2. KANCHENJUNGA APARTMENT
MUMBAI,INDIA
Architect : Charles Correa Associates
Structural Engineer : Shirish Patel
Location : Mumbai , India
Floors : 27
Apartments : 32 luxury apartments /4 types /(3-6 bedrooms )
Date : 1970-83
Building Type : Skyscraper
Construction System : Concrete
Climate : Hot
Architectural Style : Modern , Brutalism
3. Location:
• It is located in the Mumbai
India
• Bombay lies in the western
cost of India and its major
commercial Centre for the
country
• The apartments are located
south west of downtown
Mumbai in an upscale
suburban setting
4. About an architect
Indian Architect, Urban
Planner and an activist
Born : September 1 , 1930
Famous projects : Jawahar
kala Kendra, national crafts
museum , Bharat Bhavan
5. Approach
• The site has a
separate road
for individual
approach
which is
connected to
the main road .
• Building is
approachable
from two
opposite sides
, One from
east and one
from west
6.
7. About
The kanchanjunga Apartments
is a direct response to present
culture, the escalating
urbanization and climatic
conditions for the region
They pay homage to the
vernacular architecture that
once stood on the site before
the development in no of ways.
8. Concept
He mainly worked on the sectional displacement by bringig the changes In the floor
surfaces
He applied cellular planning by using interlocks in one and half story 3 and 4 bedroom
units with two and half story 5-6 bedroom units .
Small displacement in levels differentiated the external earth filled terraces with
internal elevated living volumes
10. Development
The shaping of the towers
The building is a square tower Charles Correra created a gaps in that
tower
The two floors high loggias are created to keep out the sun and take in
the cool sea breeze
17. • Combination of all the types forms the very creative building with an
opening for an excellent ventilation
18. Charles correa designed a
concept which refers in the
unite D habitation of Le
Corb used horizontal
corridors
Correa created a tower with
only 2 apartments on each
other on each floor. He
used a central vertical core
for the opening up
19. Structural Overview
It is made from reinforced
concrete
32 stories high with 6.3m
cantilevered terrace garden
Central core of 7.8x6.9 m
house the lifts and the
service areas.
This central core also acts
as a main structural
element in resting lateral
loads
Central core was constant
ahead of the main structure
using slip method of
construction.
22. Materials And Colour
With its concrete construction
and a large areas of white
panels it bears a strong
resemblance to modern
apartment buildings in the west
However the garden terraces of
Kanchenjunga apartments are
actually a modern interpretation
of a feature of the traditional
Indian bungalow : the veranda
In a bungalow , the veranda
wraps the main living area.
The colour expert says the
quality of sunlight, climate and
culture influence colour choices :
hence one would observe a
preference a for blue and its
shades in west while in India and
other Asian countries one finds a
pre dominance of reds and
yellows
White panels and
concrete
construction , bears
a strong
resemblance to a
modern building
while the terrace
garden gives a look
of that of a
traditional bungalow.
Overlooking the city
from garden terrace