Thesis : Oceanarium At Goa (India)

An oceanarium means underwater aquarium. It is like a natural theme park where one can see the marine creatures in their natural habitat. Many recreational activities can combine with the oceanarium to make it a complete recreational space for any age group. It is basically a salt-water aquarium for displaying marine animals & plants particularly oceanic, pelagic, fishes and mammals. It serves as a centre for public entertainment and education and scientific study. They are basically located in coastal areas. 

The oceanarium is basically an edutainment attraction and is designed for family recreation, offering both youngsters and adults the fun, excitement and enriching experience of the wonderful underwater world.

 The modern concept of the term oceanarium is a gigantic aquarium- an artificial ocean habitat with all kinds of marine creatures, especially large ocean dwellers such as sharks and dolphins. It can basically be called as a marine mammal park. It is a commercial theme park or aquarium where marine mammals such as dolphins, beluga whales and sea lions are kept within water tanks and displayed to the public in special shows.

It is an advance form of an aquarium, often located on the ocean or on a bay or river and features outdoor pools and aquatic environments that enable visitors to see large and small fish and other marine life from below the water surface. The underwater aquarium concept is a revolutionary concept in entertainment along with education which bases its drawing power on our natural human curiosity of other forms of animal life.

THE DESIGN OF THE OCEANARIUM AT PANJIM; GOA

The proposal of oceanarium has been given by the Goa government opposite the Miramar beach in Tiswadi taluka in north Goa the capital city of Panjim.

Goa is basically a place visited by a lot of tourists on a regular basis. An oceanarium is in itself an enormously educative and is a huge tourist attraction. Oceanariums, at places wherever they are built, attract mainly families, with children, as well as young people interested in science and environment. This is precisely the kind of tourism that Goa needs.

THE TOP VIEW OF THE OCEANARIUM SITE

GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF THE OCEANARIUM

FIRST FLOOR PLAN OF THE OCEANARIUM

THE 3-D VIEW OF THE COMPLETE OCEANARIUM

FRONT VIEW SKETCHUP OF THE OCEANARIUM

SECTION THROUGH THE A-A' ORIGIN OF THE BUILDING

SECTION THROUGH THE B-B' ORIGIN OF THE BUILDING

ISOMETRIC VIEW OF THE RENDERED SITE OF THE OCEANARIUM

SKETCH-UP OF THE SITE VIEW

SKETCH-UP OF THE SITE VIEW FROM THE ROAD

LINEAR VIEW OF THE BUILDING (FROM FRONT)

LINEAR VIEW OF THE BUILDING (FROM SIDE)

VIEW OF THE BUILDING SIDE BLOCK (NORTH)

SKETCH-UP VIEW OF THE BUILDING SIDE BLOCK (SOUTH)

SKETCH-UP VIEW OF THE MARINE RESTAURANT INTERIOR

PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE OCEANARIUM

PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE OCEANARIUM

PRESENTATIONS FOR THESIS

Along with the THESIS on designing and maintaining (with all the services included) of an OCEANARIUM, an ADVANCE STUDY on TECHNIQUES OF DISPLAY OF MARINE LIFE has also been carried out.