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Boulevard Heights Kanchanjunga Apartments

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BOULEVARD HEIGHTS
LOCATION : GULBERG, LAHORE
 MAIN BLVD, GULBERG

FASHION AVE
Main Blvd Gulberg, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore,
SIR SYED ROAD
 NEIGHBOURHOOD

DUBAI ISLAMIC BANK READINGS

MALL ONE SEVERAL OTHER RESTAURANTS

ACCESS TO THE SITE

EXIT FROM
ENTRANCE TO
BASEMENT PARKING
BASEMENT
PARKING

EXIT FROM SITE

ENTRANCE IN THE SITE

MAIN BLVD GULBERG
 BOULEVARD HEIGHTS

ARCHITECT : Landmark Consultants Pvt Ltd

CONSTRUCTION : HNK construction
PURPOSE :
• Multipurpose
• shopping mall
• Parking
• Apartments
• offices
 AREA

SITE AREA
54000 SQFT
240 MARLAS
12 KANALS

COVERED AREA
39578 SQFT
175.9 MARLAS
8.79 KANALS
FLOOR
BREAKDOWN
• 4 BASEMENTS , EACH ACCOMODATES 100 CARS

• LOWER GROUND FLOOR

• GROUND FLOOR

• FIRST 6 STORIES ARE SHOPPING MALL

• TWO TOWERS CONSISTING OF 10 FLOORS

• 1 TOWER IS AVARI HOTEL

• 2ND TOWER ARE APARTMENTS

BASEMENT 4
BASEMENT 3
BASEMENT 2
BASEMENT 1
G.F
MEZANNINE FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
2ND FLOOR
4TH FLOOR
PARKING
5TH FLOOR
PARKING
APARTMENTS TOWER
AVARI HOTEL TOWER
 ELEVATORS (12)

ESCLATORS (4)

MAIN STAIRCASES

HYDRALIC LIFTS (2)

FIRE EXITS (2)

CONCLUSIONS
KANCHAJUNGA APARTMENTS
LOCATION : MUMBAI, INDIA
 Name Of Project :
Kanchajunga Apartments
Began :
1970
Completion :
1974
Contributed :
Sahil Latheef Structure Type :
Architect : High Rise Building
Charles Correa Location :
Associate Structure India, Mumbai, Cumballa Hill
Engineer Height :
Shirish Patel & Association 84 Mtrs (275 ft)
Construction Pvt.Ltd Floor :
27
Function :
Housing
(Residential) Type :
modern
Structure Material :
concrete
 CENTRAL LOBBY SITE ENTRANCE

• The site has a

separate road for
individual
approach which is
connected to the
main road.

APARTMENTS • Building is
approachable
from two opposite
PARKING sides, one from
east and one from
west.

MAIN ENT TO BUILDING

SITE ENTRANCE
 ORIENTATION

1. CLIMATE: HOT TEMPERATE

2. ORIENTATION EAST WEST
3. 62% GET VIEW OF HARBOUR AND
REMAINING OF ARABIAN SEA
 ARCHITECTURTAL FEATURES
This building has 32 different apartments with 4 types of flats varying from 3 to 6 bed rooms

Basic structural units

Type A -3 bedroom

Type B -3 bedroom

Type C -5 bedroom

Type D -4 bedroom
 INNOVATION
APARTMENT A

▪ Interlock of four different

apartment typologies varying from
3 to 6 bedrooms each.
▪ Smaller displacements of levels.
▪ Differentiated between the APARTMENT B
external earth filled terraces and
the internal elevated living
volumes.
▪ Effectively shield these high rise CIRCULATION
units from the effects of both the SPACE
sun and monsoon rains.
▪ Achieved by providing the tower
with relatively deep, garden
verandas, suspended in the air.

MODULE
 detailed
Layout
for Type-A & Type-B
 detailed
Layout
for Type-C & Type-D
 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.
Sevices contains
• staircase well
• elevator shaft,
• electrical shaft
• and fire fighting shaft.

Shafts: Fire fighting shaft and elevator

shaft come in the central core that is
constructed using tube system.
The emergency exit staircase runs
around the vertical core. The shaft
separates the housing from the semi
public areas.
The services all come in the central and
the sewage runs below the verandahs
that now cause seepage issues