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Case Study Kanchanjunga Apartments

Kanchanjunga Apartments is a 32-story luxury apartment building completed between 1970-1983 in Mumbai, India. It has 32 units of 3-4 bedrooms each. The building is oriented east-west to catch sea breezes, with 62.5% of units facing harbors to the east. A central concrete core houses elevators and services, and acts as the main structural element. Large openings and 6.3m cantilevered garden terraces provide transparency while minimizing circulation space. The concrete and white panel construction has a modern Western style, though garden terraces reference traditional Indian bungalows.

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Case Study Kanchanjunga Apartments

Kanchanjunga Apartments is a 32-story luxury apartment building completed between 1970-1983 in Mumbai, India. It has 32 units of 3-4 bedrooms each. The building is oriented east-west to catch sea breezes, with 62.5% of units facing harbors to the east. A central concrete core houses elevators and services, and acts as the main structural element. Large openings and 6.3m cantilevered garden terraces provide transparency while minimizing circulation space. The concrete and white panel construction has a modern Western style, though garden terraces reference traditional Indian bungalows.

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- NIKHIL KRUSHNA NIKAM

kanchanjunga apartments
Location

Mumbai is mostly
as sea level with
average elevation
ranging from 10 to
15 meters.

Kanchanjunga
Apartment The site
(1970-83) KANCHANJUNGA
APARTMENT
A ten year project
to build 32 three 72,G. Deshmukh Road
or four bedroom Mumbai MH India
luxury apartments.
Approach

 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.

parking
main stucture
central lobby
Approach as a user

Double flight
Service shaft

.
stairs for duplex

Main road Main road


Central lobby
Concept

❖ He mainly worked on the sectional


displacement by bringing changes in
the floor surfaces.
❖ He applied cellular planning by using
interlocks in one and half story 3 and 4
bedroom units with two and half story 5-
6 bedroom units.
❖ Small displacements in levels
differentiated the external earth filled
terraces with internal elevated living
volumes.
Organisation
Orientation

 In Bombay a building has to be oriented east-west to catch the prevailing sea breezes
and open up the best views of the city. Arabian sea on one side harbor on the other.
 2 of 4 types of the apartments are oriented to the west view to the harbors and the other
half of them to the east of the Arabian Sea.
 62.5% of the total verandahs are oriented to the view of harbors(east).
 It is also the correct orienting for the sunshine instead of west.
 The types occouring at the top and ground floor are a little a bit
changed because of their position.
Basic structural units

Type A -3 bedroom

Type B -3 bedroom

Type C -5 bedroom

Type D -4 bedroom
Detailed
Layout
for
Type-A &
Type-B
Detailed
Layout
for
Type-C &
Type-D
Layout
Layout
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.
Transpareny & Circulation

❖ Great deal of transparency has been achieved by use of terrace gardens and
large openings on every floor.
❖ 10% to 15% of each floor area has been provided as common circulation.
❖ Max. facilities provided using min. circulation.
Material And Colors

❖ 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
Kanchanjunga Apartments are actually a
modern interpretation of a feature of the
traditional Indian bungalow: the verandah.
❖ In a bungalow, the verandah wraps the
main living area.
❖ The color expert says that the quality of
sunlight, climate and culture influence
color 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 pre dominance of
reds and yellows.
White panels and concrete construction ,bears a
strong resemblance to a modern building while the
terrace garden give a look of that of a traditional
bungalow.

Overlooking the city from garden terrace

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