ar. charles correa
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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
CHARLES CORREA Principl
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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