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    Le Corbusier was commissioned to design the new capital city of Chandigarh after the partition of India. [1] The initial master plan for Chandigarh was designed by the American firm of Albert Mayer but was later revised by Le Corbusier. [2] Le Corbusier's design for Chandigarh featured sectors as self-contained neighborhood units separated by green spaces and connected by a road network. [3] The Capitol Complex at the center of Chandigarh was designed as a pedestrian plaza with important government buildings arranged around open spaces.

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    Le Corbusier was commissioned to design the new capital city of Chandigarh after the partition of India. [1] The initial master plan for Chandigarh was designed by the American firm of Albert Mayer but was later revised by Le Corbusier. [2] Le Corbusier's design for Chandigarh featured sectors as self-contained neighborhood units separated by green spaces and connected by a road network. [3] The Capitol Complex at the center of Chandigarh was designed as a pedestrian plaza with important government buildings arranged around open spaces.

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    Le Corbusier was commissioned to design the new capital city of Chandigarh after the partition of India. [1] The initial master plan for Chandigarh was designed by the American firm of Albert Mayer but was later revised by Le Corbusier. [2] Le Corbusier's design for Chandigarh featured sectors as self-contained neighborhood units separated by green spaces and connected by a road network. [3] The Capitol Complex at the center of Chandigarh was designed as a pedestrian plaza with important government buildings arranged around open spaces.

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    Le Corbusier was commissioned to design the new capital city of Chandigarh after the partition of India. [1] The initial master plan for Chandigarh was designed by the American firm of Albert Mayer but was later revised by Le Corbusier. [2] Le Corbusier's design for Chandigarh featured sectors as self-contained neighborhood units separated by green spaces and connected by a road network. [3] The Capitol Complex at the center of Chandigarh was designed as a pedestrian plaza with important government buildings arranged around open spaces.

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    CHANDIGARH

    BY SANDEEPKUMAR PRAJAPATI
    URBAN DESIGN-SEM II
    CHARLES EDOUARD J EANNERET NOW POPULARLY KNOWN AS LE CORBUSIER

    October 6, 1887 August 27, 1965)
    INTRODUCTION
    SINCE PUNJAB WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, THE CAPITAL WAS
    LEFT IN PAKISTAN THERE FORE PUNJAB IN INDIA REQUIRED NEW
    CAPITAL-CHANDIGARH.

    LE CORBUSIER WAS APPROACHED BY PUNJAB GOVERNMENT AND
    THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA.

    CHANDIGARH IS A BOLD EXPERIMENT IN MODERN CIVIC DESIGN.

    CHANDIGARH HAS PROVOKED FRESH THINKING AND IN FACT
    SHOWN NEW WAY OF LIFE.

    MAXWELL FRY, JANE DREW AND PIERRE JEANNERET WERE ALSO
    INVOLVED IN THE TEAM OF ARCHITECTS

    WHEN LE CORBUSIER ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE CHANDIGARH
    PROJECT IN 1951, HOWEVER THE DESIGN OF THE CITY HAD
    ALREADY BEEN DEVISED BY THE NEW YORK FIRM OF MAYER,
    WHITTLESEY, AND GLASS WHO RECEIVED A CONTRACT FOR THE
    MASTER PLAN OF CHANDIGARH IN 1950
    ALBERT MAYER THE MASTER PLAN
    MAYER WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GET THE CHANDIGARH PROJECT.

    MAYER STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT
    REALLY APPLIES TO WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MUCH BUT WHICH
    HAS BEEN AT BEST DONE IN A LIMITED WAY IN RADBUBN,THE GREENBELT
    TOWNS AND BALDWIN HILLS.

    THE BASIC AIM, STATED MAYER,WAS A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

    THE MASTER PLAN WHICH ALBERT MAYER PRODUCED FOR
    CHANDIGARH ASSUMES A FAN-SHAPED OUTLINE,SPREADING GENTLY TO
    FILL THE FILE THE SITE BETWEEN THE TWO RIVER BEDS.

    THE PROVINCIAL GOVT. BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED THE UPPER EDGE OF
    THE CITY WITHIN A FORK IN ONE OF THE RIVERS,WHILE THE CENTRAL
    BUSINESS DISTRICT OCCUPIES AN AREA NEAR THE CENTER. A CURVING
    NETWORK OF MAIN ROADS SURROUNDS THE RESIDENTIAL SUPER
    BLOCKS, EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS A CENTRAL AREA OF PARKLAND
    Drawings showing Mayers master plan and neighbourhood
    unit on top and Le Corbusiers plan and Sector below.
    THE FLATNESS OF THE SITE ALLOWED
    ALMOST COMPLETE FREEDOM IN
    CREATING STREET LAYOUT AND IT IS
    OF INTEREST TO NOTE HAT THE
    OVERALL PATTERN DELIBERATELY
    AVOIDS A GEOMETRIC GRID IN FAVOUR
    OF A LOOSELY CURVING SYSTEM.
    THE PROVINCIAL GOVT. BUILDINGS
    ARE LOCATED THE UPPER EDGE OF
    THE CITY WITHIN A FORK IN ONE OF
    THE RIVERS, WHILE THE CENTRAL
    BUSINESS DISTRICT OCCUPIES AN
    AREA NEAR THE CENTER.
    A CURVING NETWORK OF MAIN
    ROADS SURROUNDS THE
    RESIDENTIAL SUPERBLOCKS,EACH
    OF WHICH CONTAINS A CENTRAL
    AREA OF PARKLAND
    MASTER PLAN
    IN 1951 IT WAS GIVEN TO LE CORBUSIER

    IN CHANDIGARH LE CORBUSIER SYTEM OF SELF SUPPORTING
    NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT KNOWN AS A SECTOR HAS WORKED VERY WELL

    SECTOR WHICH IS INTROVERTED IN CHARACTER COMMUNICATES ONLY
    AT 4 JUNCTIONS WITH THE ADJOINING NEIGHBOURHOOD UNITS

    ALL THE HOUSES OPEN UP INSIDE

    GRID PLANNING IS DONE

    CHANDIGARH PLANNING WAS DONE IN AN MANNER THAT EVERYTHING
    WAS EASILY CLEAR ABOUT THE ROUTES AND SECTORS

    7 VS ROAD SYSTEM IS USED

    THE ROADS ARE CLASSIFIED AS V1 ,V2 ,V3V7


    CORBUSIERS CONCEPTUAL SKETCH SHOWING THE V-ROAD
    SYSTEM

    V1-CONNECTS CHANDIGARH
    TO OTHER CITIES

    V2 -ARE THE MAJOR AVENUES
    OF THE CITY

    V3 -ARE THE CORRIDORS
    STREETS FOR VEHICULAR
    TRAFFIC ONLY

    V4..V7 -ARE THE ROADS
    WITHIN THE SECTORS
    Drawings showing the realisation of the first phase of Chandigarh from 1951-66.
    Source: Documenting Chandigarh
    1.INSPECTING THE SITE,1951.
    2.BUILDING ROADS, 1951.
    3.MINISTERS BUNGALOW, SEC-2,1956.
    4.NURSERY SCHOOL, SECTOR -16,1956.
    1.TOWN HALL & STATE LIBRARY, SEC-17,1961.
    2.POLYTECHNIQUE FOR MEN, SEC-26,1961.
    3.GANDHI BHAVAN, SEC-14,1966.
    4.ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, SEC-14.1966.
    THE SECTOR
    In its first phase Chandigarh was organized in 30sectors. The sector was conceived
    as an autonomous unit including housing as well as all service needed for everyday
    life: schools, artisans, shops, leisure.
    THE CITY LANDSCAPE PLAN OF THE FIRST PHASES, SHOWING THE LEISURE VALLEY & THE
    SWATHS OF GREEN SPACES THAT ALSO ACT AS FLOOD CONTROL
    THE GROWTH OF CHANDIGARH
    1966-96, STARTING WITH
    SECTORS 1 & 2 IN PHASE 1, &
    CURRENTLY CONSISTING OF 86
    SECTORS
    ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL
    GROUPS IN CHANDIGARH IN 1998.
    EACH SECTOR IS DESIGNATED BY NUMBER,THE CAPITAL COMPLEX BEING NUMBER 1,WITH
    THE REMAINING SECTORS NUMBERED CONSECUTIVELY BEGINNING AT THE NORTH CORNER
    OF THE CITY.
    EXISTING PLAN OF SECTOR 22 (HAVING POPULATION OF 25000 PEOPLE)
    EACH SECTOR IS DESIGNATED BY NUMBER,THE CAPITAL COMPLEX BEING NUMBER 1,WITH
    THE REMAINING SECTORS NUMBERED CONSECUTIVELY BEGINNING AT THE NORTH CORNER
    OF THE CITY.
    Drawings showing sector 22 with its shopping district running across the sector.
    COMPARATIVE FIGURE GROUND DIAGRAMS OF ONE SQUARE MILE AREA
    THE AREA OF THE GREATEST SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE IN
    CHANDIGARH WAS THE CAPITOL COMPLEX , WHICH IN ITS FINAL
    FORM WAS BASED ON THE DESIGN OF A GRAET CROSS AXIS.

    THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP OF THE BUILDINGS CONSTITUTING
    THE CAPITOL-PARLIAMENT, THE SECRETARIAT.

    IN THE FOREGROUND, THE POOL OF THE PALACE OF JUSTICE.

    THE CAPITOL AREA WAS DESIGNED AS THE GREAT PEDISTRIAN
    PLAZA WITH MOTOR TRAFFIC SEPARATED INTO SUNKEN TRENCHES
    LEADING TO PARKING AREAS

    ALTHOUGH THE SITE IS VERY BIG,IT IS NOT DESIGNED WITH
    ALLOWENCE FOR EXPANSION


    THE CAPITOL COMPLEX
    PLAN OF CAPITOL BUILDING,SECTOR-1
    1.Parliament
    2.Secretariat
    3.Governors Palace
    4.High Court
    5.Truncated Pyramid
    6.Monument for the victims
    7.Open Hand
    LE CORBUSIERS UNSHAKEABLE BELIEF IN THE ANTHROPOMETRIC
    PROPORTIONAL CONNECTIONS & LINKS CREATED BY GOLDEN
    SECTION
    The Secretariat The High Court
    The Assembly Hall Huge Open Plaza
    REFERENCES


    1. HASAN-UDDIN KHAN WITH J ULIAN BEINART & CHARLES CORREA, LE Corbusier
    CHANDIGARH AND THE MODERN CITY. MAPIN PUBLISHING PVT LTD, AHMEDABAD.

    2. KLAUS-PETER GAST, LE CORBUSIER PARIS-------CHANDIGARH. BIRKHAUSER-PUBLISHER
    FOR ARCHITECTURE, BERLIN-BOTSON.

    3.KIRAN J OSHI, DOCUMENTING CHANDIGARH, THE INDIAN ARCHITECTURE OF PIERRE
    J EANNERET, EDWIN MAXWELL FRY, J ANE BEVERLY DREW, VOLUME-1. MAPIN PUBLISHING
    PVT LTD, AHMEDABAD.

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