Madras1987-1992

CHARLES CORREACharles Correa is an Indian architect and urban planner, particularly noted for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban poor and for his use of traditional methods and materials

About :Madras is a low-rise city.The MRF , leading tyre manufacturers in INDIA.MRF Headquarters is designed By Charles correa.Charles Correa was born in Hyderabad, India in 1930. He studied at the University of Michigan and Massachusetts Institute of Technology after which he established a private practice in Bombay in 1958. Correa's work in India shows a careful development, understanding and adaptation of Modernism to a non-western culture. Correa's early works attempt to explore a local vernacular within a modern environment.

PRINCIPLES

FEW CARDINAL PRINCIPLES IN HIS VAST BODY OF WORK:

INCREMENTALITYPLURALISMPARTICIPATIONINCOME GENERATIONEQUITYOPEN-TO-SKY SPACEDISAGGREGATION.Ballarpur housing being the one project where he has literally used these principals

CORREA'S WORK IN INDIA SHOWS A CAREFUL DEVELOPMENT , UNDERSTANDING AND ADAPTATION OF MODERNISM TO A NON-WESTERN CULTURE. CORREA'S EARLY WORKS ATTEMPT TO EXPLORE A LOCAL VERNACULAR WITHIN A MODERN ENVIRONMENT. CORREA'S LAND-USE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS CONTINUALLY TRY TO GO BEYOND TYPICAL SOLUTIONS TO THIRD WORLD PROBLEMS.

View of MRF headquarters The building gently follows the curve of road to create a series of terrace gardens, recalling the waves of the seashore of the marina along the waterfront in Madras.

Rejection the notation of a high-rise tower to convey the commercial pre-eminence of the client, this design generates monumentally though a single free standing column rising to support the large pergola that floats above the terraces, projecting them the sun.

Design features:Within the building, the various levels of the offices open out on to a central atrium, linked through a casual pattern of connecting stairs , creating a focus for the building- and a wonderfully casual way to walk from one department to the another.At the terrace level, one emerges on to a larger garden, with the trees and buildings of the Madras all around.

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