CASE STUDY OF A CAMPUS PLANNING

‘SHANTINIKETAN’

NAME – DIPANNITA SAHA.SIXTH SEM., B.ARCH.USN. – 2MB12AT006.M.S.I.A.A, BIJAPUR.

LOCATION OF THE CAMPUSCountry – India.State - West Bengal.District – Birbhum.Town – Bolpur.Elevation - 58 m (190 ft)Languages  - Bengali, Hindi, English.Co-ordinates :Shantiniketan is located at - 23.68°N 87.68°E

Shantiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was made by the famous Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town (Visva-Bharati University) that attracts thousands of visitors each year.The English-daily, The Daily Star notes,"Using the money he received with his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, the school was expanded and renamed Visva-Bharati University.It grew to become one of India's most renowned places of higher learning, with a list of alumni that includes Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen, globally renowned filmmaker Satyajit Ray and the country's leading art historian, R. Siva Kumar, to name just a few“ Santiniketan is also a tourist attraction because Rabindranath Tagore wrote many of his literary classics here, and his house is a place of historical importance.

CLIMATETemperature (deg C) Summer- Max.42.4, Min.34.3Winter- Max.15.7, Min.8.1.Rainfall : 125 cms ( June to September ). Heavy in July August.The climate is moderately warm with summer temperatures at around 34-45  °C and winter at 8-15 °C. July and August see heavy rainfall.The weather in Santiniketan is usually a pleasant one although you will come across the normal weather changes during summer, winter and Monsoon.Nonetheless Spring has its own charm in Santiniketan not only because of its natural beauty blooming to its fullest amidst the lush greenery but also due to the famous Vasanta Utsav held to mark the festival of Holi with the onset of Spring.

SANTINIKETAN CAMPUS AREA

PROFILE OF SANTINIKETAN CAMPUS

SANTINIKETAN CAMPUS LAYOUT

SANGEET BHAVAN (BLACK HOUSE)

GIRLS HOSTEL (CHATRI NIWAS)

BELL HOUSE(GHANTA GHAR)

ACADEMIC BLOCK (CLASS ROOMS) CHINESE DEPARTMENT GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

UDAYAN (VISVA BHARATI ADMINSTRATIVE BUILDING)

BELL (GHANTA)

PRAYAR HALL (UPASANA GRIHA)

SANTINIK-ATAN BARI

PRAYER HALL - FOR ALL RELIGION A PRAYER HALL, MADE OF SEVERAL COLOURED BELGIUM GLASS WITH MARBLE STEPS ON ALL THE FOUR SIDES, BY THE POET'S FATHER, DEBENDRANATH TAGORE IN 1863. DURING EVENING SERVICE, CANDLE IS LIT AROUND THE PRAYER HALL, AND IT WEARS A MAGNIFICENT LOOK IN FLICKERING LIGHT. PRAYERS ARE HELD ON WEDNESDAY. THIS PRAYER HALL IS ALSO NAMED AS 'KANCH MANDIR' IN LOCAL TERM (KANCH IN BENGALI MEANS GLASS AND MANDIR IS TEMPLE) THE POUSH SEVENTH OF BENGALI CALENDAR, GENERALLY 23RD DEC IN ENGLISH CALENDAR, IS OBSERVED HERE AS THE MEMORIAL DATE OF THE EVENT OF TAGORE'S FATHER MAHARSI DEBENDRANATH'S TRANSFORMATION TO BRAMHO RELIGION FROM HINDUISM

PRAYAR AT WEDNESDAY

INTERIOR OF PRAYAR HALL WITH COLORED BELGIUM GLASS AND MARBLE

OPEN AIR EDUCATION

SANGEET BHAVAN - MADE OF MUD WITH RELIEF WORK ON IT COLLEGE OF DANCE AND MUSIC. THE UNIVERSITY IS REPLETE WITH WORKS ON ART, MUSIC AND THE HUMANITIES.

KALABHAVAN – CLADDED WITH HAND PAINTED TILESTHE COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS & CRAFTS HAS A MUSEUM EXHIBITING SCULPTURES, FRESCOES & MURALS AND A LIBRARY OF ART BOOKS.

•TAGORE WORKED IN THE NORTHERN COMPLEX CONSISTING OF SEVERAL BUILDINGS AS : UDAYANA, KONARKA, SHYAMALI, PUNASCHA AND UDICHI.•THE BICHITRA (RABINDRA BHAVAN ) DESIGNED BY THE POET'S SON RATHINDRANATH TAGORE.

UDAYANA PUNASCHA

SYAMALI BICHITRA OR RABINDRA BHAVANNA

DIFFERENT HOUSES

UDICHI

PLAN OF UDICHI

UDICHI

SMALL CHAITRA, RESEMBLING STUPA OF SANCHI.FOR DISPLAYING BEST MODEL WORK OF STUDENTS.

BELL TOWER

ADMIN BUILDING OF ADMISSION OF KIDS

PAINTING

TYPICAL COLUMN TYPE