The City of Chandigarh

Index
Maps
Objectives
The Iron-Grid and Functional Zones
Residential Areas
Circulation
Landscaping
Development
Monuments
Shortcomings
The City of
Chandigarh
Some Statistics?
44 Sq. Miles

Union territory

Population of over a million

Capital of Punjab and Haryana

Albert Mayer, Mathew Novicki to le Corbusier

 Maps
As envisioned by Mayer and Le Corbusier
Mayer’s
Chandigarh
Fan-shaped, spreading outwards

Capitol at the head of the model

Two linear parks running North-

East to South-West

Neighbourhood units called

“Super Blocks” abutted by main
road network
Le Corbusier’s
Chandigarh

Rectangular, grid-iron pattern

30% of the area allocated to

recreational spaces

Analogous to the human body

Creation of “Sectors” as units

Objectives
and the Vision
Chandigarh was one of the first
cities to be planned in post-
independence India. Conceived in
order to provide a new center of
governance for Punjab and Haryana,
it was also meant to house refugees Attributed to Le
and be a bastion of modern India. Corbusier, the city is
known for its landscaping,
geometric, proportionate building
designs, attention to scale and
detail. and its beautiful but
functional architecture.
 The Human Scale:

Head: The Capitol

Heart: The City Centre

Stomach: The Commercial Area

Arms: University, Industry

zone
Lungs: Leisure valley, Open
spaces
Arteries: Road Networks
The Iron Grid and its
Functional Zones
 The Grid-Iron Plan

Main streets intersect at right angles

City didvided into organized, numbered blocks

Designated spaces for different purposes

Can accommodate future expansion with

more ease
The Sectors of Chandigarh
City thus divided into units called “Sectors”

Chandigarh currently has 56 sectors

Each Sector is a self-sufficient unit in terms

of facilities, and is further divided into four
blocks (A, B, C & D)

Easily navigable and convenient

 Existing Land Use
Residential areas Circulation

As per the
CIAM

Commercial, institutional Green and recreational

and administrative spaces spaces
Residential Areas
 Housing in Chandigarh

Includes private and public housing

Certain Sectors are allocated as residential areas

“Frame Control” used to standardize facades

194.695 acres out of the 3,082 acres listed in the

Master Plan 2031 is allocated to housing.
Circulation
 Road Networks and Connectivity

Consists of the “Arteries” in the human model

Follows the “V7 Model”

Integrated into the landscape with wide, tree-lined

avenues

Organized and easily-navigable

 The V7 System
V1: Fast roads connecting to other towns
V2: Arterial roads
V3: Fast vehicular roads
V4: Free-flowing shopping streets
V5: Sector-circulation roads
V6: Access roads to houses
V7: Footpaths and cycle tracks
Landscaping
 The “Green” City
Close to 30% of the city has been allocated to green spaces
and landscaping

Constitutes the "Lungs" of the human model

Includes the parks, green belts along the main avenues and
the lakes

The Leisure Valley, The Rose Garden and Rajendra Park are all
examples of these spaces which also function as recreational
spaces.
 The Rose Garden

Rajendra Park
 Development
and the Chandigarh Master Plan
2031
 The Three Phases
Phase I: Dealt with Sectors 1 to 30, covering around 9398.83
acres (33.37% of land)

Phase II: Dealt with Sectors 31 to 47, covering around

5158.76 acres (18.31% of land)

Phase III: Deals with Sectors 48 to 56, covering around

1870.54 acres (6.64% of land)
In order to accommodate the
projected increase in population by Master Plan
the year 2031, the Chandigarh
Master Plan 2031 has been
conceived. The projection is also
close to the holding capacity of
Chandigarh, which calls for improved Redensification is one
planning in existing spaces. method this plan could adopt
in order to better existing
spaces, along with the planned
development of 3,082 acres from the

2031 11,742 acres present in the

periphery.
Monuments
The Open Hand
Minument

Capitol Complex

The Chandigarh
War Memorial

Manimajra Fort
Shortcomings
What Corbie couldn’t account for
 Poor integration of spatial
segregation, high social
stratification

Commute and convenience made

difficult for lower-income
residents

Has not been able to evolve

organically to include newer
developments in design
Unnecessarily large scale

Highly carbon-intensive, not a

design climate-consciousness
can be easily integrated into

Hyper standardized and

impersonal facades, often
giving a severe, industrial look
 Controversial man. Much Scandal.

Many critics condemn his public

housing projects for isolating poor
communities to the fringes of the
city, seeing in his urbanistic vision
the model for a fascist state.

Moral of the story- do not corb.

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