Natura November - December 2013 | Page 85

CEPHEDEKİ AMORF YIRTIKLAR İÇ MEKAN VE DIŞ MEKAN ARASINDA GÖRSEL VE FİZİKSEL İLETİŞİM SAĞLIYOR. AMORPHOUS FORMS ON THE FAÇADE CREATE A VISUAL AND SPATIAL LINK BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SPACES. feature for many monuments and used in contemporary buildings as well, suggesting a visual and architectural continuity between the past and the present. The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown is designed by the famous Indian architect, theorist, urban planner and activist Charles Correa. He is accepted as one of the most important modern architects of India, celebrated for his post-war work in India in which he connects modernism with local traditions. Together with architectural design, he is keen on addressing issues of low-income housing and urban planning. He is the designer of several significant projects including the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad (1963), the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur (1992), British Council in Delhi (1992), the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Boston (2005) and numerous housing projects and townships in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore. He is the Chief Architect of ‘Navi Mumbai’ (1970-75), an urban planning project for a new city of 2 million people and was appointed as the first Chairman of the National KASIM - ARALIK 2013 / NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2013 • NATURA 85