Name & Location: Freedom Park – Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Cost of Project (INR): Complete Project: ₹10 Crores ,Hospital Block: ₹2 Crores

Built-up Area: Gross Floor Area of Park: 3800 sqm ,Hospital Block: 1200 sqm
(In case of Public Building, minimum built-up area should be 1000 sqm)

Description of Project:

Amongst many restorations at the Freedom Park (converted from the old Central Prison of Bangalore), the old hospital block stands as the most recently completed and is slated for adaptive reuse as a place for the literary and book-loving citizen.

The central tower space converts into a book exhibition space flanked by the outdoor trapezoidal book-reading courtyard, a map room (for detail memorabilia on the park), and an educative coffee bar on the roof slab.

The old shell is kept intact and the insertion of a mezzanine and the trapezoidal plate are the means by which a multivalent space is made available for the public

Materials of Construction Details:

The old walls are re-plastered over wall-strengthening measures and retain coloring that was originally Gopi plaster finish.

The new inserts are both materially, constructionally, and by visual recall, a contrast to the old — steel, crisp stone-edged, blue ‘markers’.

Special Features:

The new roof is reminiscent of the old red tiled pitched roof of yore, but creates a dynamic, shifting new skyline. It makes its presence as an ‘insert’ over the old shell, evident by its hovering form that does not touch the old but separates from it.