Resume Architect, Planner, Activist and Theoretician, Charles Correa Is
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Charles Correa : Resume Architect, planner, activist and theoretician, Charles Correa is one of the few contemporary architects who addresses not only issues of architecture, but of low-income housing and urban planning as well. His work covers a wide range, from the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur and the State Assembly for Madhya Pradesh, to housing projects and townships in Delhi, Bombay, Ahmedabad and Bangalore. He was Chief Architect for 'Navi Mumbai' the new city of 2 million people across the harbour from Bombay, and was appointed by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as the first Chairman of the National Commission on Urbanisation. Correa has taught at several universities, both in India and abroad, and currently spends part of his time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is Farwell Bemis Professor in the School of Architecture and Planning. He has been awarded the highest honours of his profession, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Praemium Imperiale of Japan, and the Gold Medals of the UIA and the RIBA EDUCATION 1939 – 1946 St. Xavier’s High School, Bombay 1946 – 1948 St. Xavier’s College, University of Bombay 1949 – 1953 University of Michigan (B.Arch) 1953 – 1955 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.Arch) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 1964 – to date Fellow, Indian Institute of Architects 1974 – to date Council of Architecture, India HONORARY FELLOWSHIPS 1979 American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC 1985 Academie d' Architecture Francais, Paris 1987 International Academy of Architecture, Sofia, Bulgaria 1990 United Architects of the Philippines, Manila 1992 Finnish Institute of Architects, Helsinki, Finland 1993 Royal Institute of British Architects, London 1993 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Mass 1997 Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, Dublin 1998 American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY 1999 Trinidad Institute of Architects, Jamaica 2002 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1958 – to date In private practice in Bombay 1964 – 1965 Prepared alternate Master Plan (with Pravina Mehta & Shirish Patel) proposing city of New Bombay 1969 – 1971 Invited by the Government of Peru and the UN to design PREVI low–cost housing project in Lima 1971 – 1974 Chief Architect to CIDCO (Government of Maharashtra) for development of New Bombay 1975 – 1989 Board of Directors, CIDCO (New Bombay) 1975 – 1978 Consulting Architect, Government of Karnataka 1975 – 1983 Chairman, Housing Urban Renewal & Ecology Board, Bombay Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (BMRDA) 1975 – 1994 Executive Committee, BMRDA 1985 – 1988 Chairman, National Commission on Urbanisation, Government of India 1985 – 1986 Chairman, Committee for Textile Mills in Bombay, Government of Maharashtra 1996 – 1998 President, World Society of EKISTICS, Athens, Greece 1999 – to date Consulting Architect, Government of Goa BIO–DATA included in WHO’S WHO, A & C Black, London WHO’S WHO IN INDIA, The Times of India, Bombay CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTS, St. James Press, London WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA, Marquis, New Providence, N.J. WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD, Marquis, New Providence, N.J. INTERNATIONAL WHO’S WHO, Europa Publications, London BOARD MEMBERSHIPS & COMMITTEES 1975 – 1978 Member, Bangalore Urban Arts Commission 1975 – 1984 Western Board, Reserve Bank of India 1975 – 1989 Board of Directors, CIDCO (New Bombay) 1976 Consultant to Director–General of UN HABITAT Conference, Vancouver 1976 Consultant to UN Secretary–General for planning of, new capital of Tanzania 1977– 1986 Member, Steering Committee, Aga Khan Award for Architecture 1980 – 1984 Member, Urban Conservation Committee, Hyderabad Urban Development Authority 1981 – 1988 Member, Board of Advisors, MIMAR 1982 – 1985 Member, Economic & Planning Advisory Council to the Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka 1983 Founder Member, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) 1984 Founder Member, Trust for Urban Design Research Institute, Bombay 1984 – 1986 Chairman, Committee for “VISTARA: The Architecture of India” 1996 Member, Secretary–General’s Advisory Group for HABITAT II Conference, Istanbul 1999 – to date Steering Committee, Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2005 – to date Chairman, Delhi Urban Arts Commission JURIES OF ARCHITECTURAL PRIZES / COMPETITIONS 1976 Pahalavi National Library Competition, Iran. 1988 – 1991 Master Jury, Aga Khan Award for Architecture. 1989 Kuwait Pearls Competition, Kuwait Real Estate Company. 1991 Chairman of Jury, Samarkand Competition, Uzbekistan 1992 – 1998 Pritzker Prize for Architecture 1993 National Landmark for State of Kuwait 1993 Juma Al–Majid Centre for Culture & Heritage, Dubai 1994 AIA / Otis Housing Competition, Washington DC 1998 Jury Member, National Housing Competition, China 1997 Chairman of Jury, New Constitutional Court, Government of South Africa. 1998 – to date Prins Claus Awards, Netherlands. 1999 New Campus of American University at Cairo 2000 Venice Biennale Jury, Venice – June 2002 – to date ‘Praemium Imperiale Asian Nomination Committee’, Tokyo VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS 1962 Albert Bemis Professor, MIT, Cambridge, Mass – Fall 1974 Sir Banister Fletcher Professor, University of London – May 1974 Harvard, Cambridge – Fall 1976 J.J. School of Architecture, University of Bombay 1979 Arthur Q. Davis Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans – Fall 1981 MIT, Cambridge, Mass – Spring 1982 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia – Spring 1984 Columbia University, New York – Spring 1985–86 Jawaharlal Nehru Professor, Cambridge University, U.K. 1987 Harvard, Cambridge, Mass – Spring 1987 National University of Singapore – July 1989 MIT, Cambridge, Mass – Spring 1989 MIT, Cambridge. Mass – Fall 1992 Visiting Aga Khan Professor, MIT, Cambridge – Fall 1993 Tong–ji University, Shanghai – April 1995 Washington University, St. Louis, Miss – Spring 1998 MIT, Cambridge, Mass – Fall 2000 Friedman Professor, University of California, Berkeley, CA – Spring 2001 to date A. Farwell Bemis Professor, MIT, Cambridge .