KANCHANJUNGA

APARTMENT
Charles Correa

Sustainable Interior Design

Naveen Jamal
201110147
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, 7
th
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
REFERENCE
http://www.ctbuh.org/Events/Conferences/Mumbai2010/TechnicalTour
s/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&artic
leid=art-1370946457952-aad062d0-be7e-4217-bb28-
3724f2b5eefd#!/page7
http://thearchiblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/charles-correa-
kanchenjunga-apartments/


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