Extract from general management plan of the city
PLAN FOR THE CITY OF CHANDIGARH
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeaneret
Punjab. India, 1966
Punjab. India, 1966
Pandit Nehru, Prime Minister of India responsible this urban design to Le Corbusier, to mid-twentieth century. It is an example of integrated urban project for a new capital city in order to represent the culture of the nation nascent newly established.
The plan of Chandigarh as an arises functionally orthogonal road network, orderly and hierarchical, in which penetrate leaves forming vast natural spaces and organizing linear parks and neighborhood units ordered large superblocks. The set is complemented by a high quality monumental architecture as the building to the assembly.
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The “open hand” of Chandigarh
