PRINCE OF

WALES
MUSEUM
AN ARCHITECTURAL CASE STUDY
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 02 03
INTRODUCTION FUNCTIONAL STUDY STRUCTURAL STUDY
ANALYSIS OF THE
FACTS OF CASE VISUAL, STRUCTURAL AND
FUNCTIONAL INTEGRITY OF
MATERIAL STUDIES
THE SPACE

04 05
SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS
ANALYSIS OF DISTRIBUTION VARIOUS STUDIES
OF SERVICES
PRINCE OF WALES
MUSEUM OF
WESTERN INDIA

CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ

VASTU SANGRAHALAYA,
ORIGINALLY NAMED PRINCE OF
WALES MUSEUM OF WESTERN
INDIA, IS A MUSEUM IN BOMBAY
(MUMBAI) WHICH DOCUMENTS
THE HISTORY OF ASIA FROM
PREHISTORIC TO MODERN TIMES.
01 INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
1. ARCHITECT: GEORGE WITTET
2. LOCATION: PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM KALA GHODA,
FORT, MUMBAI.
3. ESTABLISHED: JANUARY 10, 1922
4. SETTLEMENT TYPE: URBAN
5. SITE AREA: THE MUSEUM BUILDING IS SITUATED IN 3
ACRES (12,000 M2) AREA, HAVING A BUILT UP AREA OF
12,142.23M SQ.
6. PROJECT/ FUNCTIONAL TYPE: MUSEUM
7. NO. OF USERS: WEEKDAYS 2000/DAY ;WEEKEND 4500/DAY

HISTORICAL INFLUENCE
* PLANNING STARTED IN 1904.
AR. GEORGE WITTET
* FOUNDATION STONE LAID BY PRINCE OF WALES IN 1905.
* CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 1907.  ‘THE MUSEUM OF WESTERN
INDIA COMPOSITION.
* COMPLETED IN 1914. THE REAL REASON WHY IT IS
• IN WW1 USED AS CHILDREN WELFARE AS WELL AS SO, IS BECAUSE IT WAS
MILITARY HOSPITAL INSTRUCTED THAT THE
• IT WAS BUILD TO HONOUR AND COMMEMORATE THE DESIGN SHOULD BE INDIAN
IN CHARACTER…’ – GEORGE
VISIT KING GEORGE V TO INDIA. WITTET
* IT WAS OPENED IN 1922.
 WHY INDO-SARACENIC?
-A SPECIAL COMPETITION WAS FLOATED FOR IT IN
1907.

-16 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED JAMES MILLER WON THE

COMPETITION BUT GEORGE
WITTET WHO ALSO PARTICIPATED EXECUTED IT.

-INDO-SARACENIC IS COMBINATION OF SARACENIC

OR ARCHITECTURAL FORMS AND SOME ELEMENTS
FROM HINDU, JAIN, BUDDHIST ISLAMIC
ARCHITECTURE.

-THE BUILDING IS SYMBOL OF CULTURAL UNITY.

-GEORGE WITTET WRITE IN HIS NOTE THAT “THE

MUSEUM OF WESTERN INDIA IS INDIAN
COMPOSITION.
THE REAL REASON WHY IT IS SO IS BECAUSE I WAS
INSTRUCTED THAT THE DESIGN SHOULD BE INDIAN
IN CHARACTER.”
TEAM MEMBERS
1. GOHEL HEMIN 11. KABRA ANISH
2. JADHAV TANISHKA 12. JOSHI ISHWARI
3. HAWALDAR AFTAB 13. JOSHI SHARVARI
4. HINGANEKAR SAKSHAM 14. JATHAR YASH
5. INDAPWAR AARYA 15. AMLE ADITYA
6. JADHAV KALYANI 16. KARAD SWAPNIL
7. JADHAV PRADNYA 17. KATROJWAR RUGVED
8. KANHERE SANIKA 18. GOLE KUNAL
9. KENJALE SIDDHANT 19. KHANDEKAR MANGESH
10. JAGDALE DURGADEVI 20. JADHAV SANCHI
21. KOKATE RUTIK
 LOCATION

MAHARASHTRA

INDIA

PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM MUMBAI

MAHATMA GANDHI ROAD,
KALA GHODA, FORT, MUMBAI,
MAHARASHTRA 400023
NEIGHBOURHOOD CONTEXT Bombay Stock Exchange
800m

Elphinstone College
Gateway Of India
Kalajot hospital 900m
02 FUNCTIONAL
STUDY
MOVEMENT PATTERN AND ZONING

STRUCTURE

AMPHITHEATRE

VEHICULAR
MOVEMENT

PEDESTRIAN
MOVEMENT
 EXHIBITION

OFFICE OFFICE

ATRIUM EXHIBITION

LIBRARY

OFFICE

ZONING
ZONING

 DOUBLE HEIGHT ENHANCE

GRANDNESS OF STRUCTURE
 FOUNTAIN AT CENTRAL
ATRIUM - VISUAL
INTERACTION
 GUARDS AND BIOMETRICS AT
ENTRANCE
 HELP DESK AT IMMIDIATE
LEFT- EASY ACCESSIBILITY
 JUST ONE TOILET BLOCK
PRESENT IN ENTIRE
STRUCTURE.
 INFERENCE
 DOUBLE HEIGHT ENHANCE GRANDNESS OF STRUCTURE
 FOUNTAIN AT CENTRAL ATRIUM - VISUAL INTERACTION
 GUARDS AND BIOMETRICS AT ENTRANCE
 HELP DESK AT IMMIDIATE LEFT- EASY ACCESSIBILITY
 JUST ONE TOILET BLOCK PRESENT IN ENTIRE STRUCTURE
 SCULPTURES AMPHITHEATRE

BUDDHA'S STATUE
STATUE OF THE
PRINCE OF
WALES

ENTRANCE BAOBAB TREE

LANDSCAPE

• THE SPRAWLING FRONT

 BAOBAB TREE  PALM TREE
• Scientific
GARDEN WITH PARTERRES IS
REMINISCENT OF THE • Scientific name:
name: Adansonia
Arecaceae
• Native to midland MUGHAL CHARBAGH. • It is surrounded by
Africa
a garden of palm
• Maximum height of
• IT IS SURROUNDED BY A trees
about 23 m(75 ft)
• Heights upto 70
• circumference is GARDEN OF PALM TREES AND feet or much more.
nearly 46 m (151 ft)
• The area under the
FORMAL FLOWER BEDS. • Royal palms-native
to the Caribbean
tree is used as sitting
Islands,
area in the campus
03 STRUCTURAL
STUDY
DESIGN FINAL OVERDOME FROM TAJ MAHAL
INSPIRATIONS
IN FAÇADE.

DOME FROM QUTUB SHAHI TOMB GEOMETRIC JALIS FROM MUGHAL

BANGLADAR ROOF
JHAROKHAS FROM W BENGAL
FROM RAJASTHAN
 MINARET TOPPED
WITH DOME
BANGLADAR ROOF

JHAROKAS

POINTED OGEE ARCH

TOWER
TOPPED WITH
BULBOUS
DOME
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
ROOF • THE PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM
IS A LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
ANCIENT PRACTICE.
• BASALT STONE MASONRY IS
SECOND FLOOR USED.
• THE STRUCTURE FORMS A LONG
RECTANGLE OF 3 STOREYS,
RAISED IN THE CENTRE TO
FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATE THE CENTRE
POACH.
• ABOVE THE CENTRAL ARCHED
ENTRANCE RISES A HUGE RCC
DOME OF DIAMETER 15 M,
GROUND FLOOR SUPPORTED ON A LOTUS PETAL
PENDENTIVE
• THE PLAN OF THE STRUCTURE IS
SIMPLE.
 HEMISPHERICAL DOME ON
SQUARE BASE

OPEN BALCONIES

EXPLODED
VIEW CENTRAL HALL
UNDERNEATH THE DOME

ARCADE
 PLAN

• THE COLUMNS IN THE STRUCTURE ARE EMBEDDED IN THE WALL ITSELF.

• THE COLUMNS ARE ALSO CONSTRUCTED USING STONE WITH THE WIDTHS
RANGING FROM 400 TO 600 MM AND PLACED AT DISTANCE OF 6M C/C.
WHY IS BASALT STONE USED?
BASALT STONE IS USED,
BECAUSE IT CAN RESIST
WEATHERING ACTION AND MATERIAL
ARE IMPERVIOUS TO
MOISTURE.

FOUNDATION

WHAT TYPE OF FOUNDATION IS USED?

STRIP FOOTING IS A COMPONENT OF SHALLOW
FOUNDATION WHICH DISTRIBUTES THE WEIGHT OF A
LOAD-BEARING WALL ACROSS THE AREA OF THE GROUND.
IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS WALL FOOTING. THIS TYPE OF
FOOTING IS COMMONLY USED AS FOUNDATIONS OF LOAD-
BEARING WALLS
 STONE COLUMNS RANGING
STRUCTURAL ELEMENT : COLUMNS FROM WIDTH 400-600MM

FOR FLOOR CONSTRUCTION

JOIST ARE USED AS SUPPORTS
FOR SHORTER SPANS AND
SCHEMATIC SECTION
PURLINS FOR LONGER SPANS
STRUCTURAL ELEMENT : ARCHES

THREE POINTED ARCHES

USED IN
FRONT PASSAGES 5
ARCHES
OVER A 30 M SPAN ON
EITHER SIDES

SCHEMATIC SECTION
STRUCTURAL ELEMENT : DOME

• A RCC HEMISPHERICAL DOME

IS CONSTRUCTED ON A
SQUARE BASE ABOVE THE
CENTRAL ATRIUM AS A
AESTHETIC AND A
STRUCTURALLY EFFICIENT
FORM OF ROOF.
• THE DOME LIES ON THE
SCHEMATIC SECTION
PENDENTIVES FOR SUPPORT.
04 SERVICES
NATURAL VENTILATION
 SOME PARTS
OF THE
INTERIOR
HAD NO
NATURAL
VENTILATION
PROVISIONS
HENCE WERE
PROVIDED
WITH
MECHANICAL
VENTILATION.

 THE HUGE
LANDSCAPE
IN THE
FRONT
PLAYED A
VERY
IMPORTANT
ROLE GIVING
A LARGE
OPEN SPACE
 LARGE OPENING IN THE FRONT ALLOW
CLERESTORY ALLOWING
THE AIR INSIDE, INTO TO THE DOMES
WIND INTO
AND GET VENTILATED ABOVE.
OPENINGS THE
(DOORS)  LARGE WINDOWS WITH JALIS HELP KEEP BUILDING.
NATURAL LIGHTING
MAXIMUM LIGHT
MINIMUM LIGHT

LIGHT THROUGH
CLERESTORY
MAXIMUM
LIGHT REDUCED
BY BLINDS

 THE MIDDLE  THE NATURAL

GALLERY WAS LIGHTING FOR THE
HAVING LIGHT LOBBY THROUGH
SOURCE ONLY
CLERESTORY
THROUGH SMALL
JAIL WINDOWS
 BLINDS WERE USED LIGHT ENTERING
TO REDUCE LIGHT THROUGH
WHERE INTENSITY CLERESTORY AND
WAS HIGH TO DOORS
ELECTRICAL LAYOUT

DIFFUSED UP LIGHTING
 TASK LIGHTING WAS USED TO HIGHLIGHT THE TASK LIGHTING
ARTEFACTS. PEDESTAL FANS
 PEDESTAL FANS WERE INSTALLED WHERE CEILING CEILING FANS
SWITCH BOARDS
FANS COULDN’T BE INSTALLED.
 ENTIRE AREA WAS WELL LIT CREATING A SOOTHING
EFFECT WITH THE HELP OF DIFFUSED UP LIGHTING.
FIRE SYSTEM
CENTRAL
STAIRCASE

DOGLEG STAIRCASE

STRAIGHT
FLIGHT
STAIRCASE

SPIRAL STARCASE IN
EXTENSION BUILDING
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
 CSMVS – GREEN MUSEUM
RAIN-WATER HARVESTING:
RAIN WATER HARVESTING HAS
BEEN TAKEN TO A NEW LEVEL
WITH THE INSTALLATION OF
LARGER WATER TANKS LEADING
TO OVER 80,000 LITRES OF RAIN
WATER BEING HARVESTED EVERY
DAY AND 29 MILLION LITRES
EACH YEAR. THIS WATER IS
USED TO IRRIGATE THE GREEN IN 2019, THE
AREAS OF THE MUSEUM. IT IS MUSEUM SOLAR PANELS:
MEASURED CAREFULLY WITH RECEIVED THE IN A PROJECT THAT WAS
SPECIALLY INSTALLED WATER- HIGHEST DIVIDED INTO THREE
METRES. PLATINUM PHASES, THE MUSEUM
RATING UNDER INSTALLED SOLAR PANELS
EXISTING THAT CAN GENERATE OVER
BUILDING 67,000 UNITS OF
CATEGORY FROM ELECTRICITY, IT HELPS IN
INDIAN GREEN SAVING UPTO RS. 7 LAKH
BUILDING ANNUALLY.
COUNCIL IGBC
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN: ENERGY EFFICIENCY:
THE MUSEUM’S EXISTING THE MUSEUM HAS INVESTED IN A CHILLER
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS PLANT FOR ITS AIR-CONDITIONING
HAS BEEN IMPROVED WITH REQUIREMENTS WHICH USES AN
THE INSTALLATION OF A ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY NON-CFC GAS
COMPOSITE MACHINE THAT BASED SYSTEM.
RECYCLES BIODEGRADABLE
WASTE WHICH IS USED AS GOOD QUALITY OF AIR:
MANURE FOR THE MUSEUM AIR MONITORING DEVICES HAVE BEEN
GARDENS AND LAWNS. INSTALLED AT VARIOUS POINTS IN THE
SEGREGATION OF DUSTBINS MUSEUM WHICH ACTIVELY RECORD THE
AND A PLASTIC BOTTLE VOLUME OF GREENHOUSE GASES THAT THE
RECYCLER HAS ALSO BEEN MUSEUM PRODUCES.
INSTALLED.
BIO-FRIENDLY CHOICES :
THE GENERAL CLEANING OF SURFACES
ON THE MUSEUM CAMPUS HAS BEEN
MADE GREEN BY THE USE OF
BIO-FRIENDLY CLEANING AGENTS.

 CSMVS IS ONE OF THE FIRST MUSEUMS IN

THE WORLD LOCATED, IN A HERITAGE
BUILDING, IN A HERITAGE PRECINCT TO
ACHIEVE SUCH A DISTINCTION.
04 MISCALLANEOUS
 SEQUENTIAL IMAGERY

Main Entry Gate Sleeping Buddha Statue Landscape Statue Zharokha Window

Front Facade Entrance Porch Entrance Porch Entrance Porch Entrance Lobby

Entrance Lobby Central Hall Fountain Maharashtrian Arches

 Rajasthani Pillar Central Dome Verandah Staircase

Towards extension Entry to Extension Staircase Helical Extension Children’s Museum

Building Building building facade

Amphitheatre Baobab tree Prince of Wales statue Landscape statue

 Towards Toilet Central hall Staircase block for central art gallery

Miniature painting gallery Miniature painting gallery Office Door

Himalayan Art gallery Towards Exit Sleeping Buddha statue

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