1. VISHNUDAS BHAVE AUDITORIUM
Case study
Location :
Sector 16, Vashi, Navi Mumbai
The site occupies an area of 51,000 sq. ft. of built-up space.
Nearest railway station : Vashi Railway station ,1.5km.
Nearest bus station : Vashi Bus Depot
Site layout :
The site lies in a residential cum commercial
area.
There are 4 entries to the site.
Two main entries and two service entries.
It has 51000 sq ft of built up space.
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.
Landscape:
The centre has a small designed garden
near to the entry to the auditorium.
The garden had a small sculpture along
with lawn n shrubs.
The site had gulmohar, palm, mango,
badam trees.
• Vishnudas Bhave auditorium was designed was opened in 1997.
• The theatre has a rotating stage.
• It has a capacity of 1072 viewers in two tiers.
• The theater also has a balcony level seating's.
• The theatre is centrally air conditioned.
• The height of the auditorium is 12m.
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.
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Green room
Section
Rotating stage
Backstage
entry
Service entry
Ladies toilet
Stage operating area
Vip room
Site Plan
Backstage
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.
400mm
750mm
Walls and ceiling
The walls were prepared in a simple
manner.
The materials used for the walls are
stone(marbles), p.o.p etc.
The special acoustic forms are made
up of high density compressed
plaster(P.O.P) for the ceiling.
Wooden panels are also used in the
auditorium. These panels are filled
with coconut hair as it is a good
reflector.
Seating
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 .
Flooring
Hardwood timber flooring.
The flooring was carpet covered over the rcc.
When the machine is turned on,
the wheel revolves around the circular track.
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.
Located
beneath the
Auditorium.
Consists of
chiller,
compressor,
condenser,
cooling tower.
Air handling unit
Ceiling plan
Name : Abhishek s. Kumar
Roll no. : 01