The Gallery House is a community center located in Bansberia, West Bengal. It was designed to serve the neighborhood and host gatherings, festivals, and meetings. The three-story building makes efficient use of its small 380 square foot site. It has entrances on the ground floor that open to a community hall. The first floor contains a coaching center and dormitory. The top floor provides a terrace, yoga, and meditation areas. The structure was built with locally sourced terracotta bricks and concrete to reflect Bengali architectural styles. It maximizes light and ventilation throughout while accommodating community needs.

1. THE GALLERY
HOUSE
Case Study BANSBERIA
Submitted to - Prateek Sir
Shaina Ma’am Submitted by- BHAVIKA GOYAL
Roll no.- 17071978180
Sem- 4
Sec - B

2. INTRODUCTION
1.SITE
2.CLIENT’S DEMAND
3. TYPOLOGY OF THE STRUCTURE
3.CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
4.CURRENT USE

3. INTRODUCTION
SITE
The site is located in bansberia ,West bengal.
Bansberia has a railway station and many bus
stops.
The site is located 45 km away from kolkata.
It is a community centre used by people for any
kind of gathering or function.
Surrounded by residential building.

4. CLIENT’S DEMAND
The initial demand of the client
was to build a garage and a
dormitory for the workers with
his house across the street.
After the discussion the project
was completed in 2020.
FINAL DECISION
It was decided that the space would
be used for the community welfare as
in it would serve as a community
centre for the neighborhood.
So, its design was conceived to extend
to the street both physically and
visually.

5. TYPOLOGY OF STRUCTURE
PUBLIC BUILDING
All the people belonging
to the area can use the
Site for any type of
gathering .
COMMUNITY CENTRE
To maximise the public utility of the building, its
design was conceived to extend the building to the
street both physically and visually.

6. CULTURAL
SIGNIFICANCE
Every year this place holds a
festive procession as a cultural
celebration .
Many people come here to have
informal meetings also .
Some children come here to play
at the terrace.
COMMUNITY HALL USED FOR
THE FUNCTIONS

7. CURRENT USE
It is used as a multipurpose room ,
yoga centre, vocational centre in
the morning.
At night it is used as a garage and
a dormitory for the servants.
COACHING CENTRE
COMMUNITY HALL

8. SITE LEVEL
1.LOCATION AND SURROUNDINGS
2.SITE PLAN
3.ZONING LAYOUT

9. LOCATION AND
SURROUNDINGS
Located in bansberia ,West bengal.
It is located in a residential street
surrounded by different
residential buildings.
The owner of the site resides
across the street.

10. SITE PLAN
TOTAL SITE
AREA
380
SQ.FEET
BUILD UP 80%
FLOORS 3 FLOORS
ACCESS
ROADS
2 MAJOR
AND 1
MINOR
BASEMENT NO

11. SITE ZONING

12. BUILDING LEVEL
1.UNDERSTANDING FORM
2.UNDERSTANDING FUNCTION
3.UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURE

13. UNDERSTANDING
FORM
1. ENTRANCES
2. PLANS AT VARIOUS LEVELS
3. PLAN SHAPE AND FORM
4. VIEWS

14. ENTRANCES
THE BUILDING HAS 2 MAIN
ENTRANCES.
1 ENTRANCE IS PROVIDED
FROM THE ROAD INTO THE
COMMUNITY HALL.
MAIN ENTRANCES

15. GROUND FLOOR
PLAN
IT INCLUDES - STORE
COMMUNITY HALL
STORE
WAITING AREA

16. FIRST FLOOR PLAN
IT INCLUDES- COACHING
CENTRE
DORMITORY
KITCHEN
BALCONY
TERRACE GARDEN

17. SECOND FLOOR
PLAN
IT INCLUDES- TERRACE ,
OLAY ARA AND MEDITATION
AREA

18. SHAPE AND VIEW

19. UNDERSTANDING
FUNCTION
1. ZONING AND CIRCULATION
2. LIGHT AND VENTILATION

20. ZONING AND
CIRCULATION
GROUND FLOOR
ENTRANCE
STORE
COMMUNITY
HALL
ROAD
ROAD
ROAD

21. FIRST FLOOR
ZONING
FOYER
STAIRS
COACHING
CENTRE
KITCHEN
DORMITORY
TERRACE
GARDEN
STAIRS
BALCONY

22. TERRACE FLOOR
ZONING
MEDITATION
AREA
STAIRS
TERRACE

23. LIGHT AND
VENTILATION
Light and ventilation is properly
taken care of.
LIGHT
1. Steel windows are provided.
2. Semi circular arches.
3. Skylight is provided in the coaching centre at the 1st
floor.
4. The floors are kept white so that it entraps more
light and less heat.
VENTILATION
1. It is compensated in such a way that the masonry
walls itself play a big role in maintaining the thermal
gain of the building.

24. UNDERSTANDING
STRUCTURE
1. CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
2. PLANNING AND DESIGNING
TECHNIQUES
3. MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION

25. CONSTRUCTION
TECHNIQUES

26. FLOORING
WHITE
Made up of mosaic.
WALLS
WHITE
White washed
CEILING
WHITE
White washed
DOORS
RED
Steel doors
WINDOWS
BLUE
Steel windows
While red masonry adorns the concrete framed insides at
the lower level, the one above has Le Corbusier's
aesthetics, replete with primary red and egg yolk yellow
doors, and a blue framed window that curls in tandem with
the rounded, concrete bench that hugs the off-white, curved
wall.

27. PLANNING AND
DESIGNING
TECHNIQUES

28. MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION
THE BUILDING IS MADE UP OF TERRACOTTA BRICKS
BECAUSE IT WAS EASILY AVAILABLE ACROSS THE RIVER.
CONCRETE SLABS ARE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION .
The building took inspiration from Bengal terracotta
temples as a decision to add another architectural
expression to the city. Inlaid with ceramic tiles,
exposed brick masonry walls characterize the
character of the construction as a contemporary
expression of inspiration. Rejected ceramic blocks
created for commercial use have been collected in
partnership with a ceramic artist named Partha
Dasgupta. From a nearby river-side brickfield,
terracotta bricks were procured.

29. ELEMENTS USED
AT THE ENTRANCE
BESIDE THE
COMMUNITY HALL

30. FINDINGS
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS

31. MERITS AND
DEMERITS
DEMERITS
No parking facility is provided.
No barrier free environment is provided.
Not much people can gather here as the site is too
SMALL.
MERITS
The architects have efficiently made the building
with domestically present material , taking care of
both clients’ and public demand.
The plot size is precisely taken care of .

32. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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3. http://www.abindesignstudio.com/p
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