Kanchanjunga Apartments

Began: 1970
Completion: 1974
Architect : Charles Correa
Associate Structure Engineer : Shirish Patel &
Association Construction Pvt.Ltd
Structure Type : High Rise Building
Location : India, Mumbai, Cumballa Hill
Height : 84 Metres
Floor : 27
Function : Housing (Residential)
Type : Modern Structure
Material : Concrete
Architecture Style: Modern, Brutalism
About the Architect
• Indian Architect, Urban Planner and
an activist
• Born: September 1, 1930
• Alma mater: Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, University of Michigan
• Famous Projects: Jawahar Kala
Kendra, National Crafts Museum,
Bharat Bhavan
Location the apartments are located south west of downtown
Bombay lies on the western coast of India and Mumbai in an upscale suburban setting
its major commercial centre for the country

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
monsoon rains
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

KANCHANJUNGA
APARTMENT 72,G.
Deshmukh Road Mumbai
MH India
 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.
 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.
Orientation and organisation of
spaces
Development
The shaping of towers:
The building is a
square tower. 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.
Program and Typology
The opening up of the apartments in the tower
happens with a central core for vertical
transport
Type A
Type B
Type C
Type D
 Overview Interior
Apartment Type B

Overview Interior Apartment Type C

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
for the opening up.
Structural Overview
• It is made from reinforced
concrete.
• 32 stories high with 6.3 m
cantilevered terrace garden.
• Central core of 7.8x6.9 m
house the lifts and service
areas.
• This central core also acts as a
main structural element in
resisting lateral loads
• Central core was const. ahead
of the main structure using
slip method of construction.
Materials and Color
• With its concrete construction and 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. White panels and concrete
• The colour expert says that the quality of construction ,bears a
sunlight, climate and culture influence color strong resemblance to a
choices: hence one would observe a modern building while the
preference for blue and its shades in the terrace garden give a look
West while in India and other Asian
countries one finds a pre dominance of reds of that of a traditional
and yellows bungalow. Overlooking the
city from garden terrace
 Thankyou.
-Shivangi Shankar
6th sem, 3rd year
B.arch, MITS gwalior