The Museum of Art & Photography, Bengaluru is opening in December, 2022. The art museum is built on a 44,000 square feet facility. MAP India has a five-storey building spanning across key zones for galleries, library and research, art storage and restoration and educational classrooms. The museum has been built by the leading Indian architect Soumitro Ghosh along with MAP Architectural Committee which includes Rahul Mehrotra, Mahrukh Tarapor and Martand Singh.

1. Museum of
Art & Photography
About Museum Building Architecture

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The Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) will be South
India’s first major private art museum.
The building is situated in the heart of the city of Bengaluru
and includes galleries, an auditorium, an art and research
library, an education centre, a specialised research centre, a
conservation facility and a cafe.
In addition, MAP is set to be the most inclusive museum in
the country, taking a 360-degree approach to accessibility
with a special focus on people with disabilities.
MAP has a variety of educational programmes to reach out to
communities. The team is committed to the power of global
diplomacy by building bridges between the Museum and other
cultural institutions.
Introduction

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The Museum will be housed in a state-of-the-art 44,000 sq. ft.
facility.
The five-storey building will be divided into key zones for
galleries, library and research, art storage and restoration, and
educational classrooms.
Under the expert guidance of the Diversity and Equal
Opportunity Centre (DEOC) MAP’s architects have designed a
space that will be welcoming to all.
The Building

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THE ARCHITECTS AND THE COMMITTEE
The building has been designed by leading Indian architect, Soumitro Ghosh,
working under the guidance of the MAP Architectural Committee, led by
Rahul Mehrotra. Committee members also include Mahrukh Tarapor and the
late Martand Singh.
Soumitro Ghosh - Co-Director of the award-winning Mathew & Ghosh
Architects Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, is most famously known as the architect who
transformed the Central Jail of the city into Freedom Park. He was the Vastu
Shilpa Foundation Fellow for Architectural Research at Ahmedabad in 1994.
Ghosh has taught architecture at several institutions and has been featured in
various publications including Project Review, Inside Outside, Indian
Architect & Builder and Domus. Ghosh and his firm, have designed several
existing institutional landmarks in Bengaluru including the Max Mueller
Bhavan of Goethe Institut and the Bethel Baptist Church.
Rahul Mehrotra - is principal of architecture firm RMA Architects (founded in
1990 as Rahul Mehrotra Associates) of Mumbai, India and is Professor of
Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning
and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) in Cambridge,
Mass., USA. He was also executive director of the Urban Design Research
Institute (1994-2004), where he is now a trustee.
MAP Architect, Soumitro Ghosh, in MAP’s office in Bengaluru

6. Artist’s impression and model of the
Museum building

7. MAP
Sua House
26/1 Kasturba Cross Road
Bengaluru 560 001, India
+91 80 4053 5217
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