Kala Academy GOA Net Study

• Venue of international film festival of India.
• Established in 1969 prime institution for promotion of art and culture in Goa.
• Vibrant representation of the culture and art of the people of Goa this is expressed in the
staggering. amount and variety of cultural programmes held in its premises
LOCATION : Situated at Campal, Panaji along the banks of river Mandovi. Area has mixed land use
with a military hospital across the road, a cricket ground and a park on either side.
ARCHITECT : Charles Correa
BUILDING TYPE : Institution
SITE GRADIENT : Gentle Slope
ACCESS
• Regular buses connecting
Panaji and the academy are
available.
• Dabolim airport, 35km
• Nearest railway station
• is Madgao, 53 km.
LAYOUT
• Four entries to the site.
• Boat jetty provided on the river side.
• Coverage is about 40%
• Well defined pedestrian and vehicular systems
• Includes the cafeteria, garden and amphitheatre.
• Site is divided into main building service building, muktangan,
parking area, the exhibition space.
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BUILDING STYLE AND CHARACTER
• Designed by AR. Charles correa.

• Importance to the process of moving through the spaces in a building.
• Built form has been kept low ranging from one to three floors.
• This is further enhanced by the use of parapet walls for upper floors, which
emphasize horizontally.
• The 'pergola 'above the entrance acts as an extension to the foyer of the main
auditorium and amphitheatre.
• Use of wafer slabs and parapet walls
• Extensive use of specially designed seating
• Interior walls are painted with pictures mostly depicting Konkanise culture and
create illusion
BUILDING LEVEL ZONING :
Building is divided into three zones:
Public, Adminisration,Academic
• Provided at different levels so as to avoid conflict
between these zones
• Ground floor includes facilities like auditorium,
Preview Theater, amphitheatre, art gallery, and
canteen etc,
where public entry is invited
• First and second floors include academic and
administration facilities.
• 3 groups of people using the building:
1. Staff,
2. students,
3. audience
• Circulation linked to the zoning and
• has been segregated by separating
• them through levels −ground floor
• for audience functions and first and
• second floor for staff and students
• with a necessary degree of inter
• linking. N
AUDITORIUM
• Seating capacity - 1000
• Stage opening - 9.6 m
• Area – 1300 Sqm
• Orchestra pit− 7.2 x 2.1 m
• Variety of acoustical conditions ranging from
speech, plays to sitar recitals and orchestral
arrangements
• Changes made by manipulating absorbent
materials placed within inner compartments
hidden from view above the ceiling.
• Walls of the auditorium are painted illusions
of an old goan theatre
• Behind the figures in the boxes real curtains
may be pulled to reduce reverberation time
in space.
• Stage is 80cm high from the first row.
• Raking height varies from 10−20 cm N
MINI OPEN AIR THEATRE: OPEN AIR AMPHITHEATRE:
• 300 people.
• Seating capacity (no chair) − 2000
• Used as an outdoor classroom and meeting • Seating capacity (chair) − 1312
space • Proscenium opening − 15m
• Oat has a tread of 85cm and rise of 45 cm. Depth from curtain line − 12m
teep risers give it excellent sightlines. Amphitheatre is of double herringbone shape.
• farthest seat is 6m away and no amplication Main entry from road main lobby and the restaurant
required. area.
• * Two aisles run along either end. The width Stage is raised at 75cm above the ground floor
is 120cm and level (eye level of the first row)
• * The steps have 15cm risers and 28 cm • Lower Seat rise − 30 cm and tread of 100 cm
treads. • Higher Seat rise of 45 cm
• Acoustics are good as the seats block out noise from
• * The stage is square is shape and has an the road side and the stage blocks out noise from the
river side
area of 7.5 x 7.5 m
MINI OPEN AIR
THEATRE:
OPEN AIR AMPHITHEATRE

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BLACK BOX
• Seating capacity - 200.
• Area - 175 sq.m
• Used for experimental productions, music
concerts, meetings and amateur performances.
• Also used as a recording studio.
• Control room and a green room provided.
• Black box lobby is also provided.
ADMINISTRATION
• Administrative area is on the first floor. The
area divided into closed and open cabinets
total area comes
to around 500 sq.m.
PREVIEW THEATRE
• Capacity of 24.
• Used during ‘IFFI’ for
Special screening.
• Has got a jury room and
Projector room attached.
• Particle board has been used for acoustical effect.
ART GALLERY
• Running wall space - 30 x 1.50 mts approx
• Carpet area of gallery - 90sq.mts approx.
• When exhibitions are not happening painting of children
are displayed.
• The exhibits are displayed on the wall on four sides.
• Lighting features are very normal no facility to hold a
good exhibition. A track is provided on all the walls,
where the hook is given for hanging the paintings
• Paintings are hanged on the hook, it may not look nice in
the context of exhibition but its looks simple as the
building context
• Cove lightings are used in gallery of the light and can be
adjusted
• Since the intensity of the light is less, the light is spread on
the wall.
LIBRARY - 135 SQ.M
SERVICES
•Library is in proximity with • The service buildings (AC plant and generator room) are provided on
mini oat. the western corner of the site no way disrupting the normal
•Books are raked in glass functioning of the building.
shelves • Two separate service entries have been provided. One to the
generator room and the other on the eastern corner of the site.
CAFETERIA - 100 CAPACITY
• The eastern entry caters to the need of the amphitheatre and the
•Square table are provided
canteen.
each with 4 seats 3 sides open
• A loading deck has also been provided here
in to the outdoor landscape
• The septic tank is provided underneath the garden.
•It is accessible from all
theatre meeting room − 45
sqm PARKING FACILITIES
• area of the room 7.30 x 6.15 • Parking facilities is provided on
sq.mts the south−eastern side
•Room has one big table and • Nearly 250 public parking are
six chairs provided.
TEACHING STUDIO: • Special VIP and staff parking
provided.
• All the music studios are of the same size 3.3 x
2.6ms LANDSCAPE
• Central air conditioning is provided for all class
rooms. • Beautiful lawns form the
• Acoustically treated classrooms with the same type of padding provided for main part of the site. Trees
the walls and ceilings. are provided aptly at the
• Three walls are faced with linen material and glass wool, the rest is front side of the building.
paneled with wood particle board
• Specially designed benches
and lamp posts line the
path Along the river side

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