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CHARLES

CORREA
BY ANEENAPAULSON Y3 053

HIS EARLY WORKS.


GANDHI SMARAKSANGRAHALAYA
Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad 1958-63 HANDLOOM PAVILION ,DELHI HINDUSTAN LEVER PAVILION DELHI ECIL OFFICE COMPLEX , ANDRA PRADESH

GANDHI SMARAKSANGRAHALAYA
Sabarmati Ashram,

LOCATION- AHMEDABAD YEAR- 1958-63 TYPE- MEMORIAL MUSEUM DESCRIPTION MADE OF MODULAR UNITS OF
CONCRETE BASIC MATERIALS LIKE STONE FLOORS BRICK WALLS WOODEN DOORS LOUVRED WINDOWS

UNITS PLACED IN ASSYMETRIC MANNER WITH PATHWAYS AND MEETING POINTS LIKE CENTRAL WATER COURT AND SEATING AREAS FOR VISITORS TO REST AND MEDITATE. UNCOMPROMISING EXECUTION OF AN IDEA AS A POWERFUL STATEMET OF FORM

HANDLOOM PAVILION

LOCATION DELHI YEAR 1958 TYPE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION- BRICK , MUD, AND CLOTH ROOF

REFLECT THE CRAFT NATURE OF THE PAVILION 15 SQ EACH 7m SQ PIVOTED AROUND AN INTERIOR GARDENTO MAKE A MAZE DUE TO WINTER SPACES OPEN AND PARTITIONS AND VARYING LEVELS SINGLE STRONGEST DESIGN ELEMENT ROOF OF WOOD AND HANDLOOM CLOTH AS A SERIES OF CHATRIS

HINDUSTAN LEVER PAVILION


LOCATION- DELHI YEAR -1961 TYPE- INDUSTRIAL FAIR DESCRIPTION- SAME CONCEPT OF PROGRESSION

THROUGH A MAZE SPACES ENCLOSED BY RANDOMLY FOLDED REINFORCED CEMENT TOP LIGHT CANNON FOR CONVECTION OF AIRCURRENTS

TUBE HOUSE

IT IS 18.2m X 3.6 m SECTION OF HOUSE SHOWS SLOPING ROOF TOGETHER WITH ADJUSTABLE LOUVRES IN WINDOWS SETS UP CONVENTION CURRENT NATURALLY VENTILATING THE DWELLING LEVEL DIFFERENCES PROVIDE MULTI PURPOSE ACTIVITY AND PRIVACY

ECIL OFFICE COMPLEX


LOCATION HYDRABAD YEAR -1965-68 DESCRIPTION- LARGE NO.OF MODULAR UNITS IN

CRUCIFORM SHAPE SEPERATED TO PROVIDE LIGHT AND VENTILATION SEALED ON EAST TO MINIMISE HEAT GAIN PERGOLAS AS OVERHANGS FOR SHADE ROOF HAS SOLID SURFACE REFLECTING SURFACE OF WATER AND PERGOLA

HOUSING AND URBAN PLANNING


PREVI

EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING KANCHANJUNGA APARTMENTS TARA GROUP HOUSING MALABAR CEMENT TOWN SHIP HUDCO HOUSING

PREVI EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING


LOCATION- PERU YEAR 1969-73 DESCRIPTION - MINIMISATION OF SERVICE

INFRASTRUCTURE AND USE OF CLIMATE AS TEMPERATURE REGULATOR BUILDINGS STAGERRED ALONG A COMMUNITY SPINE ALSO PROVIDED EARTHQUAKE RESISTENCE HOUSES PROVIDED WITH LOUVERED AIR SCOOP OVER THE DOUBLE HEIGHT UNIT TO DRAW IN AIR

KANCHANJUNGA APARTMENTS

LOCATION- BOMBAY YEAR- 1970-83 DESCRIPTION- IT WAS DESIGNED BY USING CLIMATIC


PRINCIPLES THE BUILDING IS 28 STOREY HIGH BUILD AROUND A CENTRAL SERVICE CORE

IT HAS GARDEN TERRACES WELL VENTILATED AND BRIGHTLY COLOURED INTERIORS

TARA GROUP OF APARTMENTS


LOCATION- DELHI YEAR- 1975-78 DESCRIPTION THE UNITS ARE STACKED IN INTERLOCKING
ROWS AND THE UPPER STOREYS ARE STEPPED BACK TO FORM TERRACES THE CENTRAL SPACE LANDSAPED PARALLEL PARTY WALLS STAGERRED UNITS AND PERGOLAS GIVE A STRONG SENSE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW AND ARTICULATION OF FORM BANDS OF CONCRETE WITH PANEL WALLS OF BRICK REVEAL THE STRUCTURE AND ACT AS UNIFYING ELEMENT

RESORTS AND HOTELS


KOVALAM

BEACH RESORT BAY ISLAND HOTEL CIDADE DE GOA

KOVALAM BEACH RESORT


LOCATION- KERALA YEAR- 1969-74 DESCRIPTION BUILDINGS FOLLOW THE HILL SLOP ,

EACH WITH A PRIVATE TERACE INDEPENDENT UNITS ALSO IKE KUDILS PLASTERED WHITE WALLS RED TILE ROOF SUNDECKS MASTER PLAN SCATTERS THE FACILITY OVER THE SITE CREATING A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL GROWTH POINTS AND ALLOWING A FLEXIBLE GROWTH FOR FUTURE DEMANDS

BAY ISLAND HOTEL


LOCATION- ANDAMAN ISLANDS YEAR- 1979-82 DESCRIPTION- SITE OF HOTEL SLOPES DOWN TO THE SEA

ARRANGED AROUND COURTYARDS COVERED BY CORRIDORS LARGE OVERHANGING EAVES INSPIRED BY CONCEPT OF STEPPED PYRAMID COVERED BY TILED PITCHED ROOF AS IT DOES NOT REQ. ANY ENCLOSING WALLS AND LINE OF VISION UNOBSTRUCTED LIGHT WEIGHT FURNISHINGS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTS

CIDADE DE GOA

LOCATION GOA YEAR-1978-82 DESCRIPTION- A MIX OF HINDU PORTUGESE MUSLIM

AND CONTEMPORARY WESTERN IMAGES - A PLAY OF 2D IMAGES AND 3-D FORMS IT PRESENTS A COLLECTION OF IMAGES A LITERARY STATEMENT FULL OF IRONY AND WIT A REFLECTION OF MAN HIMSELF

PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SALVACAO

CHURCH BHARATH BHAVAN KALA AKADEMI LIC CENTRE JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA

SALVACAO CHURCH

LOCATION BOMBAY YEAR -1974-77, 1983-85 DESCRIPTION- CONSIST OF INTERLOCKING

COURTYARDS AND COVERED SPACES COVERED SPACES ARE CAPED BY GIANT CONCRETE SHELLS FOR THE RISING HOT AIR THE BARE STRENGHT OF CONCRETE PROVIDE STARK ENVIRONMNET FOR WORSHIP ALSO THERE IS USE OF WOOD IN FURNISHING AND ON WALLS FRESCO ON GLASS FOR THE CEILING LIGHT OF MAIN SHELL

BHARATH BHAVAN

LOCATION BHOPAL YEAR-1975-81 DESCRIPTION- THE NATURAL CONTOURS OF SITE

HAVE BEEN USED TO CREATE SUNKEN COURT AND TERRACES PROGRESSION THROUGH MAZE REFLECTS BHOPALS OWN ORGANISATIONAL LAYOUTS TOP LIT CANNON PROVIDE LIGHTING AND VENTILATION

LIC CENTRE

LOCATION- DELHI YEAR-1975-86 DESCRIPTION- IT IS A PIVOTAL SITE BETWEEN

PARLIAMENT STREET AND JANPATH TRANSITION BETWEEN CIRCULAR COLONADES AND NEW HIGH RISE BUILDINGS

LIC CENTRE
LOCATION

MAURITIUS YEAR-1988-92

MRF HEADQUARTERS

LOCATION MADRAS YEAR- 1987 92 DESCRIPTION - THE BUILDING FOLLOWS


THE CURVE OF THE ROAD TO CREATE TERRACED GARDENS ONE SINGLE COLUMN RISING TO SUPPORT THE PERGOLAS ALL THE OFFICES CUT OPEN INTO A CENTRAL ATRIUM SPACES CONNECTED BY STAIRS


JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA


LOCATION- JAIPUR YEAR-1986 DESCRIPTION- AN ANALOUGE OF THE ORIGINAL CITY PLAN


OF JAIPUR

IT DENOTES THE ORIGINAL NAVAGRAHAS ONE SQ PIVOTED TO RECALL ORGINAL PLAN AND ALSO FOR ENTRANCE SQ DEFINED BY 8m HIGH WALLS EACH BUILDING PROGRAMME HAS BEEN DISAGGREGATED INTO 8 SEPARATE GROUPINGS CORESPONDING TO MYTH OF THAT PLANET THE CENTRAL SQ LEFT AS VOID DEPICTING NOTHING WHICH IS EVERYTHING THE FLOORING PATTERN IN SQ IS SUN.

VIDHAN BHAVAN

LOCATION BHOPAL YEAR-1980-96

DISCRIPTION- THE PLAN GENERATES A PATTERN OF GARDENS WITHIN GARDENS, DIVIDED INTO 9 SQUARES, AND ARE ARRANGED SO THAT THE 3 MAIN ENTRANCES, EACH QUITE SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER, EXPERIENCE THE COMPLEX INTERNAL SPACE OF THE BUILDING WHILE MOVING ALONG VERANDAHS OVERLOOKING COURTYARDS AND GARDENS, AS IN THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA LARGE MURALS ,PAINTINGS RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE WALLS EXPRESES THE GREAT ARTISTIC TRADITION OF THIS PLACE

THANK U

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