Mangrove Interpretation Centre 

Architecture for a Museum in Alibaug

PROJECT AREA:   8,500 sq.ft    |   Ongoing

 

JSW proposes to build an Interpretation centre for Mangroves, at the Dolvi site proposed for a Secondary Care Rural Community Hospital. To the west of the Hospital Cafe, is a small trapezoidal parcel apportioned as a garden and the attempt of the Mangrove Interpretation Centre is to scoop itself into this garden, to create an engaging story depicting the importance of Mangroves as a sequester of carbon, thus creating an inspiring platform for its awareness and share JSW's contribution towards its conservation.

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The design attempts to scoop into the earth with gallery spaces arranged underground, skirted by stairs and connectors on the periphery that in-turn form experiential spaces, suffused with daylight via skylights in the roof.

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The curatorial story brings in the visitor into a light filled Reception area @ Plinth level, wherein he/she is oriented and via a lift/staircase, the visitor moves down 2 levels to reach the Mangrove Forest experience via a long dark corridor ( @ Level -2).
From the Mangrove Forest experience, the visitors travel up their way through the JSW conservation story to reach the auditorium ( Dome Theatre ) @ Level -1. From this level, one treads up via the Fauna/Flora exhibit & terminates into an amphitheatre and garden courtyard @ Level 0 with the Resource centre & back into the Reception to complete this looped story of experiencing Mangroves.