Le Corbusier’s urban design for Chandigarh
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Le Corbusier’s urban design for Chandigarh is a pioneering mid-20th-century modernist city plan in India, characterized by its sector-based layout, monumental civic architecture, and integration of symbolic public artworks.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chandigarh urban plan | 1 |
| Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh project | 1 |
| Le Corbusier’s urban design for Chandigarh canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city plan
ⓘ
modernist urban plan ⓘ planned city ⓘ urban design ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernism ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Haryana
ⓘ
Punjab ⓘ
surface form:
Punjab (historical)
Chandigarh ⓘ
surface form:
Union Territory of Chandigarh
|
| completionPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| designer | Le Corbusier ⓘ |
| feature |
Capitol Complex
ⓘ
green belts ⓘ large open spaces ⓘ monumental civic core ⓘ rectilinear grid ⓘ self-contained sectors ⓘ separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic ⓘ symbolic public artworks ⓘ zoned commercial areas ⓘ zoned industrial areas ⓘ zoned residential areas ⓘ |
| goal |
break with colonial urban models
ⓘ
embody modern independent India ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of UNESCO World Heritage property "The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier" ⓘ |
| includesBuilding |
High Court building
ⓘ
Palace of Assembly ⓘ Secretariat building ⓘ |
| includesStructure |
Geometric Hill
ⓘ
Open Hand Monument ⓘ Tower of Shadows ⓘ |
| influenced |
later planned capitals in developing countries
ⓘ
post-independence Indian city planning ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Athens Charter on functional city planning
ⓘ
surface form:
Athens Charter
CIAM ⓘ
surface form:
CIAM principles
|
| locatedIn | Chandigarh ⓘ |
| planningConcept |
hierarchical road network
ⓘ
neighbourhood unit ⓘ sector-based layout ⓘ zoning ⓘ |
| planningUnit |
Sector 1
ⓘ
Sector 17 ⓘ Sector 22 ⓘ |
| purpose | capital city for the Indian state of Punjab after Partition ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
iconic 20th-century planned city
ⓘ
pioneering example of modernist urbanism in India ⓘ |
| startDate | 1951 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh project
this entity surface form:
Chandigarh urban plan