Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium: Vashi
Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium: Vashi
Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium: Vashi
AUDITORIUM
VASHI
SITE
Location :
Sector 16, Vashi, Navi
The site occupies an area of
51,000 sq. ft. of built-up space.
Vashi Railway station : 1.5km.
Context:
Vashi Bus Depot : Opposite to
Vishnudas Bhave.
The site lies in a residential cum
commercial area.
SITE LAYOUT
VIEW FROM A
A
B
VIEW FROM B
PARKING
VIEW FROM A
The vehicles enter the site via the main entry gate (1).
Number of 4 wheelers that can be parked at a time : 75
2 wheelers were also parked on the periphery.
VIEW FROM B
SERVICES
OPEN SPACES:
The open spaces were at the periphery.
These spaces were not used for any specific function.
-Green space.
VISHNUDAS BHAVE
AUDITORIUM
Vishnudas Bhave auditorium was
designed was opened in 1997.
Major hub for various theatre and
other cultural activities.
It was built in honor of Vishnudas
Bhave.
It is a fan shaped theater.
The theatre has a rotating stage.
It has a capacity of 1072 viewers in
two tiers.
It has excellent acoustics.
The theater also has a balcony
level seating's.
The theatre is centrally airconditioned.
The height of the auditorium is
12m.
ENTRY
The auditorium had 5 entries
and 4 exits.
The entry for the performers
was separate.
The balcony seats had a
separate entry/exit doors from
the 2ndst floor.
There is a foyer at the first floor
and second floor level.
Height of the lobby at both
levels is 4m.
Two emergency exit are
provided near the stage and the
bay.
BACKSTAGE
4
5
1
2
3
4
ROTATING STAGE
- GREEN ROOM
- VIP ROOM
- STAGE OPERATING
AREA
5 LADIES TOILET
6 - SERVICE ENTRY
7 BACKSTAGE ENTRY
FOR LOBBY
PLAN
SECTION
SEATING
The total seating capacity of the
theatre is 1500.
The theatre is fan shaped, hence
the seating arrangements are divided
into four equal segments.
The 1st row of each segment has 7
seats and the last row has 11 seats.
There are total 13 rows.
The five aisles divided the segments
into four parts.
750mm
400mm
STAGE
The Semi-circular stage has proper curtains and fins.
The inner portion( up to 7m diameter) is
rotatable.
The outer portion of the stage is fixed.
It rotates 180 degree in 75 sec .
It is electronically controlled. The stage has fixtures to
hold focus lights.
Size:
The radius of the semi-circular stage is 7mm.
Floor:
Hardwood timber flooring.
FLOORING
The flooring was carpet covered over the rcc.
LIGHTING
No catwalk was provided.
Everything was operated
using the machines.
Halogen Lights were
placed in rows.
It was brought down using the
switches.
Focus light stands were
provided on the auditorium
walls.
LIGHTS
OTHER SERVICES
WATER PUMP
LOCATED BENEATH THE AUDITORIUM
ELECTRICAL PANELS
FIRE FIGHTING
HOSE REEL
ALARM
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
TATA THEATRE
SITE
LOCATION:
NCPA marg, South Mumbai.
The NCPA complex occupies an area of
about 3200 m.sq at Nariman point on land
reclaimed from the sea.
The site can be accessed through six gates, the
site is divided into six major blocks.
CONTEXT:
The site is located in commercial area.
It is surrounded by hotels, offices, residential
buildings.
Oberoi hotel and Mantralaya are the main
landmarks.
SITE LAYOUT
A Tata theatre
B Jamshed Bhabha theatre
C Main administrative office
D Teaching and research block(libraries)
E Experimental theatres
F Godrej dance academy theatre
G Open air plaza
R Residence (includes staff residences,
guest rooms and NCPA apartments.
ACCESS :
Total number of entrances : 6
Main entrance : Gate no.1 and Gate No.2
Service entry : Gate no.4
PARKING:
Common basement parking.
Reserved parking spaces.
SERVICES
PARKING
parking
LANDSCAPE:
The NCPA centre has many designed
gardens.
The gardens were designed in a simple
way using only lawn, trees and minimal
number of shrubs.
There were gardens near all the
theatres(auditoriums).
OPEN SPACES:
The main open space was at the centre
of the NCPA.
The open spaces near the theatres
were also used as waiting areas.
TATA THEATRE
ENTRY
TO TATA THEATRE
TO THE AUDITORIUM
BACKSTAGE AREA
GREEN ROOM
There were a total of 6
green rooms.
Each green room
consisted of one toilet.
SEATING
The 1st row of each segment has 7 seats and the last row has 16 seats.
850mm
800
mm
150mm
350mm
450mm
300mm
600mm
PLAN
SECTION
Ac blowers.
Triangular projections
Sprinklers were
placed at a distance
of 4m on the ceiling.
2.5m
1m
CEILING
CEILING PLAN
FLOORING
R.C.C floor is covered with woollen carpet.
Woollen carpets are absorptive in nature.
The carpet is 80% wool and 20% nylon.
STAGE
Type:
Semi-circular stage
No curtains and fins.
The inner portion( upto 4.7m radius) is
rotatable.
The outer portion of the stage is fixed.
It rotates 180 degree in 80 secs and is
electronically controlled.
Size:
The radius of the semicircular stage is 7m.
Floor:
Hardwood timber flooring over concrete.
LIGHTING
A good number of lighting fixtures
are oriented on the stage covering
all angles possible.
There are halogen lights on the
ceiling over the seating area for the
audience.
These lights are of different types,
qualities, intensities, colour etc. eghalogen lights, spot lights, focus
lights.
There were total 64 lights on the
ceiling.
Position of the lights depends on the
area to be covered and their
intensities.
These lights can be dimmed or
brightened as per requirements.
The lighting over the stage also had
fixtures to hang the focus lights.
AIR-CONDITIONING
The ceiling had a 10ft duct over for the pipelines.
The auditorium was centrally air-conditioned.
The blowers were on the wooden frame of the ceiling.
The ac plant was in the basement of the auditorium.
These were connected through pipelines to the main ac
plants in the AHU(air handling unit) room.
-RUCHA GUPTE
-SHRADDHA INDULKAR
-KETKI MAHAJAN
-AKSHATA MARATHE
-APARNA PILLAI
-AMRITA SHENOI