INTRODUCTION• Jawahar Kala Kendra is an arts and crafts centre located in the city of Jaipur. • The centre is important not because of the nomenclature but its close

association with the city of Jaipur itself. • The centre was built in the year 1986 and the construction completed in

1991. • The centre was launched by the state government to provide space to the

cultural and spiritual values of India and display the rich craft heritage. • The centre is dedicated to the late prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. • This cultural centre 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.

SITE LOCATION:

ARCHITECT’S SKETCH OF THE ENTRANCE FACADE

Architect :Charles CorreaConstruction time :6 yearsConstructed by :PWDSite area :9.5 acres

• The centre is an analogue of the original city pIan of Jaipur drawn up by the Maharaja, a scholar, mathematician and astronomer, Jai Singh the Second, in the mid-17th century.

• His city plan, guided by the Shipla Shastras, was based on the ancient Vedic madala of nine squares or houses which represent the nine planets (including two imaginary ones Ketu and Rahu).

• Due to the presence of a hill one of the squares was transposed to the east and two of the squares were amalgamated to house the palace.

CONCEPT:

MAP OF JAIPUR AS PRECEDENT

KETU BUDH CHANDRA

RAHU GURU SHUKRA

MANGAL SHANI

TYPICAL PLAN • Correa's plan for the kendra invokes directly the original navagraha or nine house

rnandala. • One of the squares is pivoted to recall the original city plan and also to create the

entrance. • The plan of jaipur city based on the nine square yantra in which one square is displaced and two central squares combined. • The squares is defined by 8m high wall, symbolic of the fortification wall along the jaipur old city

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• A volumetric model each dimension is 30x30x8m

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PLANNING:

• Defined space according to usage

Museum/gallery

Learning space

Administration

Recreational spaces

• Library• Print making studio• Scupture studio• Alankar museum• Sudhershan terracotta gallery• Chaturdik gallery, running wall space 485 ft• Sukriti gallery running wall space 160 ft• Surekh gallery running wall space 160 ft• Parijat-1 gallery running wall space 60 ft• Parijat-2 gallery running wall space 88ft• Srajan workshops• Satkar cafeteria• Guest house and dormitory• Madhyavarthi-open theatre• Rangayan,krishnayan,director theatre• Shilpgram

FACILITIES:

Madhyavarthi Entrance plazaAlankar museum

Art galleries

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Dome over the entrance plaza

The ceiling which depicts animals , mountains , rivers and animals in a traditional Indian cosmology, it shows how well Correa was able to meld the traditional with the contemporary.

The central courtyard can be viewed from all the galleries

• Material:red sand stone and white marble

• Vastu symbols on façade of each unit• Small punctures on walls for

ventillations.• Light shafts have step profiles with

marble capping• Smaller openings• Light shafts at corner of each unit• Central courtyard bring in light and air

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ENTRANCE

PLAN

1.SANDARBH LIBRARY/DIR.DOCUMENT –G.F

AUDIO VISUAL READING -F.F2.SPHATIC ART GALLERY -G.FDIR.MUSIC AND DANCE -G.FSPHATIC ART GALLERY -F.F3.PARIJAT-1 -G.FPARIJAT-2 -G.FSRAJAN WORKSHOPS -G.FSRAJAN PHOTO WORKSHOP -F.F4.ALANKAR MUSEUM -G.F CURATOR -F.F

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5.SUDARSHAN SUKRATHI -G.FSUREKH -G,FCHATURDIC ART GALLERY -F.F6.SATKAR CAFETERIA -G.FGUEST HOUSE AND DORMITORY -F.F7.ADMIN BLOCK RECEPTION -G.FCONFERENCE,CASHIER -G.F8.MADHYAVARTHI OPENTHEATRE9.RANGAYAN KRISHNAYAN -G.FDIRECTOR THEATRE -F.F

CIRCULATION:

Internal circulation

External circulation

• Grid iron planning• Central courtyard• Inward looking• 2 major axis

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SHILPGRAM COMPLEX:

POND

CANTEENDURGAPUR

HUT

WELL

JAIPUR HUT

TOILETS

KOTA HUT

SIKAR HUTBHARATPUR HUT

BARMER HUT

• Adjoining the main building of the jawahar kala kendra is shilpgram- a rural complex with six huts symbolizing the rural ambience of various regions of Rajasthan.

• These are - marwar,  braj,  shekhawati, tribal, desert land and hadoti from the districts namely bharatpur , kota , durgapur , barmer , sikar and Jaipur

• Apart from routine based art-culture oriented activities a mega annual festival named “lokrang" is held in the month of october – november to celebrate the enigmatic and vivacious folk art and cultural tradition of India.

• The ‘‘lok rang’’ or say ‘‘national folk festival’’ comprises national handicraft fair and national dance festival.

CANTEEN

PLAN EXTERIOR INTERIOR • Rectangular mud house with central courtyard and raised platform

around.• The central court was used for dining and the raised platform had

preparation area.• Country tile roof

DURGAPUR HUT

PLAN

• Rectangular mud hut with atone foundation

• Façade painted with white limestone

• Roofing-clay plates and pots.

KOTA HUT:

PLAN ELEVATION

JAIPUR HUT:

PLAN VIEW PLAN

BHARATHPUR HUT:

ELEVATION

SIKAR HUT

ELEVATION PLAN

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BARMER HUT

PLAN ELEVATION

CRITICAL ANALYSIS:• Response to program: A volumetric module which is very well defined• Response to context: going with traditions• Circulation and planning: grid iron planning with connectivity• Density :specially even, programmatic density varies• Hierarchy :well defined, based on programme it occupies• Community space: mixture of formal and informal space• Response to climate: central court, small openings

• Scale of unit relatable to humans as it does not overpower us and also makes the ground spaces feel larger and not claustrophobic.

• Negligence in maintenance of the entire complex leading to detrioration of spaces eg:shilpgram had lot of commercial activites going on and the huts were occupied by workers

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PROGRAMMATIC DENSITY:

The planning as a whole was in monumental scale and it was like a no man’s land . The two active spaces were central courtyard and cafteria.

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