He is Indian architect and urban planner. Born :1st
September,1930 in Secunderabad , India. Greatly influenced by
Buckminster Fueller & Le Corbusier for the use of striking
concrete forms. He is known for the sensitivity to the need of
urban poor & for his use of traditional methods &
materials. Develop new forms of modernism appropriate to Indian
culture, producing designs that reflect a sensitive understanding
of local climate and living patterns.
SUBMITTED BY : KANCHAN SINGH ABHISHEK BHARTI
worked on an organic & topographic scale like mahatma Gandhi
memorial museum, Ahmadabad & handloom pavilion, Delhi. For
residential, he designed tube house, a narrow house form designed
to conserve energy . Can be seen in ramkrishna & parekh house,
ahmedabad , kanchanjunga appt. , bombay, etc. also in response to
climate, he employed large oversailing shade, seen in engineering
consultant india limited complex, hyderabad. After that he began
his career as urban planner creating new Bombay (navi Mumbai). He
designed low rise building avoiding high rise building in
combination with common space & facilities, emphasized human
scale. His later work include : jawahar kala kendra, jaipur ;surya
kund, delhi.
Common themes in the design of Charles Correa are efficient use
of precious space, careful attention to natural ventilation, and
comfortable accommodation to crowded life styles. View of
buildings, showing social and circulation spaces The area per
family is very small but must provide a room, cooking area, and
bathroom.
LOCATION : the Gandhi Memorial Centre , Ahmadabad. BUILDING TYPE
: A study centre & museum on the site of ashram where Mahatma
Gandhi lived in 1917-30.
CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM : tiled roof, brick walls, stone floor,
& wooden doors with rcc frame, exemplifies Correa's
transformation of modern architecture in relation to local building
traditions. No glass windows are used in building ; Light and
ventilation by operable wooden louvers.
PHILOSOPHY :Successfully shows the life of Gandhi ji. Low cost
Material Contemporary architecture Open spaces
WATER COURT
MEETING
PHOTOGRAPHS & PAINTINGS
ENCLOSED
LETTERS
OFFICE
PRAYER PLATFORM ENTRANCE COURTYARD SEMI-ENCLOSED
SABARMATI RIVER
ENCLOSED UNITS
COURTYARD
SEMI-ENCLOSED
SPACES Five interior rooms with 6 msq. area contain the
collection of the museum. Rooms are enclosed by brick walls &
wooden louvered screens. Ashram houses a museum, library,
auditorium and photo galleries. Correa uses a network of
interconnected opento-sky spaces landscaped in different themes, to
recreate the Gandhian ideal of a selfsufficient village community.
Correas use of natural light in conjunction with semi-open
spaces.
INTERIOR VIEW
VIEW OF COURTS
CONSTRUCTION museum uses simple but delicately detailed post and
beam structure. Load bearing brick columns support concrete
channels, which are both support the wooden roof and direct
rainwater. The foundation is concrete & is raised about a foot
from ground. structure was monumental & archetype. Wooden
doors, stone floors, ceramic tile roofs, and brick columns were
used. Designed with modular pavilions grouped asymmetrically around
a central water court in a manner analogous to an Indian village.
Some pavilions are open & others closed, with wooden-louvred
unglazed openings. The pyramidal roofs reflect the traditional
overhead canopy of the chatri. Building is climatically sound &
energy-efficient, uses low-cost material & finishes.
MUSEUM
WATER COURT
LOCATION : Cumballa Hill in Bombay. CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM :
concrete. STYLE : modern architecture. BUILDING TYPE : skyscraper
multifamily
housing, apartment tower with 27 floors & 85m height.
PLAN : square, 21m x 21m.
32 luxury aptts. of 4 types located south-west. varying bedroom
with larger flats formed by addition of another half level. cuboid
tower with cross ventilation.
CONCEPT : Verandah/buffer zone around
main living space converted into a garden and becomes the main
ordering element.
SITE PLAN
The central core is composed of lifts & provides main
structural element for resisting lateral loads. The central core
was constructed ahead of the main structure by slip method of
construction. This technique was used for the first time in India
for a multistory building. the garden terraces of the Kanchanjunga
Apartments are actually a modern interpretation of a feature of the
traditional Indian bungalow: the veranda.
Service core
2 floor height Terrace gardens at corners. Service core in the
centre constructed first.
Terrace gardens
Section shows continuous variation in internal space as
expressed in elevations formed by shear walls on north south faces
of building. Along east west faces unit is protected by verandahs,
bathrooms, & large terrace garden which forms the focus of
whole apartment.
Due to orientation of tower there is continuous cross
ventilation specially on terrace garden, throughout the year.
LOCATION : outer circle, Connaught Place. 12 storied building
with area 63000 sqm. 2 lower floors - Shopping deck &
Restaurants 10 Upper floors- Offices in 2 wings with pergola
connecting the two as seen on faade. Height 45m. BUILDING TYPE :
high rise building.
MATERIAL : Red Sandstone cladding on the external walls
Faade-Glass
PERGOLA Acts as gateway to building. Connects office wings. It
is 98 m long. Space frame supported by piers at either ends and a
column in the centrePERGOLA
A massive space frame structure to define the entrance space.
There is a large flight of steps on the front side, further
emphasizing the monumental scale of the building. 12 story whose
faceted glass surface reflects the buildings and trees around CP.
It is a stone & mirror glass building under a steel framed
parasol standing on a podium.
LOCATION : Ahmadabad CONCEPT : Based on the tube house prototype
with furtherexploration in terms of summer and winter sections.
PLAN : consists of three bays: summer section in the
centreflanked by the winter section and the service core on either
sides. SUMMER SECTION: Pyramidical Central interior space closing
off the sky, minimizing heat input,usable for hot summer afternoons
WINTER SECTION : Inverted Pyramidical space opening to the sky and
usable in cold season and summer evenings. North facing and east
west orientation along its major axis
MATERIALS : Brick load bearing walls Concrete slabs. Pergola
covered terrace.
Two pyramidal sections from housing types developed for
Cablenagar Summer section to be used during daytime; protects
interior from heat Winter section to be used in early mornings and
evenings; opens up the terraces to the sky Since site faces
east-west, house consists of 3 bays Summer section sandwiched
between winter section and service bay (for circulation, kitchen
and toilets) Bearing walls made brick .