GROUP NUMBER: 10
NAME OF THE GROUP COORDINATOR: G Pavitra Sai
CONTACT NUMBER AND NAME: 8431863610
A. DESCRIPTION
I. Name of the Study Location
- Humayun's tomb
II. Building Typology
- Royal Mausoleum (Tomb) of MUGHAL EMPEROR HUMAYUN
III. Chronology and Patron
- 16th Century | Mughal Empire
IV. Building Purpose / Function
1. Intended Function : Tomb
2. Present Function : World Heritage site
3. Causative Force: Tomb for Mughal emperor Humayun.
4. Form: Row houses with Courtyards for each units with pitched roofs.
V. Basic Architecture
1. Height | Floors – 47m(154ft) | 02 - 03 Floors
2. Front – m
3. Depth – m
4. Width of plinth –91m (299ft)
5. Geometry –radially symmetrical
VI. Architectural Elements, ornamental and Feature
1. Char Bagh layout (216000sq m)-square nine fold plan.
2. Octagonal chambers at the diagonal-It is square in design.
3. Has decorative corbel brackets, balconies, decoration, kiosks or cchhatris.
4. Arches on its sides opening into small rooms.
5. Roof surmounted by double dome (two shells) with marble and pillared chhatris placed
around it.
6. Arab script- the small side door to the Tomb.
7. Beautiful ceiling with windows and ornaments are there for the ornamentation.
VII. Material Used & Colour Palettes
1. Core Construction - Stone and wood wooden skeleton is filled with stone or mud
masonry
2. Finishing Materials - Red sandstone and white marble.
3. Exterior - Stone and Wood.
Highly carved wooden façade
• Roofing
• Interiors
• Flooring
VIII. Structural Features
1. Structure Type -Load bearing walls and post-beam construction
2. B. LOCAL NAMES/TERMINOLOGY
3. C. ORTHOGRAPHIC DETAILS
4. D. HIERARCHY of SPACES
5. E. SPATIAL ANALYSIS
I. Space Allocation
Pols are dense housing clusters comprising of families belonging to a particular caste or guild. The
word Pol is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘pratoli’ meaning gate or entrance to an enclosed space.
1. Neighbourhood Level :
• The Streets can be compared to a doubly loaded corridor with contiguous row
housing flanking on either sides of the main axis of the street with a restricted
singular access.
2. Unit Level :
II. Space Distribution
1. The plan satisfies radial symmetry and even appears quite balanced at a glance.
2. In the centre is the tomb hall with corridors, entrances and sub-entrances at sides and
corners respectively.
3. The entire monument even hosts eminent staircases for traverse between different
levels.
4. The private spaces are at the centre of the building to reserve public space to the
exterior of the building.
5. The 4 corners of the monument’s plan are the base of its minarets.
III. Anthropology
1. The figure on the left is superimposed with a rectangle of dimensions 1800 mm and
750 mm which is space required for an average person.
2. The grid is positioned with reference to the central tomb.
3. The whole plan of the monument can be
seen in a square grid consisting of 1008
cells.(48x21)
4. Each cell has a dimension of 1800mm
by 750mm.
5. The central tomb area can
approximately fit 44 cells.
6. The entrance chambers at each side of
the tomb hall occupy approx 15 cells
each.
7. Each corridor is roughly 1 cell wide i.e.
1800mm.
IV. Solid Void Ratio
1. Plan : The approximate area of the ground floor is 50 sq. m.
• Central tomb hall – 5 %
• Entrance chambers at 4 sides – 2 % each(x4)
• Circular unbuilt area of minarets at 4 corners – 2% each(x4)
Section : The frontal volume is lower than the rear volume
6. F. DESIGN ANALYSIS
