This document proposes innovative design ideas for an exhibition and cultural center, focusing on sustainable and modular concepts. The key ideas are: 1) Dividing the center into identifiable "pods", each dedicated to a specific exhibit or event. 2) Incorporating walkable roofs and outdoor seating to integrate landscaping and harvest rainwater. 3) Using modular seating and retractable panels in "poditoria" spaces for flexibility. 4) Storing display stacks in cool ceilings and using winches to rotate exhibits, reducing energy needs. 5) Controlling natural light through adjustable fenestration, and using sloped walls/roofs for solar gain, outdoor areas,

1. CONFLUENCE IDEATHON 2021
CATEGORY :DESIGN
INNOVATIVE SEATING AND EXHIBITION IDEAS

2. FRAMEWORK OF THE IDEA

3. THE POD
EVERY TERRITORIAL ENTITY WITHIN
THE CULTURAL CENTER MANIFESTS
ITSELF AS AN IDENTIFIABLE POD. IT
THUS REMAINS EXCLUSIVE DOMAIN
FOR A PARTICULAR EXHIBIT OR EVENT
MARKED BY EITHER A CULTURAL OR
HISTORIC NUANCE WITHIN THE WHOLE
ENSEMBLE OF A VISITOR CENTER

4. WALKABLE ROOFS AND OUTDOOR SEATING, LANDSCAPE, RAINWATER
HARVESTING
IF ONE CAN WALK ON THE BUILDING THEY EXPERIENCE IT FROM A NEW VANTAGE POINT. LANDSCAPE GETS INTEGRATED AND RUNOFF COLLECTED

5. EXHIBITION
GALLERIES
GALLERIES ARE A UNIQUE SPACE WITHIN WHICH
PEOPLE MOVE AROUND AS WELL AS PAUSE TO
OBSERVE AND APPRECIATE EXHIBITS. EXHIBITS
COULD BE TWO OR THREE DIMENSIONAL WORKS OF
ART OR CRAFT. THEY ALSO NEED CONTROLLED
CLIMATIC ENVIRONMENTS AND STORAGE. AS
DESIGNERS WE RESPOND TO THESE DEMANDS BY
INNOVATIVE METHODS BUT WE LINK THEM
TECTONICALLY AND THUS PSYCHOLOGICALLY TO A
HISTORIC PAST. WHEN WE BRIDGE THE GAP
BETWEEN THEN AND NOW, THE SOLUTION BECOMES
TIMELESS.

6. NATURAL LIGHT
AS A SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE,
DAYLIGHT WHEN DELIBERATELY
CONTROLLED ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS
OF THE SPACE IS THE MOST VALUABLE
ASSET FOR THE DESIGN OF A CULTURAL
CENTER. NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP ORIENT
THE VISITOR BUT ALSO REDUCES THE LOAD
ON SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING OFTEN
REQUIRED FOR EXHIBITS AND
PERFORMANCE EVENTS

7. RESPONSE TO THE BRIEF

8. Concepts and their basis • EARLY FORMS OF
AUDITORIA THAT ARE STILL
EXTANT IN RURAL INDIA
COMPARED TO EARLY
EUROPEAN TYPES
• AN IDEA FOR
STAGE:AUDIENCE
RELATIONSHIP BASED ON
THE ARCHETYPES

9. Street and Square as Notional Space
Each Pod or territorial enclave is but a part of the whole while the collection of
parts may be organized in different ways that recall the arrangement of India’s
streets, bazaars and squares that are traditionally episodic spaces

10. The Poditoria
Potential combinations of seating
Use of retractable seating
Tracks and pivots to move seating modules into desired
positions

11. Galleries and Exhibition Aisles
DISPLAY STACKS CAN BE STORED IN THE COOLER CEILING WHILE
ARTWORK FRAMES FORM THE CEILING PATTERN ( CLIMATE CONTROL,
SPACE SVGS); WINCH MECHANISM FOR ROTATING DISPLAY FROM
STACK CAN BE SOLAR ENERGIZED

12. Sustainable Design Ideas
NATURAL LIGHT CAN BE DIRECTED OR CONTROL;LED FROM OUTER SURFACES W
FENESTRATION SCREENS, BAFFLES . SUN / WIND ORIENTATION OF EXTERIOR SURFACE - WALL
BECOMES ROOF - DISTINCTION IS REDUCED SO THAT SURFACE CAN FROM RAMPING, WALKING UP
THE BLDG, SOLAR GAIN OR LOSS, OUTDOOR SEATING, LANDSCAPED PLANTERS ALONG THE SLOPED
WALL-ROOF, INTEGRATING BUILDING WITH GROUND. COOLER EXHIBITION GALLERIES SUNKEN BELOW
( SUBGRADE)

13. Sustainable Design Ideas
A NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES EXIST IN THE
ARRANGEMENT OF PODS AND THEIR EXHIBITS .
THIS DEPENDS ON SITE CONFIGURATION, LAND
ALLOTMENTS, SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
CONTEXTUAL CONSTRAINTS.
HOWEVER, THE MODULAR COMBINATIONS CAN
BE ADAPTED TO A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS..
WE STRESS ON THE USE OF
• DAYLIGHT
• LIGHTWEIGHT NATURAL MATERIALS
• WATER RECIRCULATION AND RAINWATER
HARVESTING BY COLLECTION OF RUNOFF TO
CISTERNS
• HEAT EXCHANGERS THAT USE
RECIRCULATED WATER TO CONTROL
INTEROR TEMPERATURES
• SUBTERANNEAN SPACES FOR EXHIBITS THAT
ARE SENSITIVE TO LIGHT AND TEMPERATURE
CHANGES
• LANDSCAPED OUTDOORS AND INDOORS
• WALKABLE ROOFS AND ACCESSIBLE
ENTRYWAYS

14. Sustainablity Ideas : Materials
Use of Hempcrete for acoustics panels
Hempcrete reinforced in combination with steel mesh and gunar tile
for cool roofs
Use of reinforced Bamboo as main structural material with fabricated
beams and trusses as far as potential span and load bearing capacity
will permit. Transportability of smaaler components to fabricate larger
sections on site.
Stone veneer, China Mosaic reflective tile as exterior finish options

15. Materials, Details, etc

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