KANCHANJUNGA APARTMENTS,

MUMBAI
AKSHAT BHARGAVA
• Name Of Project : Kanchenjunga Apartments
• Began : 1970
• Completion : 1974
• Contributed : Sahil Latheef
• Architect : Charles Correa
• Structure Type : High Rise Building
• Location : India, Mumbai, Cumballa Hill
• Climate : Hot and Humid
• Height : 84 Mtrs
• Floor : 27
• Function : Housing (Residential)
• Type : modern
• Structure Material : concrete
It is located in the suburban area of
the downtown Mumbai, at cumballa
hills , pedder road.
• 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

• Kanchenjunga apartments are located south-

west.
NORTH
BIRDEYE VIEW
• 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.
• The garden terraces of Kanchenjunga
apartments are actually a modern
interpretation of a feature of the traditional
Indian bungalow; Veranda.
 This building has to be oriented east – west to catch prevailing sea breezes
& to open up the best view of the city.
 unfortunately these are also the directions of the hot sun & the heavy
monsoon rains.
 the old bungalows solved these problems by wrapping a protective layer of
verandas around the main living area thus providing the occupants with 2
lines of defense against the elements.
 from the interlock of four different apartment typologies varying from 3 to
6 bed rooms each.
 smaller displacements of level were critical in this work in that they
differentiated between the external earth filled terrace and the internal
elevated living volumes.
 these subtle shifts enable correa to effectively shield these high rise units
form the effects of both the sun and monsoon rains.
 this was largely achieved by providing the tower with relatively deep,
garden verandas, suspended in the air.
• 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.