IPMAT Indore 2023 (VA) - In the late 1960s, architect Charles Correa began his career as an urban planner, creating New Bombay (now Navi Mumbai), an urban area that provided housing and job opportunities for many who lived across the harbour from the original city. In the midst of overpopulated cities, he tried to create quasi-rural housing environments. In all of his urban planning commissions, Correa avoided high-rise housing solutions. ___________. | PYQs + Solutions

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In the late 1960s, architect Charles Correa began his career as an urban planner, creating New Bombay (now Navi Mumbai), an urban area that provided housing and job opportunities for many who lived across the harbour from the original city. In the midst of overpopulated cities, he tried to create quasi-rural housing environments. In all of his urban planning commissions, Correa avoided high-rise housing solutions. ___________.

He focused on low-rise dwelling solutions that emphasized the human scale and created a sense of community

Considerations of the Indian climate drove many of his decisions

He is particularly noted for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban poor

His early work combined traditional architectural values with the Modernist use of materials

Correct Option: 1

The correct answer is option 1, which aligns with Correa's approach to urban planning that avoided high-rise structures and instead promoted low-rise buildings to foster community and human scale. The other options, while potentially relevant to Correa's overall philosophy, do not directly relate to the specific point about his avoidance of high-rise housing in the context provided.

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