CHARLES CORREA
CHARLES CORREA
•Charles correa was very found of Indian heritage so he took inspiration from various Indian monuments or
heritage buildings Bharat Bhawan is one of the example of his one such ideology.
•Concepts like vastu purush mandala & nav graha were successfully implicated by him in his many projects One
such example being Gandhi samarak sanghralaya & Jawaharlal kala Kendra.
•Charles correa created climate responsive projects & Parekh house & Ramakrishna house was the perfect
implication of his climate responsive ideology.
•His major philosophies were: Incremental housing Use of local materials for his structure Pluralism
GANDHI SMARAK SANGRAHALAYA AT PHILOSOPHIES:
SABARMATI ASHRAM, AHMEDABAD 1. IT SUCESSFULLY POTRAY LIFE OF MAHATMA GANDHI, HE TOOK THE WORDS OF
MAHATMA GANDHI," I DON’T WANT MY HOUSE TO BE WALLED ON ALL SIDES
ESTABLISHMENT AND MY WINDOWS TO BE STUFFED. I WANT THE CULTURES OF ALL THE LANDS
TO BE BLOWN ABOUT MY HOUSES AS FREELY AS POSSIBLE BUT I REFUSED TO BE
1.ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED IN THE KOCHRAB AREA OF BLOWN OFF MY FEET BY FEET ANY OF THEM."
AMHEDABAD ON 25 MAY 1915. 2. MINIMALIST ARCHITECTURE
2. THEN SHIFTED ON 17 MAY 1917 TO A BANKS OF RIVER 3.MATERIAL HONESTY.
SABARMATI WHERE GANDHI LIVED FROM 1917 ΤΟ 1930. 4. CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE.
3. HE BEGAN SALT MARCH IN 1930 FROM ASHRAM. POST 5.GLOW OF SPACES.
INDEPENDENCE, THE ASHRAM WAS CONVERTED INTO A
MEMORIAL DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT CHARLES CORREA. MATERIAL/CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
4. INAUGURATED IN 1963 BY THE PRIME MINISTERS
JAWARHLAL NEHRU 1. MATERIAL USED: TILED ROOF WOODEN DOORS, STONE FLOORING AND BRICKWALL.
2. RCC CHANNELS USED WHICH ACT AS BEAMS AND AS RAINFALL CONDUITS AND ALSO PERMIT
ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION TO BE ADDED IN FUTURE.
3. NO GLASS WINDOWS ARE USED, LIGHT AND VENTILATION BEING PROVIDED BY WOODEN
LOUVERS. LOAD BEARING BRICK CLOUMNS SUPPORT CONCRET CHANNELS, WHICH ARE BOTH
SUPPORT OF WOODEN ROOF AND DIRECT RAINWATER.
DESIGN CONCEPT 4. THE FOUNDATION IS CONCRETE AND IS RAISED ABOUT THE FOOT FROM THE GROUND.