“Certainly architecture is concerned

with much more than just its physical

attributes. It is a many-layered thing.
Beneath and beyond the strata of
function and structure, materials and
texture, lie the deepest and most
compulsive layers of all”

CHARLES CORREA
BORN:1 SEPT 1930
DIED:16 JUNE 2015
CHARLES CORREA
*Famous Indian architect Charles Correa was born on September 1,
1930 in Secunderabad, Telangana.

*This well known architect and urban planner was famous for
applying modernist design principles of contemporary times to local
climates and building styles.

EDUCATION

1946-1948:Inter Science St.Xavier’s college,university of Bombay

1949-1953:B.Arch , University of Michigan

1953-1955:M.Arch.,Massachussets institute of technology

CHARCTERISTICS OF WORK

*The initial works of Charles Correa had a traditional touch in them.

*He tried to blend local cultural values in architecture.

*He always designed buildings complementing the context and landscapes of India.

*Correa did not go for high rise buildings to solve the housing problems, instead he
adopted low-rise solutions and emphasized on human scale.

*He created spaces in combination with all necessary facilities and generated a
sense of community among all his urban projects.

*He introduced courtyards in his high rise residential towers thus providing ideal
living conditions at such heights as well.
CHARCTERISTICS OF WORK
*Traditional symmetrical spaces.

*Modernist use of materials.

*Exemplary concrete forms and sensitivity towards site.

*Great promoter of passive techniques in architecture.

*Discouraged the use of mechanical methods for heating or cooling the buildings.

*For cooling , Correa preferred,

• smart shading
• intelligent use of building orientation
• controlled breeze and methods to enhance heat absorption abilities of masonry

“USING A HOUSE IN A NOMADIC WAY”

LOW INCOME HOUSING – KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYASIA

• MAIN IDEA OF THIS LOW INCOME HOUSING IS AFFORDABLE

FOR THE POORER SECTION OF THEIR URBAN POPULATION.
• THIS COMPLEX CONSISTS OF THREE STORIED CLUSTER HOUSING
AND EACH CLUSTER HAD SIX HOUSES.
• BASIC HOUSE UNIT OF 68 SQ M LARGE AND IS PROVIDE A
LIVING ROOM, TWO BED ROOM, KITCHEN AND BATH ROOM.
WHEN LOOKING AT OVERALL DESIGN LAYOUT.

• CLUSTER AROUND COMMUNITY SPACE ( OPEN

COURTYARD)

• SIMPLE AND ECONOMICAL BUILT FORM OF THREE

DIFFERENT HEIGHT

• POSITION OF FRONT DOORS AND STAIRCASES

DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITY SPACE

• BETWEEN CLUSTER PROVIDING GREEN AREA

• EACH CLUSTER HAD MAIN ENTRANCE BUILDING

WHICH IS GIVES SENSE OF ENTRANCE OF
CLUSTER.

• ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN OF THIS HOUSING

SCHEME DESIGNER PROPERLY MANAGE SOCIAL
INTERACTION OF THE FAMILIES LIVING THERE.
TUBE HOUSE, AHMEDABAD –(1961-1962)
• THIS "TUBE" HOUSE WAS A FIRST PRIZE
WINNER IN AN INDIA COMPETITION FOR
LOW-COST HOUSING ORGANIZED BY THE
GUJARAT HOUSING BOARD.

• THOUGH THE PROGRAM SPECIFIED WALK-

UP APARTMENTS, THESE ROW-HOUSES
PROVIDED THE SAME DENSITY AND LARGER
LIVING SPACE PER FAMILY.

• THE SECTION IS SHAPED SO THAT THE HOT AIR RISES AND ESCAPES FROM THE
TOP, SETTING UP A CONVECTION CURRENT OF NATURAL VENTILATION.

• INSIDE THE UNITS, THERE ARE ALMOST NO DOORS; PRIVACY BEING CREATED BY
THE VARIOUS LEVELS THEMSELVES, AND SECURITY BY THE PERGOLA-GRID OVER
THE INTERNAL COURTYARD.
 KANCHANJUNGA APARTMENTS ,MUMBAI
(1970-83)

• The building had to be oriented east – west to capture  prevailing sea

breeze and views to the city.
• But also the orientation for hot sun and heavy rains
• Solution in old bungalows – wrapping a protective layer of verandahs
around the main living areas
• Kanchanjunga an attempt to apply these principles to a high-rise
building
• This building has 32 different apartments with 4 types of flats varying
from 3 to 6 bedrooms.
• Interlocking of these variations expressed externally by shear end
walls that hold up the cantilevers
• Minimalist surfaces cut away to open up double-height terrace
gardens at the corners
• Complex spatial organization of living spaces
• Superficially, this 28-story tower, with its
concrete construction and large areas of
white panels, bears a strong resemblance to
modern apartment buildings in the West

• Tower’s proportion 1:4

(21 sqm and 84 m high)

• Garden terraces actually a modern

interpretation of a feature of the traditional
Indian bungalow: the verandah

• Each apartment provided with a deep, two-

story-high garden terrace that is oriented
away from the sun so as to afford protection
from the elements
VENTILATION AND DAYLIGHT

• 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 DIRECTION OF THE HOT SUN AND
THE HEAVY MONSOON RAINS

• IT IS SOLVED BY RAPPING A
PROTECTIVE LAYER OF VERANDAHS
AROUND THE MAIN LIVING
AREAS .THUS PROVIDIDNG THE
OCCUPANCE WITH TWO LINES OF
DEFENCE AGAINST THE ELEMENTS
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