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    Le Corbusier was approached by the Punjab government and Prime Minister of India to design the new capital city of Chandigarh after the partition of India. The initial master plan was designed by Albert Mayer but Le Corbusier later took control of the project in 1951. He organized the city into 30 sectors, each functioning as self-sufficient neighborhoods with housing, schools, shops, and parks. Key features of Chandigarh include the open green spaces, the capital complex at the center, and the precise grid planning of the sectors. Chandigarh became a bold experiment in modern urban planning that showed a new way of city life.

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    Le Corbusier was approached by the Punjab government and Prime Minister of India to design the new capital city of Chandigarh after the partition of India. The initial master plan was designed by Albert Mayer but Le Corbusier later took control of the project in 1951. He organized the city into 30 sectors, each functioning as self-sufficient neighborhoods with housing, schools, shops, and parks. Key features of Chandigarh include the open green spaces, the capital complex at the center, and the precise grid planning of the sectors. Chandigarh became a bold experiment in modern urban planning that showed a new way of city life.

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    Le Corbusier was approached by the Punjab government and Prime Minister of India to design the new capital city of Chandigarh after the partition of India. The initial master plan was designed by Albert Mayer but Le Corbusier later took control of the project in 1951. He organized the city into 30 sectors, each functioning as self-sufficient neighborhoods with housing, schools, shops, and parks. Key features of Chandigarh include the open green spaces, the capital complex at the center, and the precise grid planning of the sectors. Chandigarh became a bold experiment in modern urban planning that showed a new way of city life.

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    1. CHANDIGARH CHARLES EDOUARD JEANNERET NOW POPULARLY KNOWN AS LE


    CORBUSIER October 6, 1887 August 27, 1965) BY SANDEEPKUMAR PRAJAPATI URBAN
    DESIGN-SEM II
    2. INTRODUCTIONSINCE PUNJAB WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, THE CAPITAL
    WASLEFT IN PAKISTAN THERE FORE PUNJAB IN INDIA REQUIRED NEWCAPITAL-
    CHANDIGARH.LE CORBUSIER WAS APPROACHED BY PUNJAB GOVERNMENT ANDTHE
    PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA.CHANDIGARH IS A BOLD EXPERIMENT IN MODERN
    CIVIC DESIGN.CHANDIGARH HAS PROVOKED FRESH THINKING AND IN FACTSHOWN
    NEW WAY OF LIFE.MAXWELL FRY, JANE DREW AND PIERRE JEANNERET WERE
    ALSOINVOLVED IN THE TEAM OF ARCHITECTSWHEN LE CORBUSIER ASSUMED
    CONTROL OF THE CHANDIGARHPROJECT IN 1951, HOWEVER THE DESIGN OF THE CITY
    HADALREADY BEEN DEVISED BY THE NEW YORK FIRM OF MAYER,WHITTLESEY, AND
    GLASS WHO RECEIVED A CONTRACT FOR THEMASTER PLAN OF CHANDIGARH IN 1950
    3. ALBERT MAYER THE MASTER PLAN MAYER WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GET THE
    CHANDIGARH PROJECT.MAYER STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO CREATE
    SOMETHING THATREALLY APPLIES TO WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MUCH BUT
    WHICHHAS BEEN AT BEST DONE IN A LIMITED WAY IN RADBUBN,THE
    GREENBELTTOWNS AND BALDWIN HILLS.THE BASIC AIM, STATED MAYER,WAS A
    BEAUTIFUL CITY.THE MASTER PLAN WHICH ALBERT MAYER PRODUCED
    FORCHANDIGARH ASSUMES A FAN-SHAPED OUTLINE,SPREADING GENTLY TOFILL THE
    FILE THE SITE BETWEEN THE TWO RIVER BEDS.THE PROVINCIAL GOVT. BUILDINGS
    ARE LOCATED THE UPPER EDGE OFTHE CITY WITHIN A FORK IN ONE OF THE
    RIVERS,WHILE THE CENTRALBUSINESS DISTRICT OCCUPIES AN AREA NEAR THE
    CENTER. A CURVINGNETWORK OF MAIN ROADS SURROUNDS THE RESIDENTIAL
    SUPERBLOCKS, EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS A CENTRAL AREA OF PARKLAND
    4. THE FLATNESS OF THE SITE ALLOWEDALMOST COMPLETE FREEDOM INCREATING
    STREET LAYOUT AND IT ISOF INTEREST TO NOTE HAT THEOVERALL PATTERN
    DELIBERATELYAVOIDS A GEOMETRIC GRID IN FAVOUROF A LOOSELY CURVING
    SYSTEM. Drawings showing Mayers master plan and neighbourhood unit on top and Le
    Corbusier s plan and Sector below.THE PROVINCIAL GOVT. BUILDINGSARE LOCATED THE
    UPPER EDGE OFTHE CITY WITHIN A FORK IN ONE OFTHE RIVERS, WHILE THE
    CENTRALBUSINESS DISTRICT OCCUPIES ANAREA NEAR THE CENTER.A CURVING
    NETWORK OF MAINROADS SURROUNDS THERESIDENTIAL SUPERBLOCKS,EACHOF
    WHICH CONTAINS A CENTRALAREA OF PARKLAND
    5. MASTER PLANIN 1951 IT WAS GIVEN TO LE CORBUSIERIN CHANDIGARH LE
    CORBUSIER SYTEM OF SELF SUPPORTINGNEIGHBORHOOD UNIT KNOWN AS A
    SECTOR HAS WORKED VERY WELLSECTOR WHICH IS INTROVERTED IN CHARACTER
    COMMUNICATES ONLYAT 4 JUNCTIONS WITH THE ADJOINING NEIGHBOURHOOD
    UNITSALL THE HOUSES OPEN UP INSIDEGRID PLANNING IS DONECHANDIGARH
    PLANNING WAS DONE IN AN MANNER THAT EVERYTHINGWAS EASILY CLEAR ABOUT
    THE ROUTES AND SECTORS7 VS ROAD SYSTEM IS USEDTHE ROADS ARE
    CLASSIFIED AS V1 ,V2 ,V3V7
    6. 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 SECTORSCORBUSIERS CONCEPTUAL SKETCH SHOWING
    THE V-ROADSYSTEM
    7. 1.INSPECTING THE SITE,1951. 1.TOWN HALL & STATE LIBRARY, SEC-
    17,1961.2.BUILDING ROADS, 1951. 2.POLYTECHNIQUE FOR MEN, SEC-
    26,1961.3.MINISTERS BUNGALOW, SEC-2,1956. 3.GANDHI BHAVAN, SEC-
    14,1966.4.NURSERY SCHOOL, SECTOR -16,1956. 4.ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, SEC-
    14.1966.Drawings showing the realisation of the first phase of Chandigarh from 1951-66.Source:
    Documenting Chandigarh
    8. THE SECTORIn its first phase Chandigarh was organized in 30sectors. The sector was
    conceivedas an autonomous unit including housing as well as all service needed for everydaylife:
    schools, artisans, shops, leisure.
    9. THE CITY LANDSCAPE PLAN OF THE FIRST PHASES, SHOWING THE LEISURE VALLEY &
    THESWATHS OF GREEN SPACES THAT ALSO ACT AS FLOOD CONTROL
    10. THE GROWTH OF CHANDIGARH1966-96, STARTING WITHSECTORS 1 & 2 IN PHASE 1,
    &CURRENTLY CONSISTING OF 86SECTORS
    11. ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIALGROUPS IN CHANDIGARH IN 1998.
    12. EACH SECTOR IS DESIGNATED BY NUMBER,THE CAPITAL COMPLEX BEING NUMBER
    1,WITHTHE REMAINING SECTORS NUMBERED CONSECUTIVELY BEGINNING AT THE
    NORTH CORNEROF THE CITY.
    13. EACH SECTOR IS DESIGNATED BY NUMBER,THE CAPITAL COMPLEX BEING NUMBER
    1,WITHTHE REMAINING SECTORS NUMBERED CONSECUTIVELY BEGINNING AT THE
    NORTH CORNEROF THE CITY.Drawings showing sector 22 with its shopping district running
    across the sector. EXISTING PLAN OF SECTOR 22 (HAVING POPULATION OF 25000
    PEOPLE)
    14. COMPARATIVE FIGURE GROUND DIAGRAMS OF ONE SQUARE MILE AREA
    15. THE CAPITOL COMPLEXTHE AREA OF THE GREATEST SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE
    INCHANDIGARH WAS THE CAPITOL COMPLEX , WHICH IN ITS FINALFORM WAS BASED
    ON THE DESIGN OF A GRAET CROSS AXIS.THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP OF THE
    BUILDINGS CONSTITUTINGTHE CAPITOL-PARLIAMENT, THE SECRETARIAT.IN THE
    FOREGROUND, THE POOL OF THE PALACE OF JUSTICE.THE CAPITOL AREA WAS
    DESIGNED AS THE GREAT PEDISTRIANPLAZA WITH MOTOR TRAFFIC SEPARATED INTO
    SUNKEN TRENCHESLEADING TO PARKING AREASALTHOUGH THE SITE IS VERY BIG,IT
    IS NOT DESIGNED WITHALLOWENCE FOR EXPANSION
    16. PLAN OF CAPITOL BUILDING,SECTOR-11.Parliament2.Secretariat3.Governors Palace4.High
    Court5.Truncated Pyramid6.Monument for the victims7.Open Hand
    17. LE CORBUSIERS UNSHAKEABLE BELIEF IN THE ANTHROPOMETRICPROPORTIONAL
    CONNECTIONS & LINKS CREATED BY GOLDENSECTION
    18. The Secretariat The High CourtThe Assembly Hall Huge Open Plaza
    19. REFERENCES1. HASAN-UDDIN KHAN WITH JULIAN BEINART & CHARLES CORREA, LE
    CorbusierCHANDIGARH AND THE MODERN CITY. MAPIN PUBLISHING PVT LTD,
    AHMEDABAD.2. KLAUS-PETER GAST, LE CORBUSIER PARIS-------CHANDIGARH.
    BIRKHAUSER-PUBLISHERFOR ARCHITECTURE, BERLIN-BOTSON.3.KIRAN JOSHI,
    DOCUMENTING CHANDIGARH, THE INDIAN ARCHITECTURE OF PIERREJEANNERET,
    EDWIN MAXWELL FRY, JANE BEVERLY DREW, VOLUME-1. MAPIN PUBLISHINGPVT LTD,
    AHMEDABAD.

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