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PG - MID - Studio - 2 | Spring 2021 | Narrow Gauge Heritage Museum
  • Student MADHUMITHA A
  • Code PG190505
  • Faculty Design
  • Unit L4 Studio Unit
  • Tutor/s Amber Dar wagh,Khushru Irani
  • TA Ketaki Jadhav

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The project started with understanding concepts of Adaptive reuse and developing an idea of completeness. The Gaekwad maharaja saloon shed at Vadodara, a historic heritage site, formed the base for creating a Narrow Gauge Railway Museum. The museum looks to celebrates the age-old narrow gauge heritage in India in the city of its origin. The museum walks one through the evolution of narrow gauge locomotives, The Gaekwad state railways contribution, its working, photo gallery, and details about the current preserved systems in the country. The Design focuses on an insert that does not disturb the existing walls or features of the structure and enhances them through design Elements. 

Understanding the idea of Adaptive Reuse through exercises and deriving keywords.
Site Study and Program Brief
Design Process and decisions taken by volumetric analysis of the site.
Drawings discussing space planning for the museum on site.
Drawings discussing space planning for the museum on site.
Surface exploration of the miniature train display with layout and details.
Exploring the Skin between the inside train display, the connecting bridge and the outside plaza.
Display Module - Product Detail
Journey across the Museum - Interior Views of the Museum
Journey across the Museum - Interior Views of the Museum