Kunchanjunga Apartments

Kanchanjunga Apartments

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1) INTRODUCTION- About Kanchanjunga Apartments- Technical Data

2) ABOUT ARCHITECT3) ORIENTATION4) FORM EVOLUTION5) INNOVATION6) SITE PLAN7) BUILDING PLAN , SECTION & ELEVATION8) ANALYSIS OF BUILDING PLANS9) SERVICE CORE10 MATERIALS AND COLORS11 TRANSPARENCY

12) STRUCTURE

13) VERTICAL ZONING AND PARKING

14) VIEWS15) CONSTRUCTION 16)ASTHETICS

Divya Khandelwal B.ARCH IV


BUILDING LOCATION



ABOUT KUNCHANJUNGA APARTMENTS

By developing climatic solutions for different sites and programs, Indian architect Charles Correa designed the Kanchanjunga Apartments. Located in Mumbai, the U.S. equivalent of New York City in terms of population and diversity, the 32 luxury apartments are located south-west of downtown in an upscale suburban setting embodying the characteristics of the upper echelon of society within the community. 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. More on Kanchanjunga Apartments after the break

Superficially, this 28 storey tower, with its concrete construction and large areas of white panels, bears a strong resemblance to modern apartment buildings in the west, however the garden terraces of this are actually the modern interpretation of the feature of the traditional Indian bungalow. The verandah wraps the main living area to protect it from the hot sun and torrential monsoon rains


TECHNICAL DATA

http://www.charlescorrea.net/


ABOUT THE ARCHITECT

▪ Indian architect, urban planner and an activist.

▪ Born: September 1, 1930(Age 83)

▪ Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan

▪ Awards: Royal Gold Medal, 7th Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Gold Medal of UIA

ORIENTATION

IN MUMBAI, 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. The old bungalows solved these problems by wrapping a protective layer of verandas around the main living area thus providing the occupants with 2 lines of defense against the elements.

From the interlock of four different apartment typologies varying from 3 to 6 bed rooms each. Smaller displacements of level were critical in this work in that they differentiated between the external Earths filled terrace and the internal elevated living volumes.

These subtle shifts enable correa to effectively shield these high rise units form the effects of both the sun and monsoon rains. This was largely achieved by providing the tower with relatively deep, garden verandas, suspended in the air.




Massive tower Creating big gaps creating small gaps

FORM EVOLUTION


INOVATION

▪ Interlock of four different apartment typologies varying from 3 to 6 bedrooms each.

▪ Smaller displacements of levels.

▪ Differentiated between the external earth filled terraces and the internal elevated living volumes.

▪ Effectively shield these high rise units from the effects of both the sun and monsoon rains.

▪ Achieved by providing the tower with relatively deep, garden verandas, suspended in the air.

SITE PLAN




VOID

MASTER BEDROOM

UP DW

VOID

MASTER BEDROOM

BED ROOM

UP DW

DN

Upper level Upper level

Lower level Lower level

LIVING TERRACE GARDEN

BED ROOM

DINING

BED ROOM

DN

UP

KITCHENUP DN

STUDYLIVING

TERRACE GARDEN

DINING

BED ROOMUP DN

UP

Section Section

LIVINGTERRACE GARDEN

BED ROOMMASTER BEDROOM

LIVING TERRACE GARDEN

TYPE A TYPE B

PLAN AND SECTION

IT HAS 4 TYPICAL TYPES OF 3-6 BHK UNITS


The kitchen is sequestered from the open floor plan of the living and dining, and possessed a separate service door for servants. No bathroom is accessible directly from the living space, but each of the six bedrooms was given such an amenity.

The polarity of the unit, which accommodates its cross ventilation functions well as a cooling strategy, does so at the sacrifice of privacy. The bedroom wall adjacent the living space, although separated by a half story and pony wall, contains only latticework. Some visual and roughly all audio privacy is lost, but perhaps cultural idiosyncrasies allow for such a candid space.

All bedrooms are spacious, with built in wall closets, separate full baths and balconies. Westward rooms look inward towards the bustling cityscape, and the eastward toward the Arabian Sea


PLAN AND SECTION

Lower level Lower level

Upper level Upper level

TERRACE GARDEN

LIVINGDINING

BED ROOM

PANTRY

KITCHENUP DN D

N U

P

BED ROOM

DINING BED ROOM

MASTER BEDROOM

UP DN

SectionSection

TERRACE GARDEN

DINING

BED ROOMDINING

LIVING

BED ROOM

STUDYLIVING

DINING

KITCHEN MASTER BEDROOM

UP DN

TERRACE GARDEN

DN

UP

MASTER BEDROOM

VOIDBEDROOM

BED ROOMUP DN

DN

BED ROOM

TERRACE GARDEN

LIVINGSTUDY

BED ROOMTERRACE GARDEN

BED ROOM


ANALYSIS OF BUILDING PLAN

The building have been planed in east and west orientation. west side of the building have sea and east side have view of the city which playing dynamic role from the building. but orientation toward hot sun and heavy rain, the orientation can be rotate that may be give positive value. it’s also fine because veranda giving covering the cool breeze and giving comfort the living.

also the building have good access of day light and breeze through terrace garden and window the building have 4 different types of house, that is of variations expressed externally by shear end walls that hold up the cantilevers.

The surfaces cut away to open up double height terrace gardens at the corners is nice



SERVICE CORE

IT HAS A CENTRAL CORE AND THE UNITS ARE ARRANGED ALL AROUND IT. It contains staircase well, elevator shaft, electrical shaft and fire fighting shaft.


BUILDING ELEVATIONS



Lift Shaft

PIPING & RISERS

ELECTRICAL SHAFT

LIFT SHAFT

PIPING & RISERS

PIPING & RISERS

STAIRCASE PRESSURIZATION SHAFT

FIRE FIGHTING SHAFT

Lift Shaft

PIPING & RISERS

ELECTRICAL SHAFT

LIFT SHAFT

PIPING & RISERS

PIPING & RISERS

STAIRCASE PRESSURIZATION SHAFT

FIRE FIGHTING SHAFT



Separated housing units and semi public areas TUBE IN TUBE SYSTEM

OVERVIEW OF ALL APARTMENTS


MATERIALS AND COLORS

The garden terraces of Kanchanjunga apartments are actually a modern interpretation of a feature of the traditional Indian bungalow; Veranda.

In India and other Asian countries, one finds a predominance of reds and yellows

TRANSPARENCY




STRUCTURE

VERTICAL ZONING & PARKING


VIEWS

Latticework separating living room and bedroom spaces

VIEW FROM THE WARDEN ROAD VIEW TOWARDS ARABIAN SEA


VIEW OF THE LIVING SPACE



LIVING ROOM/LIVING ROOM

BALCONIES/VIEW TO SEA

TERRACE GARDEM/VIEW FROM

TERRACE GARDEN

Use of bright red and yellow color in the terrace and balconies symbolising the rich culture of india



Whole structure is made of reinforcement cement concrete.

It is 27 stories building with concrete structure 6.3 m cantilever beam.

As a part of material brick masonry has been used.

CONSTRUCTION

AESTHETICS

Aesthetically point of view it is very nice because it has composition of the only squares & rectangular form using basic design principles.

it’s high rise view and end of the four side corner as verandah which also giving a good look with comfort



DESIGN OF MULTISTOREY BUILDINGAR-412

KUNCHANJUNGA APARTMENTREPORT

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Divya Khandelwal (11110020)

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