Suresh Thimiri Talking About Charles Correa

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Charles Correa's passing on Tuesday robs India of an influential voice on how to plan a city even as the country proceeds on a path of a pell-mell urbanisation that bears little resemblance to the thoughtful approach he espoused. Correa had an intuitive understanding of how India should urbanise and the buildings it should erect in its cities, grounded in Indian realities. He argued for high-density city centres and five- to six-storeyed residential buildings.