session 4
Charles Correa: Citizen Charles
by Mustansir Dalvi
Charles Correa: Citizen Charles
by Mustansir Dalvion Friday, January 17, 2025,
at 6:00 PM IST
School of Environment & ArchitectureCKP Colony, Eskar Road, Borivali West, Mumbai 400 091
One of the first biographies on Charles Correa (1930-2015) written by Mustansir Dalvi, this monograph explores the many Indian and international influences that shaped Correa’s life. Correa’s life-work, Dalvi argues, is significant because of his zeal for urban equity in post-independence India, to uphold the claims of every Indian citizen to egalitarian housing and access to public space. The book chronicles Correa’s enduring successes as an architect, as well as the bitter disappointments he faced in his advocacy for an egalitarian and uniquely Indian urbanism.
about
Mustansir Dalvi is an architect and professor of architecture, poet and translator, author and editor, columnist and curator, academician and semiotician, urban commentator and historian. Mustansir Dalvi was Professor of Architecture at Sir JJ College of Architecture, University of Mumbai, from 2003 until his retirement in January 2024. He has been part of syllabus formation committees for nearly three decades, most currently he designed the Graduate Syllabus for Metropolitan Architecture (de-novo). He is currently a trustee of Art Deco Mumbai.
