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The document provides information about the city of Chandigarh, India. It discusses how Chandigarh was designed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier. It also mentions the nearby Rock Garden featuring sculptures made from stones and industrial relics. Furthermore, it summarizes Le Corbusier's planning of Chandigarh, including his philosophy of the city's layout and design of the sectors with autonomous neighborhoods centered around green spaces.

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The document provides information about the city of Chandigarh, India. It discusses how Chandigarh was designed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier. It also mentions the nearby Rock Garden featuring sculptures made from stones and industrial relics. Furthermore, it summarizes Le Corbusier's planning of Chandigarh, including his philosophy of the city's layout and design of the sectors with autonomous neighborhoods centered around green spaces.

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CHANDIGARH

Chandigarh, the capital of the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, was designed by the
Swiss-French modernist architect, Le Corbusier. His buildings include the Capitol Complex with its
High Court, Secretariat and Legislative Assembly, as well as the giant Open Hand Monument. The
nearby Rock Garden is a park featuring sculptures made of stones, recycled ceramics and industrial
relics.

 Area 114 sq kms


 Longitude 76 47' 14E
 Latitude 30 44' 14N
 Total Population(2011 census) 10.55 Lacs
(97.25% people live in urban regions)

Density of population/sq. km. 7,900


PREVIOUS PLANNING IN CHANDIGARH

Mayer’s Plan
Administration
Complex

Albert Mayer and Mathew Nowicky

Patiala Rao
Neighbourhood Unit Concept Sukhna
River

• Located between two boundary rivers


• fan shaped plan
• Govt. Centre – Northeast Side of the City
1500 feet
• Super Block - Accommodating some 1500 families.
• 3 Superblocks to make a district
• Industrial area planned in southern corner
• Administration area in north-east
• 2 Large parkland zones across city
• Future expansion in the southwest across the plan
3000 Feet
Mayer’s Plan for Chandigarh Source:

SUPERBLOCK
NEW PLANNING BY LE CORBUSIER

Philosophy
Brain - Capitol Complex
Heart – City centre (Sector 17)
Lungs – Leisure valley N
Intellect – Educational Areas Veins -
Circulation System V7 Viscera –
Industrial area

Department of Architecture and


Regional Planning, IIT Kharagpur
Le Corbusier’s Planning
Formulation of new plan Capitol Complex

• Kept orientation of grids as it was


• One dominant off centred doglegged axis Patiala Rao Sukhna
• The grid of superblock increased in size to 1200 x 800mts River River
(3900 x 2700 feet)
• Accommodating up to 25000 inhabitants
• Within superblock centralized market was replaced by
continuous bazar street across the block.
• Capital Complex and high court combined in one govt.
complex Industrial
• CBD Area Remained the same Areas
• Shifted Capital complex to higher ground
• Two linear parks were replaced by total of 6 later by 8.
• Each Sector with its own green space around which houses are 800m
designed
• V7 Road Concept
V1
Leisure Valley 1200m
Sectors

• Total 30 sectors - 24 residential


Shops
• 70% building private
• Autonomous unit including housing, School
school, shops, recreational spaces.
• 3000-25000 accommodating capacity V4
• Surrounded by high speed roads Health
• Bus stops every 400mts Centre

• No pedestrian needs to walk more than 10


minutes Arrom
hotel
V3
V5 School

Sector Plan
CONNECTIVITY

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