KANCHANJUNGA APARTMENTCharles Correa

Sustainable Interior Design

Naveen Jamal201110147

OVERVIEW▪ Introduction

▪ About Charles Correa

▪ Innovation

▪ Pathway Study

▪ Transparency

▪ Interiors & Views

INTRODUCTION▪ Architect: Charles Correa

▪ Location : Bombay, India

▪ Date: 1970 – 1983

▪ Building Type: Skyscraper multifamily housing

▪ Construction System: Concrete

▪ Climate: Hot

▪ Style: Modern

ABOUT CHARLES CORREA

▪ Indian architect, Urban planner and an activist.

▪ Born: September 1, 1930(Age 83)

▪ Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan

▪ Awards: Royal Gold Medal, 7th Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Gold Medal of UIA

ORIENTATION▪ In Mumbai, buildings are ideally orientated east-west to catch the

prevailing sea-breezes, and views out to the Arabian Sea on one side and the harbour on the other: the same directions as the hot afternoon sun and heavy monsoon rains.

▪ Old bungalows solved these problems by wrapping a protective layer of verandas

▪ Kanchanjunga apartments are located south-west.

ORIENTATION

INNOVATION▪ Interlock of four different apartment typologies varying from 3 to 6

bedrooms each.

▪ Smaller displacements of levels.

▪ Differentiated between the external earth filled terraces and the internal elevated living volumes.

▪ Effectively shield these high rise units from the effects of both the sun and monsoon rains.

▪ Achieved by providing the tower with relatively deep, garden verandas, suspended in the air.

INNOVATION

INNOVATION▪ 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.

INNOVATION

INNOVATION

MATERIALS & COLOURS▪ The garden terraces of Kanchanjunga

apartments are actually a modern interpretation of a feature of the traditional Indian bungalow; Veranda.

▪ In India and other Asian countries, one finds a predominance of reds and yellows.

PATHWAY STUDY

PATHWAY STUDY

TRANSPARENCY

INTERIORS & VIEWS

INTERIORS & VIEWS

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www.ctbuh.org/Events/Conferences/Mumbai2010/TechnicalTours/Mumbai2010Kanchanjunga/tabid/1497/language/en-US/Default.aspx

▪ http://www.archdaily.com/151844/ad-classics-kanchanjunga-apartments-charles-correa/

▪ http://identityhousing.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/charles-correa-kanchanjunga-apartments-cumballa-hill-mumbai-1970-1983/

▪ http://www.uncubemagazine.com/sixcms/detail.php?id=9567961&articleid=art-1370946457952-aad062d0-be7e-4217-bb28-3724f2b5eefd#!/page7

▪ http://thearchiblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/charles-correa-kanchenjunga-apartments/

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