Kanchenjunga Apartments

Aniruddh Jain 10110006

B.Arch IV Year

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

450m

83m

56m

47m

107m

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

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.

Vertical Zoning

• Surface parking 20

• Basement Parking 30

• Clubhouse and Pool

• Entrance

• A B C D Typical apartments

• Elevators stop at alternate floors

Modularity• Provided for all stratas of people

• Special Penthouse

• Special first apartment

Services

• Electrical

• Plumbing

• Storm Water Drainage

• Fire Systems

Lower 5BHK

Upper 5BHK

Structure

• RCC structure completely.

• 6.3 m Cantilever

• Slip form first time used in India

• Tube system with shear walls

Apartment Section

• N

Balconies =

Verandahs

Colors of India

Balconies

Criticism

• Structural inapt for the ground.

• Water seepage from verandah

• Noise from Peddar Road

References

1974 'Apartments', Architecture Plus, New York - March, p. 26

1980 'Report from India: Current work of Correa', by H. Smith, Architectural Record, New York - July, pp. 88-89

1980 'Contemporary Asian Architecture', Process Architecture - 20, Tokyo - November, pp. 94-118

1982 'Open the Box', by Jim Murphy, Progressive Architecture, New York - October, pp. 100-104

1983 'Kanchanjunga Apartments', Architect, Melbourne - December, pp. 12-13

1985 'Charles Correa: Inspirations Indiennes', Techniques & Architecture, Paris - August, pp. 106-117

1985 'Edificio residenziale a torre a Bombay', by C. M. Pierdominici, Cemento, Rome - Oct., pp. 642-651

1991 'Espacos para a India', by C. Dibar/ D. Armando, Arqitectura Urbanisma, Buenos Aires, Dec., pp. 44-51

1999 'Cultural Motifs- Charles Correa' by Amy Liu, 'Space', Hong Kong, November, pgs 104-105 & 109-117 Books

1990 After the Masters, by Vikram Bhatt & Peter Scriver, Mapin, Ahmedabad, pp. 64 - 67

1999 Outside Architecture, by Susan Zevon, Rockport Publishers, Massachusetts, pp. 27 - 29

2000 World Architecture, A Critical Mosaic 1900-2000, Vol. 8, South Asia, Ed. Rahul Mehrotra,