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CHANDIGARH
INTRODUCTION TO CITY
Since Punjab was divided into two parts, the capital
was left in Pakistan there fore Punjab in India required
new capital
The roads are classified as v1 ,v2 ,v3………v7 Grid-Iron Master Plan proposed by
Le Corbusier
v1 connects Chandigarh to other cities
BASIC PLANNING CONCEPTS
Le Corbusier once remarked that India has the treasures of a proud culture, but her coffers are
empty.” And throughout the project the desire for grandness was hampered by the need for strict
economy.
In working up his designs, le Corbusier consulted the program for each building as given in the
budget and then prepared the initial project.
Available in quantity, however, was good clay stone and sand, and, above all human labour.
The materials of which Chandigarh has been constructed are rough concrete in the capitol complex
and the central business district and for most of the city, especially in housing, locally produced
brick.
Besides the administrative and financial regulations there was a law of the sun in India.
The architectural problem consists; first to make shade, second to make a current of air[to
ventilate],third to control hydraulics.
1.INSPECTING THE SITE,1951. 5.TOWN HALL & STATE LIBRARY, SEC-17,1961.
2.BUILDING ROADS, 1951. 6.POLYTECHNIQUE FOR MEN, SEC-26,1961.
Drawings showing the realisation of the first phase of Chandigarh from 1951-66.
THE SECTOR
The basic planning of the city is a sector: SECTOR 22