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Kunchunjunga Apartments - Charles Korrea Mumbai
Kanchenjunga Apartments is a 27-floor, luxury apartment skyscraper located in Mumbai, India designed by architect Charles Correa and completed between 1970-1983. The building contains 32 apartments of various sizes, from 3 to 6 bedrooms each, and was one of the first in India to use a slip form construction technique. Key design aspects include maximizing views, ventilation, and protection from sun and monsoon rains through the use of verandahs wrapped around the apartments.
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- 2. Technical Data • Apartments:32 luxury apartments / 4 types / (3 to 6 bedrooms) • Height (architectural) : 83.32! • Floors: 27 ! • Construction System: Concrete! • Architect: Charles Correa Associates! • Structural engineer: Shirish Patel ! • Date: 1970 to 1983! • Building Type: Skyscraper! • Architectural Style: Modern, Brutalism
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- 10. Orientation • Lot size:5260sqm! • Tower Footprint: 436sqm • Climate: Hot Temperate! • Street Address: 72 Peddar Road! • Orientation: East‐West! • 62.5% get view of harbour & remaining of arabian sea
- 11. Ventilation & Daylight •In Mumbai, a building has to be oriented east‐west to catch prevailing sea breezes and to open up the best views of the city. Unfortunately, these are also the directions of the hot sun and the heavy monsoon rains. • The old bungalows solved these problems by wrapping a protective layer of verandas around the main living areas, thus providing the occupants with two lines of defence against the elements.
- 13. Vertical Zoning • Surface parking20 • Basement Parking 30 • Clubhouse and Pool • Entrance • A B C D Typical apartments • Elevators stop at alternate floors
- 14. Modularity • Provided forall stratas of people • Special Penthouse • Special first apartment
- 24. Services • Electrical • Plumbing •Storm Water Drainage • Fire Systems
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- 27. Structure • RCC structurecompletely. • 6.3 m Cantilever • Slip form first time used in India • Tube system with shear walls
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- 34. Criticism • Structural inaptfor the ground. • Water seepage from verandah • Noise from Peddar Road
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