CASE STUDY ON KANCHENJUNGA APARTMENTS

1. KanchanjungaApartments
❖ Began:1970
❖ Completion: 1974
❖ Architect: Charles Correa
❖ Associate Structure Engineer : Shirish Patel
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❖ Structure Type : High Rise Building
❖ Location: India,Mumbai,Cumballa Hill
❖ Height : 84 Metres
❖ Floor: 27
❖ Function: Housing (Residential)
❖ Type: Modern Structure
❖ Material: Concrete
❖ ArchitectureStyle:Modern, Brutalism
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2. ❖ Indian Architect, Urban Planner
and an activist.
❖ Born: September1, 1930
❖ Alma mater: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology,University
of Michigan
❖ Famous Projects: Jawahar
Kala Kendra, National Crafts
Museum, Bharat Bhavan
About the Architect

3. Location
Bombay lies on the western coast of India
and its major commercial centre for the
country
The apartments are located south west of
downtown Mumbai in an upscale suburban
setting
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
monsoonrains

5. SITE PLAN & ELEVATIONS

6. Approach
❖ The sitehas a separate road for individual approach which is connected tothe main
road.
❖ Building is approachable from two opposite sides,one from east and one from
west
KANCHANJUNGA
APARTMENT72,G.
Deshmukh RoadMumbai
MH India

7. About
❖ The Kanchanjunga Apartments are a direct response
to the present culture, the escalating urbanization,
and the climatic conditions for the region. They pay
homage to the vernacular architecture that once
stood on the site before the development in a number
of ways. More on Kanchanjunga Apartments after the
break.

8. Concept
❖ He mainly worked on the sectional
displacement by bringing 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 displacements in levels
differentiated the external earth filled
terraces with internal elevated living
volumes.

9. Orientation and organisation
of spaces

10. Development
❖ The building is a
squaretower.
❖ Charles Correa
created gaps in that
tower.
❖ The two floors high
loggias are created to
keep out the sun and
take in the cool sea
breeze.
❖ The shapingof towers:

11. ❖ The opening up of the apartmentsin the tower
happenswith a central coreforvertical
transport
SEPARATED
HOUSUNGUNITS
AND SEMI-PUBLIC
PARTS
Program and Typology

12. TypeA
AMOUNT: 8
BEDROOMS : 4
DETAILS: 1 BIGLOGGIA, OPEN AT 2 SIDES(SE & NE)
UPER LEVEL
LOWER LEVEL
SECTION
3D MODEL

13. TypeB
AMOUNT: 8
BEDROOMS : 3
DETAILS: 1 BIGLOGGIA, OPEN AT 2 SIDES(NW & NE)
UPER LEVEL
LOWER LEVEL
SECTION
3D MODEL

14. TypeC
AMOUNT: 6
BEDROOMS : 3
DETAILS: 1 BIGLOGGIA, OPEN AT 1 SIDES(SE)
UPER LEVEL
LOWERLEVEL
SECTION
3D MODEL

15. TypeD
AMOUNT: 2
BEDROOMS : 4
DETAILS: 2 BIG LOGGIA, OPEN AT 1 SIDES(SE)
UPER LEVEL
LOWER LEVEL
SECTION
3D MODEL

16. AMOUNT: 1
BEDROOMS : 4
DETAILS: 1 BIGLOGGIA, OPEN AT 1 SIDES(SE)
THE APARTMENT IS LOCATEDNEXT TO THE ENTRANCE
AMOUNT: 2
BEDROOMS : 6
DETAILS: 2 BIG LOGGIA, OPEN AT 1 SIDES(SE)
PANT HOUSE AT THE TOP OF THE BUILDING

17. Overview Interior Apartment Type C
Overview Interior
Apartment Type B

18. ❖ Charles Correa designed a concept which refers in the
Unite D habitation of Le corb. The difference between
both buildings is the opening up. Le Corb used
horizontal corridors, Correa create a tower with only 2
apartments on each flor. He used a central vertical core
forthe opening up.

19. Structural
Overview
❖ It is made fromreinforced
concrete.
❖ 32 stories high with 6.3 m
cantilevered terracegarden.
❖ Central core of 7.8x6.9 m
house the lifts andservice
areas.
❖ This central core also acts asa
main structural element in
resisting lateralloads.
❖ Central core was const. ahead
of the main structureusing slip
method of construction.

20. Materials and Color
❖ With its concrete construction and large
areas of white panels, it bears a strong
resemblance to modern apartment
buildingsin the West.
❖ However, the garden terraces of
Kanchenjunga Apartments are actually a
modern interpretation of a feature of the
traditionalIndian bungalow:theveranda.
❖ In a bungalow, the veranda wraps the main
living area.
❖ The colour expert says that the quality of
sunlight, climate and culture influence color
choices: hence one would observe a
preference for blue and its shades in the
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 give a look of that of a
traditional bungalow.
Overlooking the city from
gardenterrace