The New Landscape: Urbanization in the Third World

by Charles Correa

Architect Charles Correa describes a simple hierarchy of private/public realm in Dharavi that starts with the private spaces needed for cooking, sleeping and storage, and moves on to those thresholds of intimate contact such as the front door and porch, and then the more public areas where neighbourhood takes place, such as around a well or water tap, and finally takes its largest form in the urban spaces such as the street and park, where residents and strangers alike mix on equal terms. Lack of space in any one of these four areas can be accommodated by an expansion in other areas - the idea of the flexible threshold and elastic space - and the operation of this flexibility is all made possible by a warm climate where people are happy to spend time in the open air and sit on their porches.

Genres: Architecture

120 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1989

About the author

Charles Mark Correa (1 September 1930 – 16 June 2015) was an Indian architect, urban planner and activist. Credited for the creation of modern architecture in post-Independent India, he was celebrated for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban poor and for his use of traditional methods and materials.

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, and the second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan given by Government of India in 2006. He was also awarded the 1984 Royal Gold Medal for architecture, by the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Reviews

[Abdalla Mostafa · Rating 4 out of 5]

سُئل مؤلف موسيقى من القرن العشرين : كيف تؤلف موسيقاك؟ أعطى جوابا مثيراً لكن دقيقا : "إنه كالنظر من نافذة إلى عاصفة رعدية خلال ظلمة الليل. فجأة، هناك برق يضئ المنطقة بأكلمها. فى تلك اللحظة بالذات، يكون الإنسان قد رأى كل شئ ولا شئ."

[Yasser · Rating 4 out of 5]

an observation ,analysis and solutions for planning problems that are even harder than those in our arabic world