CHARLES MARK

CORREA
Presented by:
Sai Seetal (67)
Sneha Sarkar (42)
 ABOUT
BORN : 1 September 1930,
Secunderabad, India.
DIED : 16 June 2015, Mumbai, India.
NATIONALITY : Indian
OCCUPATION: Architect, urban
planner and activist
 EDUCATION
1946 – 1948 : St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
1949 – 1953 : B.Arch, University of Michigan, Michigan
1953 – 1955 : M.Arch, Massachusetts Institue of Technology,
Boston
In 1958 he established his own Mumbai based professional
practice.
 CAREER
• Correa’s first important project was "Mahatma Gandhi Sangrahalaya"
(Mahatma Gandhi Memorial) at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad (1958–
1963)

• From 1970–75, he was Chief Architect for New Bombay (Navi Mumbai), an
urban growth center of 2 million people across the harbour from the
existing city of Mumbai, here along with Shirish Patel and Pravina Mehta he
was involved in extensive urban planning of the new city .

• In 1985, Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi appointed him Chairman of the

National Commission on Urbanization.
• In 1984, he founded the Urban Design Research Institute in Bombay,
dedicated to the protection of the built environment and improvement of
urban communities.

• From 2005 until his 2008 resignation Correa was the Chairman of the Delhi
Urban Arts Commission.

• In 2013, the Royal Institute of British Architects held an retrospective

exhibition, "Charles Correa – India's Greatest Architect", about the influences
his work on modern urban Indian architecture.

• During the final four decades of his life, Correa has done pioneering work in
urban issues and low-cost shelter in the Third World.
 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
• Correa was a major figure in contemporary architecture around the
world.

• Correa’s work in india shows a careful development, understanding and

adaptation of modernism, to a non-western culture.

• Rooted both in modernism and the rich traditions of people, place and
climate, Correa has played a pivotal role in the creation of an
architecture and urbanism for post-war India.

• He was celebrated for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban poor and
for his use of traditional methods and materials.
 FAMOUS PROJECTS
ISMAILI CENTRE, TORONTO - 2014
Charles Correa's last work is an architectural
interpretation of Islam, taking the Polar
North route, its shortest path, to face Mecca.

OUR LADY OF SALVATION CHURCH,

MUMBAI - 1974
With a flamboyant mural by MF Husain,
Correa used concrete shells to flood the space
with a sacred light.
 GANDHI SMARAK SANGRAHALAYA
It is at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
This memorial to the Mahatma is a museum
and research centre where scholars come to
study his letters, books and photographs.

KANCHENJUNGA APPARTMENTS
Today one of top luxury apartment blocks
in India, the minimalist Kanchenjunga was
used by Correa to open up to the sea
breezes. Kanchenjunga uses balconies to
model the old style verandas of sea facing
bungalows as a mode of protection from
sun and rain lashings.
 JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA, JAIPUR - 1993
Merging the mystic power of the navagrahas and
the modernity of science, and built to mirror the
structure of the city itself, an example of how
Correa's buildings have always moved to context.

NATIONAL CRAFT MUSEUM,DELHI-1990

Correa conceived it as a village street, cohesive
and co-dependent and building to the scale of
an average Indian village.
 AWARDS
1972 : Padma Shri
1984 : Gold Medal, Royal Institute Of British Architects
1987 : Gold Medal – Indian Institute Of Architects
1994 : The Premium Imperial From Japan Society Of Art
1998 : Aga Khan Award For Vidhan Sabha , Bhopal
2006 : Padma Vibhushan