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
 56m

47m

83m

107m
 Orientation
Lot size: 5260sqm!

Tower Footprint: 436sqm

Climate: Hot Temperate!

Street Address: 72 Peddar Road!

Orientation: EastWest!

62.5% get view of harbour

& remaining of arabian sea
Ventilation & Daylight
In Mumbai, a building has to be oriented eastwest 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

 Electrical

Plumbing

Storm Water Drainage

Fire Systems

Services
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,