WHAT IS A MUSEUM?

Design Question

The flow of people in a museum is directed by either means of display like in a particular order. What if the museum becomes a space where people discover their own routes ?

Design Intention

The museum is reimagined as a space of a series of walkways which constantly intersect and divide to form spaces.

Site Analysis

The site is the Parle-G factory in Vile Parle. Earlier it was a factory but recently it has been converted to a commercial office space for Parle products.

site plan

site section

Accessibility Old and new structure

Roads and walkway Modes of transport

Traffic Greenspaces

Built and unbuilt spaces Types of buildings around

Nightlife

Museum of ?

There are many factories and mills which have been abandoned. Thus the found material could be used to create something new. A museum of reclaiming micro narratives in urban ruins and assembles new spatial meanings from found objects.

Museum as ?

Museum as a labyrinth.A space where it does not have a firm boundary and the intersecting and separating creates the interior and exterior spaces.

Design Development

DESIGN PLAN

Ground Floor Plan

1st Level Plan

Overall Design