Remembering Charles Correa

Date: September 01, 2022
Time : 6:00 – 8:00pm IST
Venue : Online

Do join us for an evening dedicated to the memory of our founder, Charles Correa, on his 92nd birth anniversary. We start with a panel discussion with three of his clients, followed by the Charles Correa Gold Medal Award Ceremony 2022.

In conversation with Nondita Correa Mehrotra are three clients for Correa’s projects, clients who he built a great rapport with – Ashok Vajpeyi for Bharat Bhavan; Jyotindra Jain for the National Crafts Museum; and Ajit Kembhavi for the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics. The discussion will be on anecdotes and narratives of the process of what makes a piece of architecture, and the role that the client, and the public have in the process. It is to bring awareness and to remember Charles Correa, and these buildings that are much loved and used by the public!

This panel discussion will be followed by the Award Ceremony for the Charles Correa Gold Medal 2022, awarded to the most outstanding undergraduate Architectural Thesis from colleges across India. The Gold Medal will be presented by this year’s jury of architects – Meghal Arya, Suhasini Ayer, Arthur Duff, Kapil Gupta, and Rohan Shivkumar.

From the Archives

The importance of being Ashok- by Charles Correa

An exhibition programme for Bharat Bhavan

CCA – PROJECT

TOWNSHIPS & URBAN DEVELOPMENT

YearProject NameLocation
1961‐62Tube HousesAhmedabad, Gujarat
1961Low income housing (Unbuilt)Ahmedabad, Gujarat
1964-74Planning for BombayMumbai, Maharashtra
1966‐67Punjab Group Housing (Unbuilt)Mumbai, Maharashtra
1967Cablenagar Township (Unbuilt)Kota, Rajasthan
1969‐73Previ HousingLima, Peru
1971‐72Low‐Income HousingAhmedabad, Gujarat
1972‐74Bimanagar TownshipBangalore, Karnataka
1974Cochin Waterfront (Unbuilt)Kochi, Kerala
1974Backbay Waterfront (Unbuilt)Mumbai, Maharashtra
1974Structural Plan for Bangalore (Unbuilt)Bangalore, Karnataka
1976‐77Steel TownshipMisurata, Libya
1978‐82Malabar Cements TownshipKerala
1982-85Buddhapurnima Lakefront DevelopmentHyderabad, Telangana
1982‐85L & T TownshipAwarpur, Maharashtra
1983‐86Belapur Low‐Income HousingNavi Mumbai, Maharashtra
1983Mixed Income Housing (Unbuilt)Indore, Madhya Pradesh
1984ACC TownshipWadi, Karnataka
1985Low‐cost HousingMumbai, Maharashtra
1985‐90Bagalkot TownshipBagalkot, Karnataka
1986HUDCO Courtyard Housing (Unbuilt)Jodhpur, Rajasthan
1989Staff HousingHyderabad, Telangana
1991‐92ULWE: The CBD of New BombayNavi Mumbai, Maharashtra
1992Titan TownshipBangalore, Karnataka
1999‐2004Salt Lake City CentreKolkata, West Bengal
2004Gopalpur Steel Town (Unbuilt)Bihar

RESIDENCES & APARTMENTS

YearProject NameLocation
1959‐61Lalbhai HouseAhmedabad, Gujarat
1959Futehally House, (Unbuilt)Mumbai, Maharashtra
1959‐61Sen HouseKolkata, West Bengal
1959‐60Twin HousesBhavnagar, Gujarat
1960Cosmopolis Apartments, (Unbuilt)Mumbai, Maharashtra
1960Hutheesing House (Unbuilt)Ahmedabad, Gujarat
1961Sen Farmhouse (Unbuilt)Kolkata, West Bengal
1961‐66Sonmarg ApartmentsMumbai, Maharashtra
1962‐64Ramkrishna HouseAhmedabad, Gujarat
1962‐64Palm Avenue HouseKolkata, West Bengal
1962‐64Futehally HouseMumbai, Maharashtra
1962‐63Boyce Houses (Unbuilt)Pune, Maharashtra
1963Thakore House (Unbuilt)Mumbai, Maharashtra
1963Shukla House (Unbuilt)Ahmedabad, Gujarat
1964‐65Mascarenhas HouseBangalore, Karnataka
1965‐66Dutta HouseHauz Khas, New Delhi
1967‐68Menezes HousePune, Maharashtra
1967‐68Ferreira HouseMumbai, Maharashtra
1967‐69Patwardhan HousesPune, Maharashtra
1967‐68Parekh HouseAhmedabad, Gujarat
1968Correa House (Unbuilt)Ahmedabad, Gujarat
1970‐83Kanchanjunga ApartmentsMumbai, Maharashtra
1970‐73Heredia HouseMumbai, Maharashtra
1971DCM Apartments (Unbuilt)New Delhi
1972‐74Mozumdar HouseNew Delhi
1973Rallis Apartments (Unbuilt)Mumbai, Maharashtra
1975‐78Tara Group HousingNew Delhi
1980Calvetty Group Housing (Unbuilt)Kochi, Kerala
1981Beach Houses (Unbuilt)Mandwa, Maharashtra
1982‐85Shah HouseMumbai, Maharashtra
1982‐89Verem HousesVerem, Goa
1983Cunningham Crescent (Unbuilt)Bangalore, Karnataka
1985-92Permanent Mission of IndiaNew York
1985‐89House at KoramangalaBangalore, Karnataka
1986Kapur Think Tank (Unbuilt)New Delhi
1992Cahaya (Unbuilt)Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1994Green Earth Farmhouses (Unbuilt)Rewas, Goa
1994Cochin Back‐Waters (Unbuilt)Kochi, Kerala
1995‐99Gobhai HouseGolwad, Maharashtra
1999MHADA Housing (Competition) (Unbuilt)Mumbai, Maharashtra
2000The Cairn BungalowMumbai, Maharashtra
2000The Cairn ApartmentsMumbai, Maharashtra

OFFICES & COMMERCIAL

YearProject NameLocation
1958‐60Administration BuildingAnand, Gujarat
1960‐62Gun HouseAhmedabad, Gujarat
1962Lal Darwaza Centre (Unbuilt)Ahmedabad, Gujarat
1965‐68ECIL Office ComplexHyderabad, Telangana
1969‐72Jeevan Bima Nagar TownshipMumbai, Maharashtra
1973KSEB Office (Unbuilt)Bangalore, Karnataka
1974‐80Visvesvaraya CentreBangalore, Karnataka
1975‐86Jeevan BharatiNew Delhi
1977Palayam Shopping Centre (Incomplete)Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1979Taif City Centre (Unbuilt)Taif, Saudi Arabia
1980Palm Avenue Offices (Unbuilt)Kolkata, West Bengal
1980BD Centre (Unbuilt)Chennai, Tamil Nadu
1980‐92MPSC OfficesBhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1981Computer Centre (Unbuilt)Singapore
1987‐92MRF HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu
1987‐92British CouncilNew Delhi
1988‐92LIC CentreMauritius
1988HMT Headquarters (Unbuilt)Bangalore, Karnataka
1988NPC Headquarters (Unbuilt)Mumbai, Maharashtra
1990‐93Tata ElxsiBangalore, Karnataka
1993Textile Export Promotion Centre (Unbuilt)Mumbai, Maharashtra
1994Alameda Park Development (Unbuilt)Mexico City
1994‐2000
Cotton CorporationNavi Mumbai, Maharashtra
1995‐2001 TVS FinanceChennai, Tamil Nadu

FACTORIES & LABORATORIES

YearProject NameLocation
1959‐63Plutonium PlantMumbai, Maharashtra
1961‐63AMTS WorkshopAhmedabad, Gujarat
1960‐62Laboratory & Processing PlantMumbai, Maharashtra
1963‐66Battery PlantHyderabad, Telangana
1996‐ to dateMahindra Research CentreMumbai, Maharashtra
2000‐to dateHIKAL R & D CentreNavi Mumbai, Maharashtra

EDUCATIONAL

YearProject NameLocation
1959‐60Humanities DepartmentAnand, Gujarat
1962‐64Sen‐Raleigh PolytechnicAsansol, West Bengal
1963‐69Catering InstituteMumbai, Maharashtra
1967‐75SNDT University CampusMumbai, Maharashtra
1976Wallenberg Centre (Unbuilt)Chennai, Tamil Nadu
1976Shimoga Campus (Unbuilt)Karnataka
1986‐91J.N. Institute of Development BankingHyderabad, Telangana
1986-92IUCAAPune, Maharashtra
1990‐94JNC at IIScBangalore, Karnataka
1990‐94Jawaharlal Nehru CentreBangalore, Karnataka
1992ACME Campus (Unbuilt)Chennai, Tamil Nadu
1999‐to dateNational Academy of Construction (Unbuilt)Hyderabad, Telangana
2000‐2003Tata Technologies CampusPune, Maharashtra
2000‐2005Neuroscience CentreCambridge,USA

HOTELS

YearProject NameLocation
1958-60Cama HotelAhmedabad, Gujarat
1969‐74Kovalam Beach ResortKovalam, Kerala
1972Erangal Beach Resort (Unbuilt)Mumbai, Maharashtra
1978‐82Cidade de GoaDona Paula, Goa
1979Kumarkam Resort (Unbuilt)Kumarkam, Kerala
1979‐82Bay Island ResortPort Blair, Andaman Island
1980‐84Barapani Resort DevelopmentBarapani, Meghalaya
1988‐91Dona SylviaCavelossim Beach, Goa

EXHIBITIONS & MUSEUMS

YearProject NameLocation
1958Handloom PavilionNew Delhi
1958‐63Gandhi Smarak SanghralayaAhmedabad, Gujarat
1961Hindustan Lever PavilionNew Delhi
1962‐65Kasturba Gandhi SamadhiPune, Maharashtra
1968‐69Gandhi DarshanRajghat, New Delhi
1969India Pavillion (Unbuilt)Osaka, Japan
1973‐83Kala AkademiPanaji, Goa
1975-93Crafts MuseumNew Delhi
1975‐81Bharat BhavanBhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1985Archaeology Museum (Unbuilt)Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1986‐92Jawahar Kala KendraJaipur, Rajasthan
1998Museum of Islamic Art (Competition)Doha, Qatar

PUBLIC BUILDINGS

YearProject NameLocation
1959‐66Cricket Complex & Sports ComplexAhmedabad, Gujarat
1962‐63Wadaj Bus TerminalAhmedabad, Gujarat
1962‐63Navrangpura Bus TerminalAhmedabad, Gujarat
1974‐85Salvacao ChurchMumbai, Maharashtra
1980‐97Vidhan BhavanBhopal, Madhya Pradesh
1982BVB Centre (Unbuilt)New York, USA
1984‐87Cantonement ChurchPune, Maharashtra
1989‐2000The Malankara Orthodox Syrian ChurchParumala, Kerala
1992Madgaon StationGoa
1995-97City Museum, BMRDAMumbai, Maharashtra
1995Capital Complex (Unbuilt)Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
1998‐to dateHigh Profile Jamatkhana (Competition)Toronto, Canada
2000Memorial GatesConstitution Hill, London

GUN HOUSE

Ahmedabad
1960-1962

The Ahmedabad Rifle Association needed a building to house their offices and showroom. Since their requirements were small and their initial funds limited. they wanted a plan which would provide direct access to independent rentable offices, and which could be added to later on.

Thus, the building consists of two separate blocks each 12m x 12m. The floor slabs are diagrids, supported by 4 columns placed at the middle of each external wall, augmented by diagonal brace to the corners. This created an internal office space free of obstruction. The central slot between the two blocks is used for circulation and toilets

ECIL OFFICE COMPLEX

Hyderabad
1965-1968

The Client wanted a workspace which, through its very form, generates a controlled micro-climate, obviating the necessity for air-condition. The brief specified a programme that was incremental – hence the modular units, which are indented into a cruciform so as to bring more daylight to the workspaces. To minimize hear input, the units are sealed along the east on the west (which enjoys a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape) shade is provided by the large roof overhang – consisting partly of a slatted pergola and partly thin membrane of water which reflects the incident hear of sunlight back into the sky.

JEEVAN BHARATI

Delhi
1975-1986

This office complex for the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is situated on the outer road of Connaught Circle, and acts as a pivot between the colonnades of Connaught Place and the new generation of high-rise towers that now surround it. Thus, the building is both proscenium and backdrop: a twelve-storey stage-set whose faceted glass surfaces reflect the buildings and trees around Connaught Place, and beyond which the new high-rise imagery of Delhi can be glimpsed.

The two lower levels of the complex consist of shopping decks and restaurants, while the upper levels of offices are located in two separate wings, generating a total built-up area of 63,000 square metres. Connecting the two wings, is a great pergola, 98 metres long, supported at either end by masonry piers and in the middle by a single column. A city proposal for an elevated pedestrian walkways (if ever constructed) will pass between the two blocks, allowing pedestrians to traverse the building as a great darwaza, i.e. gateway, defined by the portico-form.

PERMANENT MISSION OF INDIA TO THE U.N.

New York
1985-1992

The site, just down the road, from the UN Headquarters in New York, consists of two Manhattan city-blocks connecting adjacent streets, forming a narrow strip of land 60 metres long, with a frontage of 12 metres along 43rd St. and a mere 6.3 metres along 44th St. Into this crevice had to be inlaid a complex programme of offices for the Permanent Mission of India and an Exhibition Gallery (with direct access from 44th St.) located in the four levels of the podium, surmounted by a tower with residential accommodation for five different categories of staff, ranging from the security personnel (15.5 sq. metres each) to the Dy. Consul General (200 sq. metres in a triplex apartment with terrace gardens, at the top of the building). This wide range of apartment sizes were all accommodated in the same envelope (a tower 14 metres wide and 15.5 metres deep), wrapped in a taut metal panelled skin. The larger apartments at the top are interlocking duplexes somewhat like the Kanchanjunga Apartments in Bombay (1960-83), but with the double height areas glass-enclosed (so as to remain useable in the North American winters).

MRF HEADQUATERS

Madras
1987-92

Madras is a low-rise city, with a quiet and relaxed life style. These new headquarters for MRF, the leading tyre manufacturer in India, gently follows the curve of the road to create a series of terraced gardens, recalling the waves on the seashore of the Marina along the waterfront in Madras

Rejecting the notion of a high-rise tower to convey the commercial pre-eminence of the client, this design generates monumentality though a single free-standing column rising to support the large pergola that floats above the terraces, protecting them from the sun. Within the building, the various levels of the offices open out onto 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 another, or and to exit and go home at the end of the working day. At the roof terrace level, one emerges on to a large garden, with the trees and buildings of Madras all around.

MPSC OFFICES

Bhopal
1980-1992

This large complex of public sector offices in Bhopal, was designed for the Madhya Pradesh State Corporation. Developed from some of the architectural concepts initiated in the ECIL offices in Hyderabad, this complex is for a similar hot-dry climate.

It is designed to accommodate twelve independent State Government Corporation in four separate buildings which architecturally form a single mass, focussing round a courtyard, with a fountain at its centre. This courtyard is covered by a pergola at roof level, which not only protects the internal facades from the sun, but also ties the complex together visually.

Much of the lighting of the office spaces is from windows overlooking this central space; the external surfaces are either blank masonry, or double-walls with deep-set windows. The six-storey high blocks each have their own vertical circulation. At various points on the upper levels, they are interconnected by bridges. The driveway swings into the complex, passing under the overhead bridges – a classic pattern found in historic sectors of Bhopal city.

ALAMEDA PARK PROJECT

Mexico
1994, unbuilt

This office building is part of a new development by Reichmann International in the heart of Mexico City, on a site which was largely destroyed in the earthquake of 1985. Within the context of a Master Plan developed by the noted Mexican architect Ricardo Legoretta, the design of the buildings has been entrusted to several international architects (Caesar Pelli, Aldo Rossi. Fumihiko Maki, etc).

This project is a low-rise building. located along the front of the site, facing the historic Alameda Park. It has the proportions of a cube – the lower two floors of the building contain shops which plug into the shopping arcade along the rear of the site. The upper floors are for offices, with the top three having Executive Suites opening on to terraces with marvellous views of the city through the large “urban windows at the top of the building.

From Alameda Park, these openings, floating just above the level of the trees, will frame the multi-faceted mural, painted in the great Mexican tradition of public art, so vividly exemplified in the work of Deigo Riveira and Orazco. The external walls are clad in black volcanic rock used in many of Mexico City’s oldest buildings with the mullions of the square windows in a glossy reddish-brown metallic finish.

Champalimaud Centre

Lisbon, Portugal
2007-2010

This research and diagnostic centre, located in Lisbon, is a state-of-the art facility guided by some of the best scientists in the world today. the site is a truly extraordinary sweep of land, just where the river joins the Atlantic Ocean – the point from which Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama and the other great Portuguese pioneers left on their journeys into the unknown.

The 3 units that constitute the project (the largest for the doctors and scientists, the second for theatre, the exhibition hall, the foundation offices etc., and the third is an open-air amphitheatre for the city) have been arranged to create a 125m long pathway leading diagonally across the site, towards the open seas.

This pathway is ramped up (at a gentle slope of 1:20) – so as you ascend, you see only sky ahead of you. At the end of the ramp are two stone monoliths, straight from the quarry, as primordial as Stonehenge. When you reach the highest point, you being to see a large body of water – which seemingly connects (i.e., without visual break) to the ocean beyond. In the center of this water body, just below the surface of the water, is an oval shaped object – made of stainless steel and slightly convex, so the it reflects the blue sky and passing clouds above. It could be anything – the back of a turtle, a tropical island, a treasure chest. It is the mythic adventure they went in search of, 500 years ago – and a perfect metaphor for contemporary Science’s own journey into the unknown.

Speech by Charles Correa

Lisbon
5th October, 2005

  1. What makes me most proud about this project is that it is NOT a museum of modern art. On the contrary, it uses the highest levels of contemporary science and medicine to help people grappling with real problems; cancer, brain damage, going blind. And to house these cutting-edge activities, we tried to create a piece of architecture. architecture as sculpture. Architecture as beauty. Architecture as therapy.
  2. And we also attempted to use NATURE as therapy. The WATER around us. The SKY above us. The healing presence of RAIN FORESTS. All these are therapies for the patients.
  3. Of course, we have a special site. One of astonishing beauty – and great historic Memory. Nobert Schultz has written eloquently about what he calls the GENUS LOCI, the essential meaning of a site – and Architecture’s unique responsibility to express, to release, that meaning. A musician can play the same Chopin concert one evening in Tokyo and the next in Brazil and the third in Paris – with every note exactly the same. But not the architect. For a building is rooted in the soil on which it stands. In the climate, in the technology, in the culture – and the aspirations! – of the society that uses it. This is why the same building cannot be repeated anywhere and everywhere in the world.
  4. And of course what makes this site very special is that it is the place from which five hundred years ago Vasco da Gama and the other great navigators went forth on their voyages of Discovery – a perfect metaphor for the discoveries of contemporary science today. this is why more than 50% of the site has been given back to the city of Lisbon for its citizens to celebrate that history – without in any way compromising the privacy of the medical activities, and vice versa. The site plan is a yin-yang pattern of interlocking spaces.
  5. Lastly, I am proud that this project tries to express the essential nature, the Genus Loci, of this site without resorting to ersatz version of traditional architecture. No, we have used throughout a Contemporary voice to express not only the truth about this site – but also to celebrate a very crucial moment (arguably the DEFINING moment) in the history of this nation.

Surya Kund

Delhi
1986

The traditional kunds, generally located next to temples, are rectangular water ponds where the faithful come for ritual purification before entering the temple to worship. The sides of these kunds consist of geometric patterns of steps, surrounding this body of water.

The form of these kunds is derived from the vastu-purush-mandals, those ancient Vedic diagrams which conceived of Architecture as a model of the Cosmos. Like many other aspects of India, these diagrams metaphysical, specific and timeless.

The Surya Kund was designed for a futurologist who lives on a solar energy farm in Delhi (‘’Surya’’ in Sanskrit for the Sun), and who hosts think-tanks on various social and political issues concerning India. In that sense it is really a tank for thinking – and hopefully purifying! – oneself. Like its prototype, the Surya Kund is precisely oriented to the cardinal directions of the compass.

Church at Parumala

Kerala
1989-2000

The Christian Church in Kerala per-dates the Vatican Church of Rome – because just after the death of the Christ and much before St. Paul reached Rome, St. Thomas the Apostle landed in South India to spread new gospel. The first conversions were therefore local Hindus, who developed their own forms of worship. Even today, their rituals are quite different from those of Catholic and Protestant Churches in Europe and in the West. The shrine at Parumala is the main centre of worship for the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.

Built to commemorate Kerala’s principal Saint, this new Church accommodates 2,00 worshippers inside its walls and more than 3,000 outside. The form of the Church is derived from the try-partite structure of Coptic and Syrian traditions (which, in the 5th Century, deeply influenced the Kerala Church). However, the rituals themselves, with the faithful sitting and kneeling on the floor, are completely indigenous.

VIDHAN BHAVAN

Bhopal
1980-96

The new Vidhan Bhavan houses the many diverse functions crucial to a functioning democracy. The plan is a pattern of gardens within gardens, divided into 9 squares. The 5 central ones (along the 2 main axes are halls and courtyards, while the 4 corner positions are occupied by specialised functions: The Vidhan Sabha (Lower House), The Vidhan Parishad (Upper House), the combined Hall, and the library.

There are 3 main entrances: for the Public, for the VIP’s and for the MLA’s. These three streams, each separated from the others, experience the complex internal space of the building while moving along verandahs overlooking courtyards and gardens- as in the traditional architecture of India.

Because of its siting on the crest of a hill in the center of Bhopal, Vidhan Bhavan commands magnificent views of the city all around. Truly it is a celebration of the State of Madhya Pradesh, of its culture and its people- a veritable Palace of Democracy.

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Any new features or tools which are added to the current store shall also be subject to the Terms of Service. You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time on this page. We reserve the right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and/or changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the website following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.

SECTION 1 – ONLINE STORE TERMS

By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

You may not use our products for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws).

You must not transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.

A breach or violation of any of the Terms will result in an immediate termination of your Services.

SECTION 2 – GENERAL CONDITIONS

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.

You understand that your content (not including credit card information), may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Credit card information is always encrypted during transfer over networks.

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Service, or access to the Service or any contact on the website through which the service is provided, without express written permission by us.

The headings used in this agreement are included for convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms.

SECTION 3 – ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION

We are not responsible if information made available on this site is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. Any reliance on the material on this site is at your own risk.

This site may contain certain historical information. Historical information, necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our site. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our site.

SECTION 4 – MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVICE AND PRICES

Prices for our products are subject to change without notice.

We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part or content thereof) without notice at any time.

We shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

SECTION 5 – PRODUCTS OR SERVICES

Certain products or services may be available exclusively online through the website. These products or services may have limited quantities and are subject to return or exchange only according to our Return Policy.

We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colors and images of our products that appear at the store. We cannot guarantee that your computer monitor’s display of any color will be accurate.

We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to limit the sales of our products or Services to any person, geographic region or jurisdiction. We may exercise this right on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to limit the quantities of any products or services that we offer. All descriptions of products or product pricing are subject to change at any time without notice, at the sole discretion of us. We reserve the right to discontinue any product at any time. Any offer for any product or service made on this site is void where prohibited.

We do not warrant that the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you will meet your expectations, or that any errors in the Service will be corrected.

SECTION 6 – ACCURACY OF BILLING AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION

We reserve the right to refuse any order you place with us. We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household or per order. These restrictions may include orders laced by or under the same customer account, the same credit card, and/or orders that use the same billing and/or shipping address. In the event that we make a change to or cancel an order, we may attempt to notify you by contacting the e-mail and/or billing address/phone number provided at the time the order was made. We reserve the right to limit or prohibit orders that, in our sole judgment, appear to be placed by dealers, resellers or distributors.

You agree to provide current, complete and accurate purchase and account information for all purchases made at our store. You agree to promptly update your account and other information, including your email address and credit card numbers and expiration dates, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed.

For more detail, please review our Returns Policy.

SECTION 7 – OPTIONAL TOOLS

We may provide you with access to third-party tools over which we neither monitor nor have any control nor input.

You acknowledge and agree that we provide access to such tools ”as is” and “as available” without any warranties, representations or conditions of any kind and without any endorsement. We shall have no liability whatsoever arising from or relating to your use of optional third-party tools.

Any use by you of optional tools offered through the site is entirely at your own risk and discretion and you should ensure that you are familiar with and approve of the terms on which tools are provided by the relevant third-party provider(s).

We may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall also be subject to these Terms of Service.

SECTION 8 – THIRD-PARTY LINKS

Certain content, products and services available via our Service may include materials from third-parties.

Third-party links on this site may direct you to third-party websites that are not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy and we do not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third-party materials or websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third-parties.

We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made in connection with any third-party websites. Please review carefully the third-party’s policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products should be directed to the third-party.

SECTION 9 – USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS

If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions (for example contest entries) or without a request from us you send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, ‘comments’), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any comments that you forward to us. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments.

We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libellous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Service.

You agree that your comments will not violate any right of any third-party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal or proprietary right. You further agree that your comments will not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of the Service or any related website. You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third-parties as to the origin of any comments. You are solely responsible for any comments you make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments posted by you or any third-party.

SECTION 10 – PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your submission of personal information through the store is governed by our Privacy Policy.

SECTION 11 – ERRORS, INACCURACIES AND OMISSIONS

Occasionally there may be information on our site or in the Service that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, promotions, offers, product shipping charges, transit times and availability. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any information in the Service or on any related website is inaccurate at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order).

We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information in the Service or on any related website, including without limitation, pricing information, except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date applied in the Service or on any related website, should be taken to indicate that all information in the Service or on any related website has been modified or updated.

SECTION 12 – PROHIBITED USES

In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms of Service, you are prohibited from using the site or its content: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.

SECTION 13 – DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

We do not guarantee, represent or warrant that your use of our service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.

We do not warrant that the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable.

You agree that from time to time we may remove the service for indefinite periods of time or cancel the service at any time, without notice to you.

You expressly agree that your use of, or inability to use, the service is at your sole risk. The service and all products and services delivered to you through the service are (except as expressly stated by us) provided ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ for your use, without any representation, warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, fitness for a particular purpose, durability, title, and non-infringement.

In no case shall The Charles Correa Foundation, our directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents, contractors, interns, suppliers, service providers or licensors be liable for any injury, loss, claim, or any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages of any kind, including, without limitation lost profits, lost revenue, lost savings, loss of data, replacement costs, or any similar damages, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, arising from your use of any of the service or any products procured using the service, or for any other claim related in any way to your use of the service or any product, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the service or any content (or product) posted, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the service, even if advised of their possibility. Because some states or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states or jurisdictions, our liability shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

SECTION 14 – INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Charles Correa Foundation and our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third-party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents they incorporate by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third-party.

SECTION 15 – SEVERABILITY

In the event that any provision of these Terms of Service is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms of Service, such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.

SECTION 16 – TERMINATION

The obligations and liabilities of the parties incurred prior to the termination date shall survive the termination of this agreement for all purposes.

These Terms of Service are effective unless and until terminated by either you or us. You may terminate these Terms of Service at any time by notifying us that you no longer wish to use our Services, or when you cease using our site.

If in our sole judgment you fail, or we suspect that you have failed, to comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Service, we also may terminate this agreement at any time without notice and you will remain liable for all amounts due up to and including the date of termination; and/or accordingly may deny you access to our Services (or any part thereof).

SECTION 17 – ENTIRE AGREEMENT

The failure of us to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

These Terms of Service and any policies or operating rules posted by us on this site or in respect to the Service constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between you and us and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior or contemporaneous agreements, communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between you and us (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Service).

Any ambiguities in the interpretation of these Terms of Service shall not be construed against the drafting party.

SECTION 18 – GOVERNING LAW

These Terms of Service and any separate agreements whereby we provide you Services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India and jurisdiction of Panaji, Goa.

SECTION 19 – CHANGES TO TERMS OF SERVICE

You can review the most current version of the Terms of Service at any time at this page. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of those changes.

SECTION 20 – CONTACT INFORMATION

Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to us at connect@charlescorreafoundation.org

Films by Charles Correa

YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

1955 Director, Scriptwriter, Animator, and Photographer for ‘You & Your Neighbourhood’, Correa’s Masters Thesis, MIT.

City on the Water

1975 Director and Scriptwriter for the documentary ‘City on the Water’, Films Division, Government of India.

VISTARA: The architecture of India

1986 Scriptwriter for Audio-Visual ‘VISTARA: The Architecture of India’

The Blessings of the Sky

1995 Scriptwriter and Director for Video ‘The Blessings of the Sky’

Kinetic City & Other Essays

Book Release Discussants

Rahul Mehrotra

Rahul Mehrotra is the founder principal of RMA Architects. He divides his time between working in Mumbai and Boston and teaching at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University where he is Professor of Urban Design and Planning and the John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization. Mehrotra is a member of the steering committee of the Laxmi Mittal South Asia Institute at Harvard.

In 2012-2015, he led a Harvard University-wide research project with Professor Diana Eck, called The Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Mega City. This work was published as a book in 2014. This research was extended in 2017 in the form of a book titled Does Permanence Matter? This research was also extended into an invited exhibition at the 2016 Venice Biennale.

Mehrotra co-authored a book titled Taj Mahal: Multiple Narratives which was published in Dec 2017. His latest book to be released in early September 2020 is titled Working in Mumbai and is a reflection on his 30 years of practice and interrogates the notion of context to understand how the practice evolved through its association with the city of Bombay/Mumbai.

Cristina

Cristina is a noted art historian and publisher who spent more than a decade at Hatje Cantz, a world-leading publisher of visual arts, photography and architecture. Cristina possesses deep industry expertise, having served as the Managing Director of Hatje Cantz where she was fully responsible for the operational and strategic management of the company. A keen interest in the arts motivated her to pursue a PhD in Art and Architectural History from the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel followed by an MBA from the prestigious TUM School of Management..

ArchiTangle is a Berlin-based independent publishing house and digital service provider in the architectural space, focusing on knowledge transfer and projects of social relevance. Dedicated to cultural and ethical values in architecture, ArchiTangle’s publishing program spans the entire architecture spectrum and aims to foster the dissemination of architectural knowledge through analogue tradition and digital innovation. ArchiTangle’s digital services include a novel blockchain-based archiving platform that will enable architects, architecture institutions, archives and collections to securely preserve the integrity of architectural data in perpetuity.

Ranjit Hoskote

Ranjit Hoskote has been acclaimed as a seminal contributor to Indian art criticism and curatorial practice, and is also a leading Anglophone Indian poet. Hoskote was the curator of India’s first-ever national pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2011). He co-curated the 7th Gwangju Biennale with Okwui Enwezor and Hyunjin Kim (2008).

Among his curatorial projects are three transhistorical and trans-genre exhibitions developed for the Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa: Terra Cognita? (2016), Anti-Memoirs (2017), and The Sacred Everyday (2018)

Along With Rahul Mehrotra and Kaiwan Mehta, Hoskote co-curated the exhibition-conference platforms The State of Architecture: Practices and Processes in India (National Gallery of Modern Art, Bombay, 2016) and State of Housing: Aspirations, Imaginaries and Realities (Max Mueller Bhavan, Bombay, 2018).

He is the author of more than 30 books, including Vanishing Acts: New & Selected Poems 1985-2005 (Penguin, 2006), Central Time (Penguin/ Viking, 2014), Jonahwhale (Penguin/ Hamish Hamilton, 2018), and The Atlas of Lost Beliefs (Arc, 2020)

Kaiwan Mehta

Kaiwan Mehta, is a theorist and critic in the fields of visual culture, architecture, and city studies. Kaiwan has studied Architecture (B. Arch), Literature (MA), Indian Aesthetics (PGDip) and Cultural Studies (PhD). In 2017 he completed his doctoral studies at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bengaluru, under the aegis of Manipal University. Since March 2012 he has been the Managing Editor of Domus India (Spenta Multimedia). He is also Professor and coordinator of the Doctoral Programme at the Faculty of Architecture, CEPT, Ahmedabad since 2017; and part of the CEPT University Press since 2018. He was the Charles Correa Chair professor at the Goa College of Architecture under the aegis of the Department of Art and Culture, Government of Goa for the academic year 2017-2018. 

He authored Alice in Bhuleshwar: Navigating a Mumbai Neighbourhood (Yoda Press. New Delhi, 2009) and The Architecture of I M Kadri (Niyogi. New Delhi, 2016). Mehta co-curated with Rahul Mehrotra and Ranjit Hoskote the national exhibition on architecture ‘The State of Architecture: Practices and Processes in India ‘ (UDRI. 2016) at the National Gallery Modern Art, Mumbai and ‘State of Housing – Aspirations, Imaginaries, and Realities in India’ (UDRI. 2018). He has been elected as the Jury Chairman for two consecutive terms (2015-17 and 2017-2019) for the international artist’s residency programme across 13 disciplines at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany. He has been curating the Urban Design and Architecture section of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai since 2016.

Rajesh Vora

Rajesh Vora, a graduate of the National Institute of Design, India, began his career in Visual Communications and has been photographing for over 30 years. A deep-rooted interest in the environment and disappearing habitats have influenced his photographic practice. Vora worked as a photographer with COLORS magazine for over 15 years and often contributed as a researcher and writer. Commissioned to document architecture projects in India and Bangladesh with social relevance, for The Aga Khan Award for Architecture Foundation, Geneva.

His concern with urban issues led to myriad collaborations and projects with architects, environmentalists and filmmakers espousing critical views on the social, cultural and political situation in India. His ongoing project, Everyday Baroque, exhibited in 2016 at Photoink Gallery, New Delhi, takes him to Punjab to document the homes of the Punjabi Non-resident Indians.