ar. charles correa

Charles Correa is an Indian architect and urban planner, particularly noted for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban poor and for his use of traditional methods and materials

•Born into a middle-class Catholic family in Bombay•Became fascinated with the principles of design as a child•At Michigan two professors who influenced him the most -Walter Saldersand Buckminister Fuller.•Kevin lynch , then in the process of developing his themes for image of the city triggered Correa’s interest in urban issues•‘India of those days was a different place, it was a brand-new country, there was so much hope; India stimulated me.’

CHARLES CORREA

Education

1946-1948 Inter-science. St. Xavier's college, university of Bombay

1949-1953 B.Arch., University of Michigan.

1953-1955 M.Arch., Massachusetts institute of technology.

Professional Experience

1955-1958 Partner with G.M. BHUTA associates

1964-1965 Prepared master plan proposing twin city across the harbor from

Bombay.

1971-1975 Chief architect to CIDCO

1975-1976 Consultant to UN secretory-general for HABITAT

1975-1983 Chairman Housing Urban Renewal & Ecology Board

1985 Chairman Dharavavi planning commission

CHARLES CORREA

1961 Prize for low-income housing

1972 PadmaShri by the President of India

1980 Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Michigan

1984 Gold Medal- Royal Institute of British Architects

1985 Prize for the Improvement in the Quality of Human

Settlements from the International Union of Architects.

1986 Chicago Architecture Award.

1987 Gold Medal- Indian Institute of Architects

1990 Gold Medal (International Union of Architects)

1994 The Premium Imperial from Japan society of art.

1999 Aga khan award for vidhan sabha, bhopal

CHARLES CORREA Award

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• Incrementality• Identity • Income generation • Equity • Attempt to explore a local vernacular within a modern environment.• Emphasis on prevailing resources, energy and climate as major

determinants in ordering of space. • Open-to-sky Concept- Can make a decisive difference between livable

habitat and claustrophobia. • Particularly for low-income groups. - Even in reasonably dense housing,

individual terrace principles were also applied to high-rise buildings in Mumbai. E.g. : Sonmarg Apartments (1962), Mumbai , Another variation: to turn this verandah into a garden, preferable of double height. E.g. : Kanchenjunga apartment, Mumbai

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CHARLES CORREA List of celebrated

projects

Jawahar Kala KendraJaipur

Kanchanjunga ApartmentsMumbai

Champalimaud Centre for the UnknownLisbon, Portugal

KanchanjungaApartments72, Pedder RoadMumbai

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

Colors of India

Jawahar Kala KendraJLN Marg, Jaipur

•IT IS AN ARTS CENTRE DEDICATED TO JAWAHARLAL NEHRU•LIKE THE CITY, IT IS ALSO DOUBLE CODED: A CONTEMPORARY BUILDING BASED ON AN ARCHAIC NOTION OF THE COSMOS: THE NAVGRAH MANDALA•ONE OF THE SQUARES MOVED ASIDE TO PROVIDE ENTRY, JUST LIKE IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL CITY PLAN OF JAIPUR.

JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA

• External walls, 8m high, clad in red Agra stone.

• On these external walls, presence of each planet is expressed by inlaying on a square white marble with polished black granite and mica.

• These are expressed in their traditional symbols.

• Central square is void – true source of all energy

Entrance Stairs Central OAT

CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE FOR THE UNKNOWNLisbon, Portugal

• Opened on 5th october,2010

• Location : Lisbon , Portugal on the waterfront.

• Historical significance as portugese sailed from this location to discover the ‘unknown lands’.

CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE

CONCEPT:

The 3 units that constitute the project (the largest for the doctors and scientist, the second for the theatre, the exhibition hall, the Foundation offices, etc, and the third is an open-air amphitheater for the city) have been arranged to create a 125m long pathway leading diagonally across the site, towards the open seas.

• Correa said after visiting the site “the site must be structured along a powerful architectural diagonal axis, an open-to-sky space, going right from the entrance to the opposite corner, where you finally see the river beginning to merge with the ocean and the great unknown”

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• The pathway is ramped up (at a gentle slope of 1:20) – so as one ascend, he see only sky ahead of him.

• At the end of the ramp are two stone monoliths, straight from the quarry. When one reach the highest point, he begin to see a large body of water, which seemingly connects (i.e., without any visual break) to the ocean beyond.

• In the center of this water body, just below the surface of the water, is an oval shaped object—made of stainless steel and slightly convex, so that it reflects the blue sky and passing clouds above.

• The material used in making the building is liozstone. The Lioz is a well-known limestone from Portugal, with a considerable history. It iis an historical Portuguese natural stone that has been used for centuries on public buildings and hence the site was a historical site, therefore this stone was chosen by Correa.

Lioz stone

View through the water body

Pathway

PLAN OF GROUND FLOOR

Key Plan

Section

Vivarium Through the glass vessel

Glass vessel connecting two units Built form

Open air Amphitheatre Two huge monolith columns

Interior of the built form

Interior of the building

CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE

OTHER SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS

MADHYA PRADESH VIDHAN SABHA

HINDUSTAN LEVER PAVILION

TUBE HOUSE

BRITISH COUNCIL

LIC BUILDING

Presented By: Amit Khatkar, Dhir Dhwaj Singh, Priyavarth Singh Arya

B.Arch 2nd Year

State Institute of Urban

Planning and Architecture