CHARLES CORREA Architecture is sculpture with the gesture of human occupation Certainly architectureis concernedwithmuchmorethanjust itsphysical attributes. It is a many-layered thing. Beneath and beyond thestrata of function and structure, materials and teture, lie the deepestand most compulsi!e layers of all CharlesCorreawasanarchitect, anurbanplanner, anactivistandatheoretician.He was the face of modern architecture in India. r. Correapla!ed a de"nin# role in developin# architecture of post$IndependenceIndia and has desi#ned some of the most outstandin# structures.He is%nownfor adaptin#odernist tenets tolocal climates andbuildin#st!les.In the realm of urban plannin#, he is particularl! noted for his sensitivit!to the needs of the urban poor and for his use of traditional methods andmaterials.He was de"ned as a lateral thin%er and pioneer, desi#ned his pro&ectsunderpinnin# culture, vernacular content without overloo%in# the user'sneeds as well as cost and ener#! e(ciencies.Correa was born in H!derabad in )*+,. He studied architecture at the-niversit! of ichi#an and at the assachusetts Institute of .echnolo#!/I.0, before returnin# to India to set up his own practice in )*12.Correa'searl!wor%combined traditional architectural values3i.e.,thecolonial bun#alow, traditional s!mmetrical space3withtheodernistuseof materialse4empli"edb!"#uressuchas LeCorbusier, LouisI.5ahn, and 6uc%minster 7uller. In particular, Correa was in8uenced b! LeCorbusier'suseofstri%in#concreteforms..heimportanceofthesitewas a constant in Correa's approach. Complementin#theIndianlandscape, hewor%edonanor#anicandtopo#raphic scaleinearl!commissions suchas his 9andhi Smara%San#rahala!a /)*12:;+0 in Ahmedabad at the a#e of &ust elhi. Considerations of theIndianclimate also drove man! of Correa's decisions. 7or residentialcommissions, hedevelopedthe?tubehouse,@ anarrowhouseformdesi#ned to conserve ener#!. .his form was realiAed in the Ram%rishnaHouse /)*;esi#nResearchInstitute, providin#aforumfor interactionbetweenarchitects, urban desi#ners and other professionals. He wasnamed JIndiaIs #reatest architectJ the same !ear, when he was awardedthe Ro!al 9old edal b! the Ro!al Institute of 6ritish Architects. He alsocompleted housin#pro&ectsin>elhi, Ahmedabad, 6an#alore, while hismost recent desi#ns include .orontoIs Ismaili Centreand the 6rainScience Centre at his alma mater I..In)**,hebecamethethirdrecipient of the9oldedal fromtheInternational -nion of Architects, while his man! other accolades includethe A#a 5han Award for Architecture /)**20 , FapanIs =raemiumImperialepriAeforarchitecture/)**B0, =admaShree/)*C