charles correa - his works
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some great architects works and details .TRANSCRIPT
CHARLES CHARLES CORREACORREA
BY ANEENAPAULSON
Y3 053
HIS EARLY WORKSHIS EARLY WORKS…………..
GANDHI SMARAKSANGRAHALAYASabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad1958-63 HANDLOOM PAVILION ,DELHIHINDUSTAN LEVER PAVILION DELHIECIL OFFICE COMPLEX , ANDRA PRADESH
GANDHI SMARAKSANGRAHALAYAGANDHI SMARAKSANGRAHALAYASabarmatiSabarmati Ashram, Ashram,
LOCATION- AHMEDABADYEAR- 1958-63TYPE- MEMORIAL MUSEUMDESCRIPTION – 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 PAVILIONHANDLOOM PAVILION
LOCATION DELHIYEAR – 1958TYPE – INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONDESCRIPTION- 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 PAVILIONHINDUSTAN LEVER PAVILION
LOCATION- DELHIYEAR -1961TYPE- INDUSTRIAL FAIRDESCRIPTION- SAME CONCEPT OF PROGRESSION THROUGH A MAZE
SPACES ENCLOSED BY RANDOMLY FOLDED REINFORCED CEMENT
TOP LIGHT CANNON FOR CONVECTION OF AIRCURRENTS
TUBE HOUSETUBE 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 COMPLEXECIL OFFICE COMPLEX
LOCATION – HYDRABADYEAR -1965-68DESCRIPTION- 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 HOUSING AND URBAN PLANNINGPLANNING
PREVI EXPERIMENTAL HOUSINGKANCHANJUNGA APARTMENTSTARA GROUP HOUSINGMALABAR CEMENT TOWN SHIP HUDCO HOUSING
PREVI EXPERIMENTAL HOUSINGPREVI EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING
LOCATION- PERUYEAR 1969-73DESCRIPTION - 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 APARTMENTSKANCHANJUNGA APARTMENTS
LOCATION- BOMBAYYEAR- 1970-83DESCRIPTION- IT WAS DESIGNED BY USING CLIMATIC PRINCIPLES
THE BUILDING IS 28 STOREY HIGHBUILD AROUND A CENTRAL SERVICE
CORE IT HAS GARDEN TERRACESWELL VENTILATED AND BRIGHTLY
COLOURED INTERIORS
TARA GROUP OF APARTMENTSTARA GROUP OF APARTMENTS
LOCATION- DELHIYEAR- 1975-78DESCRIPTION – THE UNITS ARE STACKED IN INTERLOCKING ROWS AND THE UPPER STOREYS ARE STEPPED BACK TO FORM TERRACES
THE CENTRAL SPACE LANDSAPEDPARALLEL 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 HOTELSRESORTS AND HOTELS
KOVALAM BEACH RESORTBAY ISLAND HOTEL CIDADE DE GOA
KOVALAM BEACH RESORTKOVALAM BEACH RESORT
LOCATION- KERALA YEAR- 1969-74DESCRIPTION – 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 HOTELBAY ISLAND HOTEL
LOCATION- ANDAMAN ISLANDSYEAR- 1979-82DESCRIPTION- SITE OF HOTEL SLOPES DOWN TO THE SEA
ARRANGED AROUND COURTYARDS COVERED BY CORRIDORS
LARGE OVERHANGING EAVESINSPIRED 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 GOACIDADE DE GOA
LOCATION –GOAYEAR-1978-82DESCRIPTION- A MIX OF HINDU PORTUGESE MUSLIM AND CONTEMPORARY WESTERN IMAGES - A PLAY OF 2-D 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 BUILDINGSPUBLIC BUILDINGS
SALVACAO CHURCHBHARATH BHAVANKALA AKADEMILIC CENTREJAWAHAR KALA KENDRA
SALVACAO CHURCHSALVACAO CHURCH
LOCATION – BOMBAYYEAR -1974-77, 1983-85DESCRIPTION- CONSIST OF INTERLOCKING COURTYARDS AND COVERED SPACES
COVERED SPACES ARE CAPED BY GIANT CONCRETE SHELLS FOR THE RISING HOT AIR
THE BARE STRENGHT OF CONCRETEPROVIDE 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 BHAVANBHARATH BHAVAN
LOCATION – BHOPALYEAR-1975-81DESCRIPTION- THE NATURAL CONTOURS OF SITE HAVE BEEN USED TO CREATE SUNKEN COURT AND TERRACES
PROGRESSION THROUGH MAZE REFLECTS BHOPALS OWN
ORGANISATIONAL LAYOUTSTOP LIT CANNON PROVIDE LIGHTING
AND VENTILATION
LIC CENTRELIC CENTRE
LOCATION- DELHIYEAR-1975-86DESCRIPTION- IT IS A PIVOTAL SITE BETWEEN PARLIAMENT STREET AND JANPATH
TRANSITION BETWEEN CIRCULAR COLONADES AND NEW HIGH RISE BUILDINGS
LIC CENTRELIC CENTRE
LOCATION –MAURITIUSYEAR-1988-92
MRF HEADQUARTERSMRF HEADQUARTERS
LOCATION – MADRASYEAR- 1987 –92DESCRIPTION - 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 KENDRAJAWAHAR KALA KENDRA
LOCATION- JAIPURYEAR-1986DESCRIPTION- 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 PLANETTHE CENTRAL SQ LEFT AS VOID DEPICTING NOTHING WHICH IS EVERYTHING THE FLOORING PATTERN IN SQ IS SUN.
VIDHAN BHAVANVIDHAN BHAVAN
LOCATION BHOPALYEAR-1980-96DISCRIPTION- 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
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