NATIONAL CASE STUDY-

KANCHANJANGA APARTMENTS, MUMBAI

GROUP 3
SAURABH (5), AASTHA(7), AARTI(8), SAJVEEN(11), ATUL(13), PRANAV(15), VIVEK(16), RUTIK(20), KESHAV (22), TANVI(33)
 THE SHAPING OF TOWER APTS BLOCK
INTRODUCTION
Kanchanjunga Apartments Bombay

• Name Of Project : Kanchajunga

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 M PARKING UNIT
• Floor : 27
• Function : Housing (Residential) MAIN ENTRANCE
• Type : Modern Structure SITE PLAN
• Material : Concrete
• Climate: Warm And Humid

SITE ZONING

MAIN
STRUCTURE
CENTRAL LOBBY
LANDSCAPE

PARKING

LAYOUT AND ZONING

• TOTAL AREA – 12,000 SQ.M
• BUILT UP AREA – 2,000 SQ.M
• Entry exit – 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.
• Type of tenements & total number-
 There is only one single cluster, which  Surrounding structures – The Bd Petit Parsee Hospital,
in divided in 4 types. Villa Theresa High School, Parsi Sanitorium.
 32 luxury apartments of 3-6 bedrooms.  Major landmark – National Museum Of Indian
• Basic break up Cinema At 500m Radius, North. And Consulate
 % open space - 50% General Of Italy And Indonesia At 250m.
 % Road - 25% ( including parking ) GROUP 3
 Topography – 600m away from sea. It lies just above
 % residential – 25% sea level. With average elevation of 10 to 15m.
FORTH YEAR DIV B
 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY OF THE ARCHITECT

 Small displacements in levels

differentiated the external earth
filled terraces with internal
elevated living volumes.

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

 Cubically notched cuboid tower, 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.
 He applied cellular planning by
 Great deal of transparency has been achieved by the use of large using interlocks in one and half
openings and terrace garden on every floor. story 3 and 4 bedroom units with
 He mainly worked on the sectional displacement by bringing two and half story 5-6 bedroom
changes in the floor surfaces. units.

THE EAST-WEST AXIS OFFERS THE BEST VIEWS (OF THE ARABIAN SEA TO THE
WEST AND THE HARBOR TO THE EAST) AND CATCHES ALL THE SEA BREEZES, BUT
ALSO BRINGS INTO THE BUILDINGS THE HOT AFTERNOON SUN AND THE HARD
MONSOON RAINS.

• This building has to be oriented east – west to catch prevailing sea

breezes & to open up the best view of the city.
• Unfortunately these are also the directions of the hot sun & the heavy
monsoon rains.
• 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.
• These subtle shifts enable Correa to
effectively shield these high rise units from
• The deep, double-height the effects of both the sun and monsoon
terraces are oriented away rains.
from the sun to provide each • This was largely achieved by providing
apartment unit protection the tower with relatively deep, garden
against the elements. verandas, suspended in the air.
• Minimalist surfaces are cut
away from the corners to open
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up double-height terrace
FORTH YEAR DIV B
gardens.
THE TENEMENTS ARE ACCESSIBILITY DEMOGRAPHICS
DIVIDED INTO 4 TYPES
• 27 stories building with  Green- servant access  Green- servant access
concrete structure 6.3 m  Blue- semi private access  Blue- semi private access
cantilever beam.
 Red private access  Red private access
• Each of those include different
typologies

• This building has 32 different

apartments with 4 types of flats
varying from 3 to 6 bed rooms.

• From the interlock of four

different apartment typologies
varying from 3 to 6 bed rooms
each. PLAN PLAN

• Smaller displacements of level

were critical in this work in that
they differentiated between the
external earth filled terrace and
the internal elevated living
volumes.

• Minimalist surfaces cut away to

open up double height terrace
gardens at the corners. DUPLEX PLAN DUPLEX PLAN

SERVICES • Utility/was • Private toilets are

hing area provided to each
• Elevator of is rooms on the upper
dimension provided level i.e. 3 toilets to 3
2500x2500 mm close to bedrooms including 1
is located the Master bedroom . The
• At the exit of
• Kitchen of dimensions of the toilet
the kitchen
dimension is 2500x2500 mm
and is
accompanied 2500x2000 • On the lower level only
• By staircase of mm , 2 toilets are provided ,
dimension which 1 to
3000x2500 mm • Can be • Bedroom and another
to accessed one to study room
• Provide access through
to the upper servant
level .
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room also
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FORTH YEAR DIV B
 MODULARITY
• 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. The colour expert says
that the quality of sunlight, climate and
culture influence colour choices: hence
one would observe a preference for blue
and its shades in the west while in India
and other Asian countries one finds a
Whole structure is made of predominance of reds and yellows.
reinforced concrete. The
building is a 32 storeyed
reinforced concrete
structure with 6.3m
cantilever open terraces.
The central core houses lifts
and other services also
provide the main structural
elements for resisting
lateral loads.
There are four basic types
of apartments .Some of
them have exceptions i.e.
a special version
Parking
Entrance and Central Core
Type A
Type A Special
Type B
Type C
Type C Special GROUP 3
Type D FORTH YEAR DIV B