Design Case Study

ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN STUDIO VI-

CASE STUDY
GROUP:
1. RITHIK T
2. ABINAYA RP
3. AKSHAY V
RAILWAY TERMINAL – CULTURAL STUDY
VICTORIA BUS TERMINAL, MUMBAI
RITHIK & ABINAYA
INTRODUCTION
• NAME : CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI BUS TERMINAL – FORMERLY KNOWN
AS VICTORIA TERMINAL
• ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : ITALIAN GOTHIC WITH INDIAN

ELEMENTS
• TIME OF CONSTRUCTION : BUILT DURING COLONIAL RULE IN THE

LATE 19TH CENTURY
• ARCHITECT : FREDRICK WILLIAM STEVENS
• Inspired by the best of contemporary Victorian Gothic design, including

London's St. Pancras Railway Station, designed by Sir. George Gilbert Scott
and completed in 1874 A.D.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
ATTIC FLOOR PLAN
TERRACE ROOF PLAN
FRONT ELEVATION
BACK ELEVATION
SIDE ELEVATION
FEATURES
Italian - Gothic features with
elements from traditional Indian
architecture, adapting design to
suit the local climate and
aesthetic.
Deep verandahs for ventilation,
A blend of polychrome masonry
Elaborate sculptural
ornamentation executed by local
builders and craftsmen using
familiar materials
The unique Bombay Gothic style
of architecture, which defined the
city's urban form and declared its
rise in the late 19th century A.D.
FRONT FAÇADE DETAILS
• The building's front facade faces
west and rises 330 ft in height,
with polychrome masonry and
sculptural ornamentation.
• The variety of stones employed

in its construction: the main
structure is built in yellow
Malad stone, softer white
Porbundar stone is used for the
decorative detailing while grey
basalt and red sandstone are
used as highlights.
MASONRY
DOME
A masonry dome was used
in a secular Gothic Revival
building for the first time.
The towering octagonal
ribbed dome served no
purpose other than the
dramatic effect it had on
the urban landscape and on
the building's occupants
and users.
Long projecting gargoyles,
in the form of wild dogs
skirt the dome.
Both on the building's exterior
and interior surfaces, local
species such as monkeys,
mongoose, mice, squirrels lizards,
rabbits, owls, kingfishers are
carved into the details.
INDIAN
ELEMENTS
As an allegorical
representation of
India, an intricate
peacock with its
feathers fanned open
decorates a
tympanum, one of
the facade's star
features.
REPRESENTATION
OF BOTH
ENGLAND AND
INDIA
ENTRANCE
GATE
Beyond the entrance gate, a
circular driveway leads to an
elegant porte-cochere or
covered porch. From the
porch, the building's central
hall, situated directly under
the dome, is accessed through
a lavish entrance way with
carved wooden doors,
intricate wrought iron grill-
work, and deep, sculpted
stone arches supported on
polychrome marble and
granite columns.
INTERIOR DETAILS
The columns of the galleries
or upper corridors are of black
marbles with yellow veins, and
the railing is of ornamental
wrought iron, with French
polished handrail, and
is decorated in chocolate
colour, picked
out with bright red and gold.
In the center arch on the south
side is placed a large clock, 3
ft. 6 in. in height, in diameter,
in a delicately – carved white
Sienna sandstone stand.
INTERIOR DETAILS
There are four large arched
doorways leading from the
corridor to the hall, each
being 8ft. in width.
The doors are of teakwood,
massive in design,
and handsomely moulded an
d panelled, and
French polished.
The polished brass
mountings, such as hinges,
&c., are ornamental and
bold in character, and are
well executed.
INTERIOR DETAILS
The tympanums of arches

of doorways are paneled in teakwood,
and are filled in with coloured glass of
subdued tints and foliated design at the
bottom, and ornamental open wrought-
iron grill work decorated in colours and gold
at top.
The paving and large entrance steps are of
hard blue basalt stone, the former being
worked in panels with a hearting of diamond
shaped stones, and a border running round,
1ft. in width.
INTERIOR DETAILS
The Dome is placed on a high

drum having two levels of very good
quality stained glass panels on its 8
sides.
Series of different types of

arches at each floor with highly
decorated stone carving.
Corner turret detail is reflection of the

inspiration from St Pancras
station, London
INTERIOR DETAILS
Decorative squinches/
pendentives in the staircase
area to make the square
plan octagon.
View of wide
passages/ Verandah which
is climatically protected in the
building.
Gothic Revival Interiors –
Decoration of steel work
Ribbed wall with gilt work
still intact.
BUS TERMINAL – FUNCTIONAL STUDY
HAKATA BUS TERMINAL, JAPAN
AKSHAY V
CHURCHES OF GOA – SPECIAL STUDY
BASCILICA OF
BOM JESUS
The most famous church in

Goa and one among the most
revered by Christians
globally, the Basilica of Bom
Jesus in Old Goa is famed for
housing the mortal remains of
St. Francis Xavier.
This complex, along with
some other churches of Old
Goa, features on the
UNESCO World Heritage list.
BASCILICA OF
BOM JESUS
Its exterior facade, built using black
granite, is famed for Baroque
architecture combined with Doric,
Corinthian and composite
influences.
Inside, the main altar is 30 feet
wide and 54 feet high, and its
pillars have been crafted using
basalt from Bassein, approximately
300 km away.
BUILT DURING :
1594 - 1605
BASCILICA OF
BOM JESUS
The church’s interiors

are richly adorned with
wood carvings and
paintings that depict
scenes from the lives of
St. Xavier.
The Basilica of Bom
Jesus is the only church
in the state to not have
plastered exteriors.
CHURCH OF
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
The church was

established by eight
Franciscan friars who
arrived in Goa in
1517.
CHURCH OF
Retaining the Portuguese-

Manueline style portal of
its older structure, which
was built in 1665, the
Church of St Francis of
Assisi offers a fascinating
visual contrast between its
simple exterior facade and
its lavish Baroque
interiors. Featuring
Corinthian influences, the
latter is beautifully
decorated.
CHURCH OF
The church, facing west,

contains a nave with three
chapels on both sides, two
altars, a main altar and a
choir.
The interiors of the church
are decorated with
paintings related to events
that took place in the life
of St Francis along with
other statues, frescoes
with intricate floral
designs and carved
woodwork.
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ARCHITECTURAL

DESIGN STUDIO VI-

• ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : ITALIAN GOTHIC WITH INDIAN

• TIME OF CONSTRUCTION : BUILT DURING COLONIAL RULE IN THE

• ARCHITECT : FREDRICK WILLIAM STEVENS

• Inspired by the best of contemporary Victorian Gothic design, including

• The variety of stones employed

The tympanums of arches

The Dome is placed on a high

Series of different types of

Corner turret detail is reflection of the

The most famous church in

The church’s interiors

The church was

Retaining the Portuguese-

The church, facing west,

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