Charles Correa

• Charles Correa was born on September 1, 1930 in

Secunderabad, Telangana.

• His buildings were celebrated for his sensitivity

to the needs of people and his use of traditional
methods and materials.
 Critical Regionalism is an approach to encounter the • Critical Regionalism is not just to replicate vernacular
lack of identity of International style, but also rejects architecture or traditional architecture but it seeks
the ornamentation approach of Postmodernism. answer through traditional or vernacular architecture in
modern context.
• Charles Correa’s approach to critical regionalism can be
defined in site planning principles, climatic consideration,
cultural context, appropriate use of local building materials.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
1. REJECTING THE USE OF GLASS INCREMENTALITY
Instead of relying on modern-day affordances like air- To give each unit its own site to allow for expansion
conditioning and heating, he sought to build so
‘form followed climate.’ naturally.
EQUITY (FAIRNESS)
2. BUILDING ‘OPEN TO SKY’ SPACES Yet, the footprint of each plan varies little in size Maintaining equity
(fairness) in the community.
His style was also focused on reintroducing outdoor
spaces and terraces .

3. USE OF SYMBOLISM AND VISUAL METAPHORS

4. VISION FOR LOW-COST HOUSING

 Tube House Kanchenjunga Apartments Bharat Bhavan Jawahar Kala Kendra

1962 1974 1982 1991

1963 1982 1983

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial CIDADE DE GOA Belapur housing

BHARAT BHAVAN
Built into a hillside which slopes down toward
a lake, a series of terraces and courtyards
comprise the complex.

Upon entering, the visitor has the choice of

following the path of terraces cascading down
to the lake, or descending to the three
courtyards which provide access to the
majority of the cultural facilities.
 KALA
KENDRA,
PANAJI,GOA
JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA.
CONCEPT:

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
3.Use of Symbolism and Visual Metaphors

The buildings explains beautifully the philosophy

of simplicity from the life of Gandhi.

• Correa’s buildings are frequently conceptually

driven. The Gandhi Smarak, a memorial museum
that houses the curated writings of Gandhi, consists
of a series of self-contained modular units and
pathways, that together represent the idealized
version of the Indian village, so central to the
Gandhian imagination.

• Correa’s designs, therefore, reinterpret ancient

Indian traditional knowledge, and cast
symbolism, in innovative forms.

Courtyards
Gandhi Smarak,