VICTORIA TERMINUS, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai

BRITISH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE- BOMBAY

1. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY VICTORIA TERMINUS, BOMBAY CHATRAPATHI SHIVAJI TERMINUS

2. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY THE BUILDING EXHIBITS A FUSION OF INFLUENCES FROM VICTORIAN ITALIANATE GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE AND TRADITIONAL INDIAN ARCHITECTURE.

3. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY ABOUT : LOCATION : MUMBAI ( Formerly BOMBAY ) , MAHARASHTRA , INDIA. CONSTUCTION : CST IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF 19th CENTURY. completed in the year 1887. TYPE : INFLUENCES FROM VICTORIAN ITALINATE REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE,AND FROM INDIAN TRADITIONAL BUILDING AND GOTHIC ART. ARCHITECT : FREDERICK WILLIAM STEVENS . 2004 CST MARKED WORLD HERITAGE SITE

4. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF LATE 19TH CENTURY RAILWAY ARCHITECTURE IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, CHARACTERIZED BY VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL AND TRADITIONAL INDIAN FEATURES, AS WELL AS ITS ADVANCED STRUCTURAL AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS. CST BECAME THE SYMBOL OF BOMBAY AS THE ‘GOTHIC CITY’ AND THE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL MERCANTILE PORT OF INDIA. THE TERMINAL WAS BUILT OVER TEN YEARS STARTING IN 1878 ACCORDING TO A HIGH VICTORIAN GOTHIC DESIGN BASED ON LATE MEDIEVAL ITALIAN MODELS. ITS REMARKABLE STONE DOME, TURRETS, POINTED ARCHES, AND ECCENTRIC GROUND PLAN ARE CLOSE TO TRADITIONAL INDIAN PALACE ARCHITECTURE. IT IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE MEETING OF TWO CULTURES AS BRITISH ARCHITECTS WORKED WITH INDIAN CRAFTSMEN TO INCLUDE INDIAN ARCHITECTURAL TRADITION AND IDIOMS FORGING A NEW STYLE UNIQUE TO BOMBAY.

5. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY CST ( FORMERLY VICTORIA TERMINUS )

6. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY PLAN THE CENTRALLY DOMED OFFICE STRUCTURE HAS A 330 FEET LONG PLATFORM CONNECTED TO A 1,200 FEET LONG TRAIN SHED, AND ITS OUTLINE PROVIDES THE SKELETON PLAN FOR BUILDING. THE HALL IS 82 FT. IN LENGTH X BY 76 FT. IN WIDTH, AND 42 FT. IN HEIGHT THE BUILDINGS OVERLOOKA GARDEN, WHICH IS TASTEFULLY LAID OUT.

7. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY ORNAMENTATIONS OF THIS BUILDINGCREATES AN INTERESTING SKYLINE WHICHOPTIMIZES THE GOTHIC REVIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE. THE HEIGHT TOWIDTH RATIO WILL BE EQUAL SERIES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARCHES AT EACH FLOOR WITH HIGHLY DECORATED STONE CARVING SECTION

8. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY VT STATION IN A COMBINATION OF BRICK AND STONE, DESIGNING ELABORATELY EVERY DETAIL AND CREATING AN AMBITIOUS MONUMENT, WHICH WAS FAVOURABLY COMPARED WITH ANY EDIFICE IN BRITAIN. THE MAIN STRUCTURE IS BUILT FROM A BLEND OF INDIA SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE, WHILE HIGHQUALITY ITALIAN MARBLE WAS USED FOR THE KEY DECORATIVE ELEMENTS. THE MAIN INTERIORS ARE ALSO DECORATED WITH ITALIAN MARBLE AND POLISHED INDIAN BLUE STONE. INTERNALLY , THE CEILING OF THE BOOKING HALL WAS ORIGINALLY PAINTED BLUE, GOLD AND STRONG RED ON A GROUND OF RICH BLUE WITH GOLD STARS. ITS WALLS WERE LINED WITH GLAZED TILES

9. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE BRITISH-INDIAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE BOMBAY THANK YOU