INTRODUCTION

THE TRIVENI KALA SANGAM WAS FOUNDED IN 1952 AS AN ACADEMY OF DANCE,

MUSIC AND PAINTING WITH AN AIM OF REINTRODUCING TRADITIONAL FORMS OF
EXPRESSION INTO INDIAN LIFE.

• ARCHITECT
JOSEPH ALLEN STEIN
• LOCATION
 THE CENTRE IS SITUATED ON A SMALL PLOT
OF ABOUT ONE ACRE AT TANSEN MARG
NEAR MANDI HOUSE ROUND ABOUT.
 THE OTHER INSTITUTES THAT SURROUND IT
ARE THE SANGEET BHARATI, SRI RAM
CENTER, RABINDRA BHAWAN, SAPRU
HOUSE AND THE SRI RAM BHARATIYA KALA
KENDRA.
• CAPACITY
 250 PEOPLE

SITE PLAN
ZONING
THE GROUNG FLOOR HAS THE PUBLIC AREA LIKE LOUNGE, EXHIBITION HALLS, LIBRARY,
CONFERENCE ROOMS, ETC.
ON THE FIRST AND THE SECOND FLOOR ARE WORK STUDIOS WHERE STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT.
ON THE THIRD FLOORS ARE THE LIVING ARES.

SPACE CHARACTERSTICS
ENCLOSURE ACHIEVED BY SURROUNDING THE SPACE WITH LOW HEIGHT STRUCTURES WHICH
RELATE TO HUMAN HEIGHT AND MAKE THE USER COMFORTABLE.
FOCUS HAS BEEN MADE TOWARDS THE STAGE AND THUS THE USER FACES AWAY FROM THE
HIGHER BUILDING AND SO DOES NOT FEEL THE HEIGHT.

SECTION THROUGH THE STAGE WHICH IS THE

GROUND FLOOR PLAN MAIN FOCAL POINT
 LOW HEIGHT STRUCTURES AROUND THE OAT.
SECTIONAL VIEW OF THE COURT PARTLY BLOCKED FROM
UPPER FLOORS TO MAINTAIN SOME PRIVACY.

THE OAT ACTS AS THE MAIN FOCAL POINT AROUND WHICH BUILT
FORMS EXIST.
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
EXTENSIVE AREAS OF JAALIS AND PLANTING BOXES ARRANGED INTO VERTICAL GARDENS ARE
PROMINENT ELEMENTS AT THE TRIVENI.
THE JAALI PANEL CREATE A COOL SPACE OF FILTERED LIGHT IN THE CLASSROOM BUILDINGS’
CORRIDOR.

PERGOLAS WITH PLANTERS OVER THE

GARDEN THEATRE AND THE RESTAURANT.

JAALIS AND PLANTERS IN THE EXTERNAL

FACADE.

LARGE FENESTRATIONS IN THE

STAIRWELL WITH PLANTERS LETS
IN LIGHT AND AIR.
FINISHES/SURFACE ARTICULATION
THE COLOURS OF THE FAÇADE ARE OF LIGHT GREY CONCRETE AND HAVE GRIT FINSH ON THE
WALLS.
THE TEXTURES AR ROUGH AND RUGGED.
LACK OF BRIGHT COLOURS IS SOOTHING AS THE ABUNDANT GREENERY ADDS BRIGHTNESS.

CONCRETE BANDS ENHANCES THE VERTICALITY OF

THE CURVED WALLS OF THE GALLERY

MATERIAL
THE BUILDING IS COMPOSED OF A CLAD RCC PRECAST CONCRETE JAALIS HELP IN
MAINTAINING VISUAL LINKAGES.
FRAMED STRUCTURE WITH SEVERAL INFILL MATERIAL
INDIGENIOUS JAALI PANELS, CONCRETE BLOCKS AND
PLASTERED FINISH ON MOST ELEEAVTION, ROUGH CUT STONE FACING ON GALLERY
FACADE, CONCRETE PLANTERS AND CONCRETE CLAD WITH GRAY CHIPS FOR THE PERGOLAS.
ENTRANCE FOYER

THE ENTRANCE TO THE AUDITORIUM IS

THROUGH A FOYER WHICH IS ALSO USED AS A
DISPLAY CUM EXHIBITION AREA DURING ANY
PERFOMANCE.

THE AUDITORIUM HAS ONE ENTRY AND ONE

EXIT POINT.

THE ENTRANCE FOYER IS PROVIDED WITH SERIES OF

DOWN LIGHTS TO ENSURE PROPER LIGHTING DURING
EXHIBITIONS.

MAIN ENTRY DOOR TO THE AUDITORIUM.

FINISH: TIMBER FINISHED WITH COMMERCIAL PLYBOARD
AND PAINTED.
AUDITORIUM
THE AUDITORIUM IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE 200
PEOPLE .
IT HAS A DIRECT ENTRY FROM THE ROAD AS WELL A
CONNECTION FROM THE LOUNGE.

STAGE:
THE WOODEN FLOORING HELPS IN
SOUND ABSORPTION.
THERE ARE SPOT LIGHTS AND PROFILE
LIGHTS FOR THE PERFOMERS.
THE PROJECTION ROOM IS LOCATED AT
THE REAR END OF THE AUDITORIUM.

SEATING:
THE SEATS OF THE AUDITORIUM ARE
COVERED WITH REXIN.
THERE ARE TWO AISLES SITUATED AT
BOTH THE SIDES.
ACOUSTIC TREATMENT OF THE FLOOR, WALLS AND CEILING
WALLS
WOODEN PANELS WERE PROVIDED TO ABSORB SOUND
AND HELP IN FURTHER ACOUSTIC TREATMENT.
GLASS WOOL WITH A PROTECTIVE LAYER OF CLOTH IS
PROVIDED BEHIND THE WOODEN PANELS FOR BETTER
SOUND ABSORPTION.
NO ACOUSTIC TREATMENT IS PROVIDED IN THE BACKSTAGE
AS THE WALLS ARE PLASTERED ONLY.
EIGHT EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SPEAKERS WERE LOCATED
ON THE REAR AND FRONT WALLS RESPECTIVELY.

FLOOR
IN THE SEATING AREA CARPETS AREA LAID OVER A LAYER OF JUTE
WHICH IS PASTED ON WOODEN PLANKS.
IN THE BACKSTAGE AREA A COMBINATION OF CARPET AND
WOODEN FLOORING EXISTS.
CEILING
THERE IS NO FALSE CEILING AND HENCE THE EXPOSED
BEAMS FORMS A GRID OF 4m x 2m (APPROX) ON THE
CEILING MAKING SPACE FOR LIGHTS AND SMOKE
DETECTORS ETC.
PERFORATED BOARDS ARE PROVIDED ON THE SPACES
BETWEEN THE CEILING.

LIGHTS
A SERIES OF PROFILE AS WELL AS SPOT LIGHTS ARE
LOCATED FOCUSSING ON THE STAGE.
DOWN LIGHTS ARE PROVIDED OVER THE SEATING AREA.
COLOURED LIGHTS ARE ALSO PROVIDED OVER THE STAGE
AREA.
 AIR CONDITIONING
WOODEN GRILLS UNDER THE STAGE FOR AIR CONDITIONING FOR THE FRONT ROWS.
VERTICAL GRILLS ARE ALSO PROVIDED ON THE STAGE FOR THE PERFOMERS.
AC DUCTS ARE PROVIDED IN THE GREEN ROOM AREA AS WELL.

AC GRILL

GREEN ROOM
FALSE CEILING IS PROVIDED IN THE GREEN ROOM AREA WHICH IS IN THE BASEMENT.
SMOKE DTECTORS AND DOWN LIGHTS ARE PROVIDED AT REGULAR INTERVAL OF 1m .

SMOKE
DETECTOR

CEILING LIGHT