JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA
JAIPUR
SUBMITTED BY:
ANISHA DASH
BENAZIR BEGUM
SHIBANI SAHU
MD DANISH KHAN
INTRODUCTION:
This cultural center for the city of Jaipur, is dedicated to the memory of India's great leader Jawaharlal Nehru.
Ideas for the building, sited in an open field near the university in a new part of the city, formed in Correa's
mind; but it was not until 1986 that the concept for the building was finalized.
Jawahar Kala Kendra is an arts and crafts center located in the city of Jaipur. The center is important not because
of the nomenclature but its close association with the city of Jaipur itself. The center was built in the year 1986
and the construction completed in 1991. The center was launched by the state government to provide space to
the cultural and spiritual values of India and display the rich craft heritage. The center is dedicated to the late
prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.
Site Location:
Architect :Charles Correa
Construction time :6 years
Constructed by :PWD
Site area :9 Acre
CONCEPT:
The plan was prepared by the noted
KETU BUDH CHANDRA
architect Charles Correa in 1986 and the
building was ready in 1991. The plan is
inspired by the original city plan of Jaipur,
consisting of nine squares with central
square left open.
The whole complex is itself a unique design & MANGAL
concept in the architectural industry especially the
SHANI
concept of nine squares as ‘ Navgrah’.
Each square was linked to the planet as per the
characteristics of the particular planet and its
astrological values and the functionality of the
square.
This Navgrah concept with its energy values their
favorable color, quality and the favorable
functionality to the each planet with square kept in RAHU GURU
mind while designing and allocation of spaces. SHUKRA
Partly open courtyards and the traditional design
elements of Rajasthan have been incorporated in The Jawahar Kala Kendra plan
the complex.
SITE PLAN:
PLANNING: FACILITIES:
Library
Print making studio
Museum
Terracotta gallery
Chaturdik gallery
Sukriti gallery The ceiling which depicts animals,
Surekh gallery mountains, rivers in a traditional
Parjit-1 gallery Indian cosmology, it shows how well
Parjit-2 gallery Correa was able to meld the traditional
Workshops with contemporary.
Cafeteria
Guest house
Open air theatre
Theatre
Shilpgram
The central courtyard can be viewed
from all the galleries.
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE: CIRCULATION:
Material: red stone and white marble.
Vastu symbol on façade of each unit.
Small punctures on wall for ventilation.
Light shafts have step profiles with marble capping.
Light shafts at corner of each unit.
Central courtyard bring in light and air.
Circulation and planning: grid iron planning
Punctures on wall
with connectivity.
PROGRAMMATIC DENSITY:
Density: Specially even, programmatic density
varies.
SANDARBH I.E. LIBRARY:
The whole complex in itself has a
unique design & concept in the
architectural industry, the concept of
nine squares as ‘ Navgrah’.
Each square was linked to the planet
as per the characteristics of the
particular planet and its astrological
values and the functionality of the
square.
This particular square was linked with PART PLAN OF LIBRARY
‘Jupiter’ the characteristics were
matched in such a way
Linked planet ‘Jupiter’
Favorable color lemon yellow
Quality of the planet Knowledge
Functionality allotted Library
POND AREA AND PERGOLA
PLAY WITH LIGHT AND SHADOW:
The second most significant feature which
was been adopted in this particular square
was the spectacular play with the light and
the shadow. As the the square was
partially open to sky and the particular
side had the full height glazing in it the
partial open roof was treated with the
architectural feature ‘ pergolas’.
The cut out was designed in such a way
that the corridor will always remain in
shade and has the pond in corner which
would reduce the effect of the harsh sun to
the library.
USE OF LOCAL MATERIAL:
The spanning between beams was
designed and kept such that the local
material available like wooden bamboo
sticks could be used to complete the
entire space frame.
MADHYAVARTI I.E OPEN AIR THEATRE
The theatre was located and
placed so well in layout and
planned that the rest of 8
square were well connected to
the central open theatre and
the best part of it were the
stepped platforms which could
be used as seating areas. The CENTRAL OPEN AIR THEATRE
same were surrounded by the
8m high walls and the design
stepping was incorporated in
the corners of two walls to
make them more interacted to
each other.
The stepping and the walls
were cladded with red
sandstone the locally available
material the theater was
opening into the library ,
Vehicular entrance ,gallery and
workshop as shown.
TILAM FOOD COURT
The food court has been
the excellent example of
the traditional rural
architecture of Rajasthan.
The structure has been
made in brick masonry
then later finished with the
mud and the roof has
been framed in MS
circular pipes and then
covered with fibre sheet
both framework in MS and
fibre sheet have been
finished with the local
putty to give it a rural
effect.
The art work on walls,
planning and the sitting
arrangement on floor
‘baithak‘ was designed to
set an excellent example
of our rural and cultural
ethics in India
SHILPGRAM COMPLEX: Adjoining the main CRITICAL ANALYSIS:
building of Jawahar Kala
Kendra is a Shilpgram- a Response to program: a volumetric module
rural complex with six which is very well defined.
huts symbolizing the Response to context: going with tradition.
rural ambience of Hircrachy: well defined, based on program
various regions of it occupies.
Rajasthan. Community space: mixture of formal and
These are Braj, informal space.
Shekhawati, tribal, Scale of unit relatable to human as it does
desert land and hadoi not overpower us and also make ground
from the districts namely spaces fell larger.
Bharatpur, Kota, The critical sustainable aspect of the
Durgapur, Barmer, Sikar traditional architecture of Jaipur has not
and Jaipur. been tackled
Apart from routine well.
based art- culture The place has an amazing interplay of light,
oriented activities a shadow and colors, evoking emotions in
mega annual festival the user and invite him to move further.
named ‘LOKRANG’ is The open air theatre is only good to look
held in the month of at, it is enclosed by the high walls which
October-November. create acoustic and ventilation problems at
the time of crowd.
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