INTRODUCTION

BORN IN HYDERABAD, INDIA IN 1930.

STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

MICHIGAN AND MASSACHUSETTS

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

WORK IN INDIA- DEVELOPMENT.

UNDERSTANDING AND ADAPTATION OF

MODERNISM TO NON WESTERN

CULTURE

ATTEMPT TO EXPLORE A LOCAL

VERNACULAR WITH IN A MODERN

ENVIRONMENT.

‘OPEN TO SKY SPACE’ PERVASIVE

THEME IN HIS ARCHITECTURE.

ACHIEVEMENTS

PIONEER IN DESIGNING LOW COST

HOUSES.

IN 1984, HE FOUNDED THE URBAN

DESIGN RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN

BOMBAY- WHICH TO THIS DAY IS

DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION OF THE

BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND

IMPROVEMENT OF URBAN

COMMUNITIES.

AWARDS –

AN INTERNATIONAL LECTURER AND

TRAVELLER, AWARDED THE RIBA ROYAL

GOLD MEDAL IN 1984,

THE AALTO MEDAL,

UIA GOLD MEDAL IN 1990,

AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE,

PREMIUM IMPERIAL OF JAPAN,

PADMA SHREE IN 1972,

PADMA VIBHUSHAN IN 2006

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OPEN TO SKY

CONCEPT0

CAN MAKE A DECISIVE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN LIVABLE HABITAT AND

CLAUSTROPHOBIA.

PARTICULARLY FOR LOW INCOME

GROUPS.

EVEN IN REASONABLE DENSE

HOUSING , INDIVIDUAL TERRACE /

GARDENS CAN BE GIVEN.

NOT ONLY IMPROVES LIVING

CONDITION, BUT ALSO HAS ECONOMIC

VALUE IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY

LIKE INDIA.

THESE PRINCIPLES WERE ALSO

APPLIED TO HIGH – RISE BUILDING IN

MUMBAI.

PHILOSOPHIES

FEW PHILOSOPHIES IN HIS

VAST BODY OF WORK:

• INCREMENTALLY

• PLURALISM

• PARTICIPATION

• INCOME GENERATION

• EQUITY

• OPEN-TO-SKY SPACE

• DISAGGREGATION.

-SHADY INNER COURTYARDS AND HUGE

ARBORES.

(E.G. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF

ELECTRONICS CORPORATION OF INDIA ECIL,

1965 -68, IN HYDERABAD)

-CORREA WORKS INTENSIVELY ON THE

CONCEPTION OF CITY DISTRICTS AND

WHOLE CITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR

FAMILIES WITH A LOW INCOME.

-CORREA REJECTS THE ANONYMOUS HIGH-

RISE HOUSING SCHEMES IN FAVORS OF

LOWER, CLEVERLY DESIGNED COMPLEX

SPLIT-LEVEL HOUSES ALLOW FOR

INTENSIFIED UTILIZATION OF SPACE AT THE

SAME TIME.

-SHOWS NEW WAYS TO COUNTRIES WITH

INCREASING DENSITY OF POPULATION.

EXPERINCES

•1955-1958 PARTNER WITH G.M. BHUTA ASSOCIATES •1964-1965 PREPARED

MASTER PLAN PROPOSING TWIN CITY ACROSS THE HARBOR FROM BOMBAY.

•1969-1971 INVITED BY THE GOVT. OF PERU

•1971-1975 CHIEF ARCHITECT TO CIDCO

•1975-1976 CONSULTANT TO UN SECRETORY-GENERAL FOR HABITAT

CONCLUSION FROM HIS

PHILOSOPHIES

•CHARLES CORREA THUS BELIEVES THAT ARCHITECTURE IS

NOT JUST A REINFORCEMENT OF EXISTING VALUES BUT SOCIAL,

POLITICAL AND ECONOMICAL.

•ARCHITECTURE VARIES DEPENDING UPON THE NEEDS OF THE

INHABITANTS AS WELL AS POPULATION DENSITY.

•CLIMATIC CONDITIONS HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE

TECHNICAL DESIGN OF HIS BUILDINGS , THUS SHOULD

BEACCORDINGLY DESIGNED.

SOME OF HIS WORKS

NAMRATA JINDAL

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KANCHENJUNGA APARTMENTS:

THE 32 LUXURY APARTMENTS ARE LOCATED SOUTH-WEST MUMBAI. THE

KANCHANJUNGA APARTMENTS ARE A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE PRESENT

CULTURE, THE ESCALATING URBANIZATION, AND THE CLIMATIC

CONDITIONS FOR THE REGION. THEY PAY HOMAGE TO THE VERNACULAR

ARCHITECTURE.

IN MUMBAI, A BUILDING HAS TO BE ORIENTED EAST-WEST TO CATCH

PREVAILING SEA BREEZES AND TO OPEN UP THE BEST VIEWS OF THE

CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE ARE ALSO THE DIRECTIONS OF THE HOT

SUN AND THE HEAVY MONSOON RAINS. THE OLD BUNGALOWS SOLVED

THESE PROBLEMS BY WRAPPING A PROTECTIVE LAYER OF VERANDAS

AROUND THE MAIN LIVING AREAS, THUS PROVIDING THE OCCUPANTS

WITH TWO LINES OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE ELEMENTS.

THE BUILDING IS A 32 STORY

REINFORCED CONCRETE

STRUCTURE WITH 6.3M

CANTILEVERED OPEN

TERRACES. THE CENTRAL

CORE IS COMPOSED OF LIFTS

AND PROVIDES THE 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

ABOUT ARCHITECT

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JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA IS AN ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTRE

LOCATED IN THE CITY OF JAIPUR.

THE CENTRE IS IMPORTANT NOT BECAUSE OF THE NOMENCLATURE

BUT ITS CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY OF JAIPUR ITSELF.

THE CENTRE WAS BUILT IN THE YEAR 1986 AND THE CONSTRUCTION

COMPLETED IN 1991.

THE CENTRE WAS LAUNCHED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO

PROVIDE SPACE TO THE CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES OF INDIA

AND DISPLAY THE RICH CRAFT HERITAGE.

THE CENTRE IS DEDICATED TO THE LATE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU.

THE CENTRE HAS BEEN MADE IN THE NINE BLOCKS HOUSING

MUSEUMS,THEATRES, LIBRARY, ART DISPLAY

ROOM,CAFETERIA,ADMINISTATION AND STUDIO

EACH UNIT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER WITH THE USE OF

DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND THE PRESENCE, EACH OF THE PLANETS

IS EXPRESSED BY ITS TRADITIONAL SYMBOL INLAID IN WHITE

MARBLE

A VIEW AT ENTRANCE LEVEL

MAP OF JAIPUR AS

PRECEDENT

DEFINED SPACE

ACCORDING TO USAGE TYPICAL PLAN

SITE LOCATION

SKETCH VIEW OF ENTRANCE FACADE

RESPONSE TO CLIMATE -MATERIAL: RED SANDSTONE AND WHITE

MARBLE

-VASTU SYMBOLS ON FACADE OF EACH UNIT

-SMALL PUNCTURES ON WALLS FOR

VENTILATION

-LIGHT SHAFTS HAVE STEP PROFILES WITH

MARBLE CAPPING

-SMALLER OPENINGS

-LIGHT SHAFTS AT CORNER OF EACH UNIT

-CENTRAL COURTYARD TO BRING IN LIGHT

AND AIR.

ARCHITECT :CHARLES CORREA

CONSTRUCTION TIME :6YEARS

CONSTRUCTED BY :PWD

SITE AREA :9.5 ACRES

CONCEPT THE CENTRE IS AN ANALOGUE OF THE ORIGINAL CITY PIAN OF JAIPUR DRAWN

UP BY THE MAHARAJA, A SCHOLAR, MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER, JAI

SINGH THE SECOND, IN THE MID-17TH CENTURY.

HIS CITY PLAN, GUIDED BY THE SHIPLA SHASTRAS, WAS BASED ON THE ANCIENT

VEDIC MADALA OF NINE SQUARES OR HOUSES WHICH REPRESENT THE NINE

PLANETS (INCLUDING TWO IMAGINARY ONES KETU AND RAHU).

DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A HILL ONE OF THE SQUARES WAS TRANSPOSED TO

THE EAST AND TWO OF THE SQUARES WERE AMALGAMATED TO HOUSE THE

PALACE.

THE PLAN OF JAIPUR CITY IS BASED ON NINE SQUARE YANTRA IN WHICH ONE SQUARE

IS DISPLACED AND TWO CENTRAL SQUARES ARE COMBINED

FACILITES •LIBRARY

•PRINT MAKING STUDIO

•SCULPTURE STUDIO

•ALANKAR MUSEUM

•SUDERSHAN TERRACOTTA GALLERY

•CHATURDIK GALLERY, RUNNING WALL SPACE 48.5 FT.

•SUKRITI GALLERY, RUNNING WALL SPACE 160 FT.

•SUREKH GALLERY, RUNNING WALL SPACE 160 FT.

•PARIJAT-1 GALLERY RUNNING WALL SPACE 60 FT.

•PARIJAT-2 GALLERY RUNNING WALL SPACE 88 FT.

•SATKAR CAFETERIA

•GUEST AND DOMIATORY

•MADHYAVARTI OPEN THEATRE

•RANGAYAN AND KRISHNAYAN DIRECTOR THEATRE

•SHILPGRAM

CORREA'S PLAN FOR THE KENDRA INVOKES DIRECTLY THE ORIGINAL NAVAGRAHA OR NINE

HOUSE MANDALA.

ONE OF THE SQUARES IS PIVOTED TO RECALL THE ORIGINAL CITY PLAN AND ALSO TO CREATE

THE ENTRANCE.

THE PLAN OF JAIPUR CITY BASED ON THE NINE SQUARE YANTRA IN WHICH ONE SQUARE IS

DISPLACED AND TWO CENTRAL SQUARES COMBINED. THE SQUARES IS DEFINED BY 8M HIGH

WALL, SYMBOLIC OF THE FORTIFICATION WALL ALONG THE JAIPUR OLD CITY

THIS IS AN INTERIOR SHOT

THAT SHOWS A CEILING WHICH

DEPICTS

RIVERS,MOUNTAINS,ANIMALS

AND VEGETATION IN A

TRADITIONAL INDIAN

COSMOLOGY. IT SHOWS HOW

WELL CORREA HAS BEEN ABLE

TO MELD THE TRADITIONAL

WITH THE CONTEMPORARY

AMPHITHEATRE

CENTRAL

COURTYARD

A VOLUMETRIC

MODEL EACH’S

DIMENSION IS

30X30X8 M

PERGOLA

OPENINGS

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