Mehta Naomi Nishit

AR3029

 The city views , the terraces and the volumes, the multiple unit types, the kanchanjunga apartments; Correa’s icon of vertical luxury living. The idea of luxury and the “iconic section” of the kanchanjunga apartments fails to carry through and translate itself in its making. To achieve formal milestones, the modularity generated in its design does not facilitate the comfort, customization and flexibility required for human habitation. The design intentions within the building remain expressions of form while lacking contextualization to place and climate. The building is designed as an object,disjunct from the ground with a formal presence in the city from a distant view. There is a lack of continuity in articulating quality spaces for multiple user groups and across different functions of service and transition. The lack in articulation of thresholds both at unit and ground level cause inefficient functioning of these spaces, lacking the idea of “luxury”. The intervention tries to re-examine the relationships discovered across multiple scales to create an experience of luxury that is centered around creating quality spaces for multiple user groups and programs. Taking from the dense nature of the context, courtyards have been used as interfaces on ground that also enable it to breathe. Redefining and contextualizing of multiple relationships have led to the transformation of the building in parts and as a whole; to meet the ground and the sky, bringing the iconic section to reality.Full portfolio:
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