Gandhi Memorial Hall
New Delhi
Architect: Kanvinde & Rai
Tagore Memorial Theatre
Ahmedabad
Architect : BV Doshi
Shri Ram Centre for Art and Culture
New Delhi
Architect: Shiv Nath Prasad
Premabhai Hall
Ahmedabad
Architect: B V Doshi
Shakuntalam Theatre
New Delhi
Architect : The Design Group
Auditorium, National Development Dairy Board (NDDB) Campus
Anand, Gujarat
Architect : Kanvinde, Rai & Chowdhury
Auditorium, Lal Bhahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
Mussoorie
Architect : Kanvinde, Rai & Chowdhury
Tagore Memorial Theatre
Ahmedabad
A series of rigid frames in reinforced concrete folded plates provide the outer shell to this hall. Vertical folds are 1 7m high, increasing in depth from 1.15m at the base to 2.4m at the top with a constant plate thickness of 15cm. Horizontal folds are 2.4m deep and span 33.5m with a plate thickness of 10cm increasing to 15cm near the supports. Inside the hall, a “seating bowl” with a capacity of 700 is supported on an independent structure. Sculptural columns and cantilevers of this bowl dominate the lobby area. The hall, located on the banks of Sabarmati River, is supported on individual and strip footings resting on a sandy strata.
Architect: B V Doshi
Design Engineer: R D Shah
Shakuntalam Theatre
Pragati Maidan New Delhi
A hall with a seating capacity of 400 is covered with 1.2m deep reinforced concrete girders spanning 18m and supported on 20cm thick reinforced concrete enclosure walls. To allow for rotation of deep girders, hinges have been provided in the walls below the girder seating. Roof of the hail also accommodates an open-air theatre with a 400-seating capacity.
Architect: Design Group
Design Engineer: G D Juneja
Gandhi Memorial Hall
New Delhi
A hall with a seating capacity of 500 covered with 8cm thick reinforced concrete cylindrical shells and 15cm thick ribs spanning 21m.
Architect: Kanvinde & Rai
Shri Ram Centre for Art and Culture
New Delhi
A circular auditorium with a seating capacity of 650 is tucked underneath a 31m x 31m rehearsal hall which acts as a large parasol. The auditorium is 21m dia and is supported on circumferential and radial beams cantilevering out of six columns. The rehearsal hall is supported on four independent cross-shaped columns placed at 19m centres with 6m cantilevers all around.
Architect: Shiv Nath Prasad
Premabhai Hall
Ahmedabad
Roof of the main 55m x 37m hall with a seating capacity of 1000 is supported on four-shaft columns connected with deep reinforced concrete girders carrying steel trusses which cantilever out to pick up another 10m x 37m small hall at an upper level. Tapering ribs springing out of the entrance level and supported on deep girders keep the foyer column-free.
Architect: B V Doshi
