CASE STUDY
MUSEUM OF ARTS AND PHOTOGRAPHY,BANGALORE
INTRODUCTION Architects: Mathew and Ghosh Architects AIM OF THE PROJECT
Area : 4089 m²
The Museum of Art and Photography Built up area : The museum's design focuses more on
(MAP) in Bangalore, India, explores the Year : 2020 displaying art than on creating fancy
balance between collecting and Location : Bangalore, India spaces.
organizing things, which is the job of Typology : Art and Photography Museum The goal is to have simple gallery areas
curators, and involving the community Floors : no. 7 that protect valuable art and objects
so that the art becomes a part of Climate :Tropical from harmful ultraviolet light.
people's daily lives in the city. Landscape : 30% of built up area
LOCATION CLIMATE
The museum is close to the ▪ Bangalore (or Bengaluru) is the
296-acre Cubbon Park and the capital of the state of Karnataka and
UB City Mall, both visible is located in southern India,
from the upper levels. ▪ at 13 degrees north latitude, on a
According to the studio, this plateau at 920 meters (3,000 feet)
created an opportunity to above sea level.
22, Kasturba Rd,
bridge the presence of the ▪ The climate of Bangalore is tropical
ShanthalA Nagar, Ashok
Nagar, Bengaluru, city and the forest / park from ▪ rainy season from June to October
Karnataka 560001, India the museum. ▪ dry season from December to April.
PLANS MATERIALS USED
• The building is drawn on a rectangular-formed
▪ The hermetically sealed stainless steel
geometry, reaching at five levels.
imagery subverts the pristine iconic and
exclusive by the election of material
and motif that is mnemonically
relatable to the idea of containment -
the stainless steel post-industrial
B1 LG TF 4F water tank: The mundane-accessible
also referencing Art's (and
Architecture's) capacity to create the
thrust for reflection and change if
need be.
▪ Perhaps one day it would just be
recognized as the local 'tanki' (local
water tank) for artistic nourishment!
• The third and fourth floors are
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The basement plan has provided space for car parkings
From where the lower ground level can be accessed dedicated to galleries, including a EXTERIOR
through staircase. connected passage gallery at the
• The basement also includes store room which is used fourth floor which makes it a large ▪ To optimise the structure, the studio
to store the accessories of the museum. singular gallery when desired. creates column free spaces for the
• The pump room is provided in the basement which is galleries the structure is worked out
used for the water supply all over the museum. as a box (that gains its strength from
• The architect also included sewage treatement plant its surface as planes) compared to
in the basement itself. traditional columns and cantilever
• At lower levels,includes various area or spaces TERRACE FLOOR slabs at each level.
like:Cafeteria ,Care takers unit, Experience zones, ▪ "This surface of the structural
Staff room, Staff toilets , Staff storage ,Education exterior therefore reiterates the idea
centre , Disabled washrooms , Washrooms ,Basement of the shell / the skin of the box with
hold area , Battery room , Kitchen , Drivers toilet……. a water tank like appearance," Ghosh
added.
GF FF CIRCULATION
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• The reception area features an
• The museum contains 620 square metres of gallery installation titled Rock
space, with a large L-shaped exhibition space on the Formation Tower 420, by Arik
ground floor set to be free to the public. Levy.
• At upper levels, the studio arranges lobbies to • One of the museum’s opening
create the break between the galleries / auditorium, exhibitions, “Visible/Invisible”,
conservation laboratory, the library.
------------ was curated by Museum Director
• The first floor is partially dedicated to a curated Kamini Sawhney. It focuses on
screens gallery, a visual gallery /storage, and an the representation of women in
130-seat auditorium auditorium. art through MAP’s collection
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
SECTIONS
FF SF
3m
3m
3m
3m PROJECT GALLERY
3m
3m
• A conservation laboratory, which is open to the 4m
public, with the double height rare books library and
the MAP team workspace are arranged in the second
floor.
• The floor is divided in a way that enclose public, semi-
public and as well as private areas.
• The meeting rooms are provided in between the
individual cabins.
• The circulation space is surrounded with glass and
steel structure which helps to attain a visual beauty
of the bangalore city while movement.
• The open office is semi-publc area where both private
and public activities includes.
