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CHAUrban Pl

Picture of LE CORBUSIER with the Master Plan of Chandigarh

A CompaResidential De

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LOCATI

CHANDIGARH was the first planned city after independence from British rule in1947. It is the capital city of the states of Punjab and Haryana.

The city is located at the picturesque junction of foothills of the HimalayasMountain range and the Ganges plains.

It houses a population of 1,054,600 inhabitants (2001) and is one of the richestcities of the nation.

American aMayer and Mwere the first appointed for

After the dea1950, Le commissioned

Judicial Court and State Assembly Buildings designed by Le Corbusier

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INITIA

Fan-shaped Master Plan proposed byAlbert Mayer

Grid-Iron Master Plan propo

Le Corbusier

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BASIC PLANNIN

The city plan was concGarden City wherein vebuildings were ruled out, kliving habits of the people

Le Corbusierconceived Chandigarh as analogouwith a clearly defined

Head(the Capitol ComplHeart (the City Centre Se

Lungs (the leisure valley, spaces and sector greens

Intellect (the cultural institutions),

Circulatory system (the the 7Vs) and

Viscera (the Industrial Are

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The primary module of citys design is aSector, a neighborhoodunit of size 800 meters x 1200 meters.

Each SECTOR is a self-sufficient unit having shops, school, health

centers and places of recreations and worship.

The population of a sector varies between 3000 and 20000depending upon the sizes of plots and the topography of thearea.

Layout of a typicView of typical Roads and Round-abouts in the city

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RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT,

The first prodevelopment at

Piero Bottoni, bsimilarities in termPrinciples like HiSpaces, Public BBuilding Typology.

The lack of a deand the scale of

major apparent d

First Concept Proposal for the Residential Development in QT8 by

Piero Bottoni

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HIERARCHY of

A Hierarchy of Green observed in both the laPublic Greens at City Le

to Private Green Areas.

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City Level Public Green Space with ArtificialWater BodyFree- Flowing Green Space, connecting theentire siteSemi-Private Green Areas for neighborhoodpocketsPrivate Green Areas for Residential Units

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LEISURE VALLEY,

The Leisure Valley is a greensprawling space extendingNorth-East to South-West along aseasonal riverlet gradient and

was conceived by Le Corbusieras the lungs of the city.

Apart from large Public Parks andspecial Botanical Gardens, ithouses series of Fitness Trails,amphitheatres and spaces foropen-air exhibitions.

Images of various sculptures and Pu

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CENTRAL PUB

A Large Central Complex was to beproposed at the center of the sitehousing the Church and other publicfacilities like Sports Complex,Assembly Hall, etc.

The Central Sector of the c17, is the main Public Conarea of the city.It houses all major Complexes, Sports FaciliCongregation Spaces.

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BUILDING

The Basic Building Typology isobserved as extremelyRectilinear with similarproportions.

In both the developments the

smaller individual ResidentialUnits are arranged aroundcentral common Green Spaces,although the shapes aredifferent.

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