOO AND THATCH WOOD FINISH • EVEN THE PROJECTED BEAMS HAS WOOD LAMINATE FINISH. • CHAIR AND SOFAS HAVE KHNITTED BAMBOO THATCH PATTERN • ALSO THE COFFEE TABLES HAVE KNITTED BAMBOO THATCH PATTERN WITH A JUTE MAT VISIBLE WITH A GLASS TOP • THE FRAMES FOR POSTERS ARE MADE OF IRON • FABRICS USED : COTTON & CANVAS • LIGHTING : HANGING LIGHTS AND RECESSED CEILING ARE USED. • FLOORING : TILES OF COLOUR RELATED TO THE COLOUR SCHEME OF THE AREA I.E. PALE YELLOW ; BROWN AND BLACK.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES • BEAMS AND COLUMNS ARE VISIBLE WITH BAMBOO STICK LAMINATE PATTERN • FLOORING WITH TILES IN YELLOW BROWN AND BLACK COLOUR • EVEN THE BEAMS HAVE CATCHY POSTERS ON IT. • ONE SIDE IT COMPLETELY MADE OF GLASS • AT EVERY DIVISION RECESSED CEILING LIGHT WITH JUTE KNITTING PATTERN IS PROVIDED. • LIGHTING : RECESSED CEILING LIGHTS AND HANGING LIGHTS. • ELEMENTS LIKE TEAPOTS MADE OF PORCELAIN AND CERAMIC ARE USED TO DECORATE THE GLAZED EXTERNAL FAÇADE SO AS TO GIVE A FEEL OF TEA SHOP FROM OUTSIDE.

CRITICAL ANALYSIS • LIKE ANY OTHER URBAN CAFÉ ; DEPENDENCE ON ELECTRICAL LIGHTING. • THERE ARE TOO MANY LIGHTING AND HANGING LAMPS MAKING THE AREA LOOK GOOD BUT DOES NOT GO WITH THE CONCEPT .

• ALSO THE FUNCTIONALITY OF SO MANY HANGING LIGHTS IS NOT DEFINED.

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Inferences 1. THE RESTAURANT AND CAFÉ SHOULD FOLLOW THE CONCEPT AND STICK TO IT. 2. IF THERE IS ANY HISTORY OR LEGACY THEN IT SHOULD BE KEPT INTACT. 3. ALSO A NEED TO STUDY THE SURROUNDING OF THE RESTAURANT IS NEEDED SO THAT THE INTERIOR COULD ELIMINATE THE BAD FEATURES OF THE SURROUNDING AND INCORPORATE GOOD ONES. 4. THE FURNITURES SHOULD DEFINE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SPACE AND SHOULD BE ACCORDING TO THE ERGONOMICS.

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