Analysing Charles Correa's work - Continued

KANCHENJUNGA  APARTMENTS:

• The building had to be oriented east – west to capture  prevailing sea breeze and views to the city.
• But also the orientation for hot sun and heavy rains
• Solution in old bungalows – wrapping a protective layer of verandahs around the main living areas
• Kanchanjunga an attempt to apply these principles to a high-rise building
• This building has 32 different apartments with 4 types of flats varying from 3 to 6 bedrooms.
• Interlocking of these variations expressed externally by shear end walls that hold up the cantilevers
• Minimalist surfaces cut away to open up double-height terrace gardens at the corners
• Complex spatial organization of living spaces
• Superficially, this 28-story tower, with its concrete construction and large areas of white panels, bears a strong resemblance to modern apartment buildings in the West
• Tower’s proportion 1:4
• (21 sqm and 84 m high)
• Garden terraces actually a modern interpretation of a feature of the traditional Indian bungalow: the verandah
• Each apartment provided with a deep, two-story-high garden terrace that is oriented away from the sun so as to afford protection from the elements