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DATA AND IMAGE SOURCE: 1.GAZETTEER OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, POONA, VOLUME 18 – PART 3, THE GOVERNMENT PHOTOZINCO GRAPHIC PRESS, POONA, 1992 2. PUNE – THE QUEEN OF DECCAN BY JAYMALA DIDDEE AND SAMITA GUPTA, PUBLISHED BY ELEPHANT DESIGN, PUNE, 2000 COUNCIL HALL, 1920’S COUNCIL HALL,PUNE ABOUT THE BUILDING • ITALIANATE COUNCIL HALL WAS COMPLETED IN 1870 BY AN ARMY ARCHITECT, MAJOR MELISS • THIS VENETIAN GOTHIC BUILDING IS ONE OF THE TWO BRICK BUILDINGS OF THE TIME • BUILDING WITH SQUARE CAMPANILE TOWER AND SET IN A LARGE GARDEN • BUILDING STANDS AT AN IMPRESSIVE VANTAGE POINT ON IMPORTANT CROSSROADS • ITS INCONGRUOUS OVAL EXTENSION IS A LATER ADDITION • THERE IS A LARGE HALL, IT WAS MEANT FOR THE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNOR – IN – COUNCIL, WHEN GOVERNMENT WAS IN PUNE FOR THE SEASON • A BEAUTIFUL CIRCULAR WINDOW OF STAINED GLASS DEPICTS THE STAR OF INDIA HISTORICAL BACKGROUND DISCRIPTION OF COUNCIL HALL IN THE GAZETTEER OF THE BOMBAY PRECIDENCY 1885 THE COUNCIL HALL, A LARGE TWO-STORIED BUILDING WITH A CENTRAL TOWER, IS ON THE WEST BORDER OF CANTONMENT LIMITS THE ORIGINAL BUILDING, WHICH WAS BOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A COUNCIL HALL, IS SO SMALL A PART OF THE PRESENT HALL THAT THE PRESENT BUILDING MAY BE LOOKED UPON AS NEW. ON THE GROUND FLOOR AT THE NORTH END AND STRETCHING ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR TO THE ROOF IS THE COUNCIL HALL, 80’ X 40’ AND 40’ HIGH. IT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY A GALLERY 6’ WIDE. THE COUNCIL HALL IS PAINTED IN WHITE PICKED OUT WITH GOLD AND THE PLANKED CEILING IS TREATED IN THE SAME WAY. AT THE SOUTH END ARE THE TWO ROOMS, EACH 30’ X 20’ WITH AN ARCHWAY BETWEEN AND ENCLOSED ON THE OUTSIDE BY A CLOISTER 12’ WIDE. THESE ARE USED AS A PICTURE GALLERY AND CONTAIN NUMEROUS PORTRAITS CHIEFLY OF INDIAN PRINCES AND CHIEFS. OPPOSITE THE CENTER IS AN ENTRANCE HALL 17’ X 17’ BEYOND WHICH IS THE STAIRCASE. ON THE FIRST FLOOR, OVER THE PICTURE ROOMS, ARE TWO SIMILAR ROOMS, ONE USED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE OTHER BY HIS SECRETARY. THESE, LIKE THE ROOMS BELOW THEM, ARE SURROUNDED BY CLOISTERS WITH OPEN STONE MULLIONED WINDOWS. THE HALL WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY MAJOR, NOW COLONEL, MELISS, THEN EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, POONA, AND WAS COMPLETED IN 1870, AT A COST OF (RS. 1,22,940) INCLUDING SOME SMALL OUTHOUSES, AND INCLUSIVE OF THE COST OF THE OLD BUILDING. ROSE WINDOW IT IS A SYMBOL OF KNIGHTHOOD CONFERRED TO INDIAN PRINCES BY QUEEN VICTORIA AND WAS INDIANISED NOT TO HURT POLITICAL SENTIMENTS. THE TITLE WAS GIVEN TO THE BRITISH AS WELL AS INDIAN OFFICERS OR OTHER PEOPLE WHO SERVED FOR BRITIAN IN INDIA THE INSIGNIA WAS PARTICULARLY HANDSOME, AND THE PRINCES CONSORT IS OFTEN CLAIMED TO HAVE A HAND IN ITS DESIGN. THE LINKS WITH ROSES CLEARLY DERIVE FROM THE ORDERS OF GARTER AND ST. PATRICK. THESE ALTERNATE WITH LOTUS FLOWERS TO SYMBOLISE INDIA 22.3 13.2 6.79 NORTH PORCH 98.44 98.67 98.56 98.69 98.79 98.93 99.10 99.15 99.12 99.08 98.88 98.67 13.39 MAIN HALL WEST PORCH OPEN VERANDAH SOUTH STAIR BLOCK WEST ELEVATION 988 998 15.97 13.02 10.06 4.02 4.87 98 99 98.50 98.52 98.50 98.49 98.63 98.99 98.50 BELVEDERE NORTH PORCH ADJACENT OFFICS STAIR BLOCK A.V ROOM CONNECTING PASSAGE NORTH ELEVATION 24.35 24.26 24.26 10.45 5.30 4.55 98 99 98.39 98.44 98.53 98.60 98.88 98.82 98.89 99.10 CONNECTING PASSAGE SOUTH ELEVATION SOUTH STAIR BLOCK VERANDAH BELVEDERE 2.44 2.11 0.87 0.57 1.24 KIMAYA . Ar. KIRAN KALAMDANI Ar. ANJALI KALAMDANI . C1, Shantiban, opp dalal laminates, Chinchwad, Pune. Phone no. 02027357514 . Email: kimaya.ar THE CONCEPT … COUNCIL HALL WAS BUILT IN 1870, IN A VICTORIAN ERA, WHEN MOST OF THE BUILDINGS IN CANTONMENT AREA WERE BUILT. THIS BUILDING IS ONE OF THE FIRST TWO BRICK BUILDINGS BUILT DURING THAT TIME. SINCE THE COUNCIL HALL BUILDING WAS BUILT, IT HAS GONE THROUGH LOT MANY CHANGES. THE STRUCTURE THAT WE SEE TODAY IS AN OUTCOME OF VARIOUS ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS DONE AS PER REQUIREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURY
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DATA AND IMAGE SOURCE:
1.GAZETTEER OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, POONA, VOLUME 18 – PART 3, THE GOVERNMENT PHOTOZINCO GRAPHIC PRESS, POONA, 19922. PUNE – THE QUEEN OF DECCAN BY JAYMALA DIDDEE AND SAMITA GUPTA, PUBLISHED BY ELEPHANT DESIGN, PUNE, 2000
COUNCIL HALL, 1920’S
COUNCIL HALL,PUNEABOUT THE BUILDING
• ITALIANATE COUNCIL HALL WAS COMPLETED IN 1870 BY AN ARMY ARCHITECT, MAJOR MELISS
• THIS VENETIAN GOTHIC BUILDING IS ONE OF THE TWO BRICK BUILDINGS OF THE TIME
• BUILDING WITH SQUARE CAMPANILE TOWER AND SET IN A LARGE GARDEN
• BUILDING STANDS AT AN IMPRESSIVE VANTAGE POINT ON IMPORTANT CROSSROADS
• ITS INCONGRUOUS OVAL EXTENSION IS A LATER ADDITION
• THERE IS A LARGE HALL, IT WAS MEANT FOR THE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNOR – IN – COUNCIL, WHEN GOVERNMENT WAS IN PUNE FOR THE SEASON
• A BEAUTIFUL CIRCULAR WINDOW OF STAINED GLASS DEPICTS THE STAR OF INDIA
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
DISCRIPTION OF COUNCIL HALL IN THE GAZETTEER OF THE BOMBAY PRECIDENCY 1885
THE COUNCIL HALL, A LARGE TWO-STORIED BUILDING WITH A CENTRAL TOWER, IS ON THE WEST BORDER OF CANTONMENT LIMITS THE ORIGINAL BUILDING, WHICH WAS BOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A COUNCIL HALL, IS SO SMALL A PART OF THE PRESENT HALL THAT THE PRESENT BUILDING MAY BE LOOKED UPON AS NEW.
ON THE GROUND FLOOR AT THE NORTH END AND STRETCHING ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR TO THE ROOF IS THE COUNCIL HALL, 80’ X 40’ AND 40’ HIGH. IT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY A GALLERY 6’ WIDE. THE COUNCIL HALL IS PAINTED IN WHITE PICKED OUT WITH GOLD AND THE PLANKED CEILING IS TREATED IN THE SAME WAY.
AT THE SOUTH END ARE THE TWO ROOMS, EACH 30’ X 20’ WITH AN ARCHWAY BETWEEN AND ENCLOSED ON THE OUTSIDE BY A CLOISTER 12’ WIDE. THESE ARE USED AS A PICTURE GALLERY AND CONTAIN NUMEROUS PORTRAITS CHIEFLY OF INDIAN PRINCES AND CHIEFS. OPPOSITE THE CENTER IS AN ENTRANCE HALL 17’ X 17’ BEYOND WHICH IS THE STAIRCASE.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR, OVER THE PICTURE ROOMS, ARE TWO SIMILAR ROOMS, ONE USED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE OTHER BY HIS SECRETARY. THESE, LIKE THE ROOMS BELOW THEM, ARE SURROUNDED BY CLOISTERS WITH OPEN STONE MULLIONED WINDOWS. THE HALL WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY MAJOR, NOW COLONEL, MELISS, THEN EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, POONA, AND WAS COMPLETED IN 1870, AT A COST OF (RS. 1,22,940) INCLUDING SOME SMALL OUTHOUSES, AND INCLUSIVE OF THE COST OF THE OLD BUILDING.
ROSE WINDOW IT IS A SYMBOL OF KNIGHTHOOD CONFERRED TO INDIAN PRINCES BY QUEEN VICTORIA AND WAS INDIANISED NOT TO HURT POLITICAL SENTIMENTS. THE TITLE WAS GIVEN TO THE BRITISH AS WELL AS INDIAN OFFICERS OR OTHER PEOPLE WHO SERVED FOR BRITIAN IN INDIATHE INSIGNIA WAS PARTICULARLY HANDSOME, AND THE PRINCES CONSORT IS OFTEN CLAIMED TO HAVE A HAND IN ITS DESIGN. THE LINKS WITH ROSES CLEARLY DERIVE FROM THE ORDERS OF GARTER AND ST. PATRICK. THESE ALTERNATE WITH LOTUS FLOWERS TO SYMBOLISE INDIA
22.3
13.2
6.79
NORTH PORCH
98.44 98.67 98.56 98.69 98.79 98.93 99.10 99.15 99.12 99.08 98.88 98.67
13.39
MAIN HALL WEST PORCH OPEN VERANDAH SOUTH STAIR BLOCK
WEST ELEVATION
988
998
15.97
13.02
10.06
4.02 4.87
98
9998.50 98.52 98.50 98.49 98.63 98.99
98.50BELVEDERENORTH PORCHADJACENT
OFFICSSTAIR BLOCKA.V ROOMCONNECTING
PASSAGE
NORTH ELEVATION
24.35
24.26
24.26
10.45
5.304.55
98
99
98.3998.4498.5398.6098.8898.8298.8999.10CONNECTING PASSAGE
SOUTH ELEVATION
SOUTH STAIR BLOCKVERANDAHBELVEDERE
2.44
2.11
0.87
0.571.24
KIMAYA . Ar. KIRAN KALAMDANI Ar. ANJALI KALAMDANI . C1, Shantiban, opp dalal laminates, Chinchwad, Pune. Phone no. 02027357514 . Email: [email protected]
THE CONCEPT …
COUNCIL HALL WAS BUILT IN 1870, IN A VICTORIAN ERA, WHEN MOST OF THE BUILDINGS IN CANTONMENT AREA WERE BUILT.
THIS BUILDING IS ONE OF THE FIRST TWO BRICK BUILDINGS BUILT DURING THAT TIME.
SINCE THE COUNCIL HALL BUILDING WAS BUILT, IT HAS GONE THROUGH LOT MANY CHANGES. THE STRUCTURE THAT WE SEE TODAY IS AN
OUTCOME OF VARIOUS ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS DONE AS PER REQUIREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURY
THE DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT ‘ KIMAYA’ PROPOSE TODAY, ARE CATERING TO THR MODERN NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF TODAY! YET, GIVING A SUBTLE TOUCH TO THE AGE AND ERA OF THIS VICTORIAN BUILDING..
DATA AND IMAGE SOURCE:
1.GAZETTEER OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, POONA, VOLUME 18 – PART 3, THE GOVERNMENT PHOTOZINCO GRAPHIC PRESS, POONA, 19922. PUNE – THE QUEEN OF DECCAN BY JAYMALA DIDDEE AND SAMITA GUPTA, PUBLISHED BY ELEPHANT DESIGN, PUNE, 2000
COUNCIL HALL, 1920’S
ABOUT THE BUILDING
• ITALIANATE COUNCIL HALL WAS COMPLETED IN 1870 BY AN ARMY ARCHITECT, MAJOR MELISS
• THIS VENETIAN GOTHIC BUILDING IS ONE OF THE TWO BRICK BUILDINGS OF THE TIME
• BUILDING WITH SQUARE CAMPANILE TOWER AND SET IN A LARGE GARDEN
• BUILDING STANDS AT AN IMPRESSIVE VANTAGE POINT ON IMPORTANT CROSSROADS
• ITS INCONGRUOUS OVAL EXTENSION IS A LATER ADDITION
• THERE IS A LARGE HALL, IT WAS MEANT FOR THE MEETINGS OF THE GOVERNOR – IN – COUNCIL, WHEN GOVERNMENT WAS IN PUNE FOR THE SEASON
• A BEAUTIFUL CIRCULAR WINDOW OF STAINED GLASS DEPICTS THE STAR OF INDIA
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
DISCRIPTION OF COUNCIL HALL IN THE GAZETTEER OF THE BOMBAY PRECIDENCY 1885
THE COUNCIL HALL, A LARGE TWO-STORIED BUILDING WITH A CENTRAL TOWER, IS ON THE WEST BORDER OF CANTONMENT LIMITS THE ORIGINAL BUILDING, WHICH WAS BOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A COUNCIL HALL, IS SO SMALL A PART OF THE PRESENT HALL THAT THE PRESENT BUILDING MAY BE LOOKED UPON AS NEW.
ON THE GROUND FLOOR AT THE NORTH END AND STRETCHING ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR TO THE ROOF IS THE COUNCIL HALL, 80’ X 40’ AND 40’ HIGH. IT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY A GALLERY 6’ WIDE. THE COUNCIL HALL IS PAINTED IN WHITE PICKED OUT WITH GOLD AND THE PLANKED CEILING IS TREATED IN THE SAME WAY.
AT THE SOUTH END ARE THE TWO ROOMS, EACH 30’ X 20’ WITH AN ARCHWAY BETWEEN AND ENCLOSED ON THE OUTSIDE BY A CLOISTER 12’ WIDE. THESE ARE USED AS A PICTURE GALLERY AND CONTAIN NUMEROUS PORTRAITS CHIEFLY OF INDIAN PRINCES AND CHIEFS. OPPOSITE THE CENTER IS AN ENTRANCE HALL 17’ X 17’ BEYOND WHICH IS THE STAIRCASE.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR, OVER THE PICTURE ROOMS, ARE TWO SIMILAR ROOMS, ONE USED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE OTHER BY HIS SECRETARY. THESE, LIKE THE ROOMS BELOW THEM, ARE SURROUNDED BY CLOISTERS WITH OPEN STONE MULLIONED WINDOWS. THE HALL WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY MAJOR, NOW COLONEL, MELISS, THEN EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, POONA, AND WAS COMPLETED IN 1870, AT A COST OF (RS. 1,22,940) INCLUDING SOME SMALL OUTHOUSES, AND INCLUSIVE OF THE COST OF THE OLD BUILDING.
ROSE WINDOW IT IS A SYMBOL OF KNIGHTHOOD CONFERRED TO INDIAN PRINCES BY QUEEN VICTORIA AND WAS INDIANISED NOT TO HURT POLITICAL SENTIMENTS. THE TITLE WAS GIVEN TO THE BRITISH AS WELL AS INDIAN OFFICERS OR OTHER PEOPLE WHO SERVED FOR BRITIAN IN INDIATHE INSIGNIA WAS PARTICULARLY HANDSOME, AND THE PRINCES CONSORT IS OFTEN CLAIMED TO HAVE A HAND IN ITS DESIGN. THE LINKS WITH ROSES CLEARLY DERIVE FROM THE ORDERS OF GARTER AND ST. PATRICK. THESE ALTERNATE WITH LOTUS FLOWERS TO SYMBOLISE INDIA
13.39
24.26
THE CONCEPT …
COUNCIL HALL WAS BUILT IN 1870, IN A VICTORIAN ERA, WHEN MOST OF THE BUILDINGS IN CANTONMENT AREA WERE BUILT.
THIS BUILDING IS ONE OF THE FIRST TWO BRICK BUILDINGS BUILT DURING THAT TIME.
SINCE THE COUNCIL HALL BUILDING WAS BUILT, IT HAS GONE THROUGH LOT MANY CHANGES. THE STRUCTURE THAT WE SEE TODAY IS AN
OUTCOME OF VARIOUS ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS DONE AS PER REQUIREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURY
THE DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT ‘ KIMAYA’ PROPOSE TODAY, ARE CATERING TO THR MODERN NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF TODAY! YET, GIVING A SUBTLE TOUCH TO THE AGE AND ERA OF THIS VICTORIAN BUILDING..
KIMAYA . Ar. KIRAN KALAMDANI Ar. ANJALI KALAMDANI . C1, Shantiban, opp dalal laminates, Chinchwad, Pune. Phone no. 02027357514 . Email: [email protected]
COUNCIL HALL,PUNE
VERANDAH & OFFICES
OFFICES
WATER SEEPAGE AT THE CORNER JUNCTION OF THE ROOF AND WALL
NEW MODERN AMENITIES LIKE AC DUCTING RUNS ALL ALONG THE BALCONY WHICH IS AFFECTING HISTORIC AMBIANCE OF THE HALL
PLAIN AND BLANK WHITE WALLS NEEDS PROPER REPLASTERING/ SURFACE FINISH
BROKEN STAINED GLASS PIECES TO BE REPAIRED AT FIRST FLOOR
RAILING TO BE RE PAINTED IN GOLDEN LEAF WORK
EXISTING FLOORING NEEDS TO CHANGED AS PER THE ORIGINAL
MAP SHOWING SEATING ARRANGEMENT IN MAIN CONFERENCE HALL AND MAIN ENTRY POINTS
PRIVATE CONFERENCE SEATING AREA
PRIVATE LOUNGE AREAGALLERY OF HISTORIC COLLECTION
VIEW OF THEPROPOSED FLOORING DETAILS
FLOORING PATTERN IN THE NORTH LOBBY AREA
FLOORING PATTERN IN THE CENTRAL PORTION
SECTION THROUGH MAIN CONFERENCE HALL
TRANSVERSE SECTION OF THE MAIN CONFERENCE HALL
FALSE CEILING
BALCONY
BLOW UP AC DUCTING DEATIL AT BALCONY LEVELTIMBER PANNELLING IS DONE AROUND THE AC DUCT WHICH CAN BE USED AS A SEATING, WHICH WILL BE SUSTAINED BY THE BALCONY FLOORTHE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES WILL BE MORE VISIBLE
AIR CONDITIONING OUTLET
AREA WHICH CAN BE USED AS SEATING
CLEAR HEIGHT10.36 m
FRONT FAÇADE ARCHITECTURAL ILLUMINATION
PLINTH PROTECTION AND ROAD SECTION
ARCHITECTURAL ILLUMINATION CAN BE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF THE HERITAGE BUILDING
PLINTH PROTECTION AND SPACE FOR EXTERNAL FAÇADE ARCHITECTURAL ILLUMINATION
FLOWER BED KEPT AWAY FROM THE EXTERNAL WALL TO AVOID WATER SEEPAGE
SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF COUNCIL HALL
ROAD SECTION FLOWER BED SUNK FOR DRAINAGE
FOOT PATHINFORMAL SEATING ALONG THE PATH
PLINTH PROTECTION FOR THE HERITAGE BUILDING
SECTION AT A – A
A VIEW OF THE MAIN CONFERENCE HALL AND INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS
PROBLEMS AT THE MAIN HALL CONDITION OF THE EXTERNAL FAÇADE OF THE BUILDING
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A
CONSERVATION OF COUNCIL HALL, PUNE
• THE FIRST SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MAHARASHTRA WAS HELD IN THESE PREMISES IN 1960,AND THE BUILDING HAS BEEN RESTORED TO COMMEMORATE THIS IMPORTANT EVENING
• OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THIS BUILDING HAS LOST ITS GRANDEUR AND CHARM AND DEGRADED TO A TYPICAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE.
• DUE TO VARIOUS IMPROMPTU ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS, LOW OCCUPANCY AND LACK OF PROPER PLANNING AND METHODS OF MAINTENANCE OF THE BEHALF OF THE P.W.D.
• THE BUILDING HAS BEEN RESTORED TO CORRECT THESE ACTIONS BRING BACK ITS OLD HERITAGE LOOK AND RETROFIT IT TO WITHSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
BEFORE:TARING DONE AS WATER PROOFINGINSPITE OF WHICH WATER SEEPS THROUGH THE ROOF AND CAUSES DAMAGE
AFTER :LEAD SHEET PLACED ON THE PARAPET TO AVOID WATER SEEPAGE:
BEFORE: THE STONE JOINRS HAVE BEEN PAINTED
AFTER :PAINT BEEN REMOVED SHOWING STONE JOINTS
BEFORE :DUE TO TARRING THERE IS NO SUFFICIENT PLINTH PROTECTION TO THE BUILDING
AFTER:TAR BEEN REMOVED TO GIVE A PLINTH PROTECTION AND PROPER DRAINAGE TO THE BUILDING SOTHAT WATER DOESN’T GET CLOGGED
BEFORE:THE COLOUR ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING HIDES THE MASONRY JOINTS
AFTER :PAINT BEEN REMOVED TO EXPOSE THE MASONRY OF THE BUILDING
BEFORE:
AFTER:
DISCOVERIES FOUND
VIEW OF THE FLOORING PATTERN
KIMAYA . Ar. KIRAN KALAMDANI Ar. ANJALI KALAMDANI . C1, Shantiban, opp dalal laminates, Chinchwad, Pune. Phone no. 02027357514 . Email: [email protected]
