Science Centre Case Study

CASE OVERVIEW

Location Dr. E. Moses Road, Worli, Mumbai.

Year of commencement 197 7

Year of completion 1982

Owner national council of science museum

Fund national funded NCSM, Ministry of Culture, ovt. of India)

Proximity

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Area 6.4km

INTER STATE BUS TERMINAL

Wadala, 2VRH+XJX, Sion 11.1km

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airpor t 19.8km

site overview

site 14 acres

6 acres science park (60 exhibits

total built up- 18340 sq

total floor area- 15000sqm (3.70 ac)

contex

slope- natural from different direction

soil type- alluvial and loamy marshy lan land- given by government of Maharashtra.

Case Study 01

Selection Criteria similar to the thesis project- the science centre component.

Relevance of the case study- provides with the area, functions and design requirements of the science centre.

NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE is the largest interactive science centre in India.

About the Science Centre 2019-22

Total visits in the science centre- 10,37,56 School visits - 1,76 Students visits - 1,12,95 eneral public visits - 4,59,54 Outreach visits - 3,86,261

Total staff - 9 scientific technical - 6 non technical staff - 29

The architect deliberately wanted to maintain and accentuate the natural topography of the site in the form of split- levels of modular units.

The vast expanse of the metal finish with grooves gives a more definite and dramatic character to the exterior.

Also the use of ventilation shafts has been commendably used to enhance the character of the building.

SITE

Module concept

slum area north and west to the site

Nehru Planetarium- west to the site (no connectivity due to slum)

Dr. Elijah Mosses road 15m wide main access road- two way

Nehru Science Centre road 12m wide secomdary access road- two way

Science Centre Campus

Block A split- levels of modular units.

Block B ventilation shaftsenhance the character of the building. Block D Block C

architectural overview

Architect Achyut Kanvinde

Architectural style modernism with modular design

Footfall per year 6,00,000

Exhibit typology idea oriented exhibit

Exhibit detail no

No. of gallery exhibit

No. of par exhibit

No. of MSE exhibit

No. of exhibits for Temporary Exhibition s 18 08 60 89

legend

sourc

https //issuu.com/arjakmitra/ docs/thesis_ report_ _arjak_ mitr https //www.slideshare.net/ SandhyaSingh78/nehru science centre mumba

https // nehrusciencecentre.gov.in/ galleries scipark/reception hall/

Case Study 01

Main access road bifurcates into two leading to the museum by passing the science park an acts as a service road, linking entrance to the temporary exhibition centre Entire complex ground is built for functions lik reception workshop museum an science park.

ENTRANCE

science centre building

outdoor cafeteria

bird house

outdoor display

digital adventure

science park

temporary

exhibition hall

ticket counter

The Design Strategy

NSC design

character of the build structure modernism

+ technological architecture form and facade design concept more functional than cultural modular design but non uniform/ unpredictable modules

form further develops int a multi directional module wit central service core structural shafts

the design requirements revolve around 4 major modular units

SITE PLAN Nehru Science Centre Campus

Block part 1

shape of each module hexagon

form of each block made from 2 modules and service core

Block part 1

Block part 2

Block part 1

Block part 2 service core

Bloc

Block A

Block B

Block D

Block C

reception (1F Block B)

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P

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Area

Case Study 01

Block A- administration, technical staff and permanent office.

Block B- entrance to the museum, exhibit galleries, reception, waiting area, souvenir shops.

Block C- exhibit galleries.

Block D- auditorium, library, conference hall.

Block A

administration, permanent office

discovery hall computer hall central hall reception, souvenir shop, waiting area hall of science technical staff

cafeteria temporary exhibition light & sight sound hearing

kitchen & store space

hall of nature heritage and activities hall

evolution and heritage hall

hall of industry C.V Raman hall conference hall

common space library & auditorium

500 sqm display exhibition in Block B

The split-le els used to maintain the natural topography of the site has helped in a hie ing an effe t of spatial organisation and physi al as well as isual di ision of large spa es.

The olour s hemes of the e hibition hall interiors onsists of bright primary olours used parti ularly to attra t hildren.

Materials

The e terior surfa e of the stru ture, for low maintenan e ost, is finished with lo al grey stone, grit plaster with grey ement (1:1 panels reated by making groo es on the grit plaster at ertain inter als.

The finish, although good in appearan e has ertain disad antages, su h as

The groo es left between the panels are not watertight and are a ause of hea y leakage during the monsoon Ri h mi ture of ement has been used to ast large panels whi h ha e ra ked due to e pansion and ontra tion. E en these ra ks are the ause of monsoon leakage.

The grit plaster used does not hold on R.C.C. surfa e therefore pat hes of shot- rete fallen from a few pla es spoiling the ele ation.

The external form

erti al and horizontal groo es present in the fa ad

groo es on the fa ade windows in the ele ation shaft

few windows- minimizing the ele ational feature shafts- skilfully used to make the ele ation look interesting from all dire tion

skylight- shafts used to gi e skylight illusion to modular design- e ol ed through stage-by-stage pro ess of disse tion.

The structural system

fou atio (fig 01marshy land only permits the use of pile foundation slopes in all dire tions.

s ab (fig 02 waffled ribbed slab for large spanundisturbed spa e for e hibitions in the e hibit hal

0.90m 0.90m fabri ated or pre- ast RCC slab

marshy land

load pile pad

pile foundation medium streta

hard streta

foundation detail fig 01

2300 mm

215 0 mm waffled slab dimensioning

stru tura system- olumn spa ing and dimensioning (fig 03

L.C hollow olumn tube @12m use of lean on rete tube- stru tural omponent as well as to on eal air distribution system.

The interior system

lean on rete tube olumn

12m 12m se i es area

12m 12m

12m 12m

typi al Blo k in the s ien e entre

olumn detail fig 03

i umi atiostair ases are illuminated by the skylight pro ided in the shafts and fully glazed passageways (fig 04 large isp ay areapro iding minimum number of windows on the walls (fig 05 hanging olourful banner and stepping down of the roofto de rease the large vo umes- pre ents the feeing of alienation in a large spa e(fig 05 .

skylight pro ision (fig 04

wall design (fig 05

fig 02

SCIENCE

S. KOREA

CASE OVERVIEW

Location 108-1 Bangchuk dong, Gyeyang gu, Incheon

Year of commencement 2011

Year of completion 2018

Owner government project

Fund state funded

Proximity

Gyulhyeon Station, Bakchon dong, Incheon 23 mins

Incheon Bus Terminal, Incheon, South Korea 1.1km

Incheon International Airport, 272 Gonghang ro, Jung gu 22.2km

site overview

site total built up 14998sqm (3.70 ac

site area 21,688 sqm

Architect HAEAHN Architecture + Yooshin Architects & Engineers + Seongwoo Engineering & Architects

Exhibit typology idea oriented exhibit

Case Study 02

Selection Criteria similar to the thesis project concept of the science museum, PUBLIC SPACE and SCIENCE CENTRE.

Relevance of the case study- provides with the conceptual design an functionality with respect to its user, i.e. children.

INCHEON CHILDREN’S SCIENCE MUSEUM the concept called “sponge that embraces the dreams of children” was created on the basis of the geographical context, a place that integrates the city and nature, the main users and the scientific exposition.

CITY

CHILDREN

Materializing the concept through shapes fimiliar to the children

ARCHI

CI

Case Study 02

CHILDREN’S SCIENCE

MUSEUM INCHEON, S. KOREA

CONCEP

Sponge The project started with two questions: how to define children as users, and what form should be a science museum.

From this, it was defined that children possess great abilities to assimilate new knowledge with their minds and bodies based on intuitive experience, learning like a sponge that absorbs water.

DESI NIN

The important elements that identify the absorption function of a sponge have exerted a decisive influence on the exterior image, represented by the amorphous openings on the sur ace o the building.

The amorphous openings were made through the panel of wood with high density as if they were a sponge. They are not limited to the external skin without any function for the interior, but rather, they influence the relation of the light quality of the space. The outer skin is designed with dual functions that change during the day and at night.

sourc

https://www.insiseol.or.kr/ culture/icsmuseum/exhibition/ cinema4d.js

https://www.arch2o.com/ incheon childrens science museum haeahn architecture yooshin architects engineers seongwoo engineering architects/

CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT

Materializing the concept through shapes familiar to the children. DREAM

design wit irregularity and a distinct perforated elevation

design with 3d experience outside spac communication of the city with the building architecture harmony

design including central hall wit events

exhibitions

sculptures places of interest

design which draws cross between the interior an the exterior in a natural way

SITE

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

Case Study 02

Case Study 02

Case Study 03

CASE OVERVIEW

Location- Near Birla Mandir, Saifabad, Adarsh Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana.

Year of commencement 1983

Year of completion-1985

Owner National Council of Science Museum (NCSM)

Fund Aditya Birla foundatation private funded

Proximity

Lakdikapul, Ambedkar

Colony, Khairtabad, Hyderabad 900m

Central Bus Station (CBS), NH 65, Gowliguda North, Gowliguda, Hyderabad, Telangana 4.9km

Rajiv Gandhi International Airpor t 29.5km

has been devoted to promote education and research and was the country’s most modern and first of a kind planetarium.

landscaping

site

total built up 11,500 sqm

Area statement

Planetarium sqm

lobb accounts offic librar electrical and mechanical sho art and photo studi administratio conferenc director office

sourc

https://www.slideshare.net/ AlekhyaPonnuru/birla planetarium design case stud live visit

Science centre

Planetarium

Window

Summer wind (SW to NE)

Winter wind (NW to SW)

Diffused light through the window

Warm light though the window (SE)

sky theatre dome radia

RCC for outer dome- 48’-6” di aluminium perforated screen for inner dome- 38’-4” acts like a theatre spac gap between two domes used for services- AC Lighting projectors and sound system

AC duct from indoor AHU units travel through the false ceiling and through the cantilever reaches the sky theatre capacity- 140 pax

service ga er

theatre entry and exit for visitor clear vision for walking pat to control the projection syste for cleaning and maintenance purposes.

14.78m dome

floor plan

mineral wool

part section of the dome- inner and exterior

acoustic board panels