Architect: Charles Correa Location : Bombay, India Date: 1970 – 1983 Building Type: Skyscraper multifamily housing Construction System: Concrete Climate: Hot Style: Modern

2. Introduction
• Architect: Charles Correa
• Location : Bombay, India
• Date: 1970 – 1983
• Building Type: Skyscraper multifamily housing
• Construction System: Concrete
• Climate: Hot
• Style: Modern

4. 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

5. •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

11. By studying the section we can perceive that the whole structure is almost all
the way transparent. Apart from that because of having double height terrace on
each Unit most of the rooms is get a huge volume of natural light and air.

13. • The building is a 32 story reinforced concrete structure with 6.3m
cantilevered open terraces.
• The central core is composed of lifts and provides the main structural
element for resisting lateral loads.
• The central core was constructed ahead of the main structure by slip
method of construction.

14. Materials & colours
• The garden terraces of Kanchanjunga
apartments are actually a modern interpretation
of a feature of the traditional Indian bungalow;
Veranda.
• In India and other Asian countries, one finds a
predominance of reds and yellows.

19. Elevation from Eastern Side

20. Interiors & views

21. Interiors & views