Charles Correa Quotes

India, Architect
September 1, 1930 – June, 16, 2015.

Charles Mark Correa 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.

Market forces do not make cities, they destroy them

Charles Correa
- Force
- Cities
Like a trail that a snail leaves in its wake as it inches forward, over the years an architect leaves behind a body of work, generated by the attitudes he gradually accumulates towards the agendas he deals with

Charles Correa
- Body
- Attitude
- Behinds

Certainly architecture is concerned with much more than just its physical attributes. It is a many-layered thing. Beneath and beyond the strata of function and structure, materials and texture, lie the deepest and most compulsive layers of all.

Charles Correa