B.V.D.

U COLLEGE
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ARCHITECTURE, PUNE

RESEARCH SKILLS

NATIONAL AVIATION MUSEUM

SHUBHAM GAUTAM FOURTH YEAR B.ARCH

SYNOPSIS
NATIONAL AVIATION MUSEUM

INTRODUCTION

Aviation museum is a dedicated facility to preserve and interpret the history of

aviation and its impact on our world, particularly on the development of passenger
travel and wartime aviation.
These museums provide adequate infrastructure for easy interpretation by means
of audio and visual aids and also help in promoting aviation as a profession to the
youth.
Aviation museums bring positive economic impacts including job growth and
stimulation of the tourism economies of a number of cities and towns. They offer
much needed educational programming to local schools, and contribute to the
cultural growth of the cities in which they are found.
Aviation in India is broadly divided into military and civil aviation which is one of the
fastest growing aviation markets in the world, with this rate of growth and evolution
the aviation sector witnesses a vast range of new technological developments
everyday .
At present there are only four functional aviation museums present in India and as
the aviation sector grows the present infrastructure is unable to provide proper
information regarding it, hence the need for providing facilities which preserve and
provide information about Indian aviation is observed. A proposal for the new
aerospace museum has been created by the ministry of defense and final financial
sanction on the detailed project is awaited.
The tourism industry in India is flourishing as over 10 million foreign tourists arrived
in India each year through the main gateways of Delhi and Mumbai, hence proper
infrastructure can promote tourism and overall GDP of the city.

AIM-

The aim of the project is to design adequate infrastructure to preserve the Indian
aerospace heritage and to create awareness about India’s rich aviation industry.

OBJECTIVE-

• To provide adequate facilities for interactive indoor and outdoor displays to

overcome current space shortage.
• To preserve and maintain the vintage inventory of the air force by designing
required spaces.
• To create display areas providing information about IAF’s rich heritage .
• To create plane spotting and observation areas near the active runway for live
interactions with current developments.
• To create simulation zones for children to gain knowledge through interactive
secessions .
NEED-

The current national museum situated in New Delhi was established in 1967 and hence has
an insufficient infrastructure and display areas .As the aviation sector grows the present
infrastructure is unable to provide proper information regarding it, hence the need for
providing facilities which preserve and provide information about Indian aviation is
observed.
The new proposal will help in providing adequate infrastructure and will make the institution
more attractive to the younger generations. As India is the fastest growing aviation market
and has the fourth largest air force in the world ,the development can also help in promoting
the aviation related professions in general.

SCOPE-
The museum will cater for display space for 30 aircrafts and space for artifacts related to
aviation history
Audio-visual facility to provide information through interactive means.
The museum will also provide preservation and restoration facilities.
Average projected footfall of each day of the proposal is 2000-4000.

METHODOLOGY-

Literature Study-
Research paper 1-Lighting design in museum: exhibition vs. Preservation
(WIT Transactions on The Built Environment,
Vol 118, © 2011 WIT Press
Author-R. Ajmat,J. Sandoval, F. Arana Sema,
B. O’Donell,S. Gor & H. Alons)

Research paper 2-Museum building design and exhibition layout

(Proceedings, 6th International Space Syntax
Symposium, İstanbul, 2007,author-Kali
Tzotzil)

Research paper 3-Acoustics of Modern and Old Museums

(Denver, Colorado NOISE-CON 2013 2013
August 26-28,author-Carvalho, Gonçalves & Garcia)
Survey and Data collection-

• Collection of data related to Indian aviation heritage.

• Studying the factors affecting restoration and preservation.
• Aircraft types to be displayed and their requirements respectively.
• To collect information about the available aircrafts and artifacts to be displayed.
• Study of the process of transporting artifacts to the museum.
• Study of preserving airworthy airframes and their seasonal operations.
Book case study-
1) Smithsonian air and space museum(Washington D.C.,USA)
To study the transportation process of artifacts.
To study the mechanism to suspend aircraft from the ceiling.
2) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Centre (Virginia, USA )
To study Connection of museum to active runway.
Construction of large hangers for display areas.
3) Naval aviation museum ( Goa,India)
Outdoor display areas and their challenges.
Indoor galleries related history

Live case study-

1) Air force museum (New Delhi, India )
To find out current infrastructural challenges
To study the onsite air force memorial.
2) HAL museum , Bangalore
To study the kids interactive zones.
To study the new displays showing innovation in aviation .
SITE SELECTION AND JUSTIFICATION

SITE -1

The site one is situated

adjacent to the IGIA airport T3
road, New Delhi.
Area-180,000 sqms

The site is near the Nh8 interchange and hence can be easily accessed
through visitors coming from airport as well as from Gurgaon.
The site is in close proximity to an active runway hence observation
decks can be accordingly designed.
The site is located near the aero city metro station and the surrounding
area hosts various 5 star hotels .
The site is easily visible from the national highway and from the airport
approach road.
The site is owned by the Airport Authority of India and hence no land
accusation process will be required.