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    Chandigarh was planned as the new capital of Punjab after Partition. Le Corbusier designed Chandigarh based on principles of functional zoning and an organic concept likening the city to the human body. Key features include sectors of 800x1200m as self-sufficient residential units, a hierarchy of roads, abundance of open spaces, commercial areas, and low-rise development. Chandigarh retains much of the original plan, ensuring residents have adequate sunlight, space and greenery.

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    Chandigarh was planned as the new capital of Punjab after Partition. Le Corbusier designed Chandigarh based on principles of functional zoning and an organic concept likening the city to the human body. Key features include sectors of 800x1200m as self-sufficient residential units, a hierarchy of roads, abundance of open spaces, commercial areas, and low-rise development. Chandigarh retains much of the original plan, ensuring residents have adequate sunlight, space and greenery.

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    1. Explain the planning concept of city Chandigarh.

    (10 marks - 2019)


    2. Explain the planning features of Chandigarh. (4 marks - 2021)

    • With the partition in the subcontinent, Lahore, the capital of undivided Punjab fell within
    Pakistan, leaving East Punjab without a Capital
    • It was decided to build a new Capital city called Chandigarh (fort of chandi goddess )
    • After the death of Nowicki Mayer, Le Corbusier was given a chance to build his dream city
    • The city plan was conceived as post war ‘Garden City’ wherein vertical & high-rise buildings
    were ruled out, keeping in view the socio economic-conditions & living habits of the people.
    • MASTER PLAN WAS TO BE REALIZED IN TWO PHASES:
    ❖ Phase-I low density sector - 9000 acres (Sector 1 to 30) for 1,50,000 people
    ❖ Phase-II high density Sectors - 6000 acres (Sectors 31 to 47) for 3,50,000 people
    • The primary module of city’s design is a Sector of size 800 x 1200m
    • It is a self-sufficient unit having shops, school, health centres, places of recreations and
    worship
    • The shopping street of each sector is linked to the shopping street of the adjoining sectors
    thus forming one long, continuous ribbon like shopping street
    • The central green of each Sector also stretches to the green of the next sector
    • well-designed roads & streets with hierarchy

    LE CORBUSIER CONCEIVED THE MASTER PLAN OF CHANDIGARH AS ANALOGOUS TO


    HUMAN BODY:
    cities also follow biological phenomena – cities also have brain, heart, lungs, limbs and arteries
    like human being:
    • with a clearly defined head (the capital complex, sector 1)
    • the heart (the city centre, sector 17)
    • lungs (the leisure valley, innumerable open space, green spaces and their linkages)
    • the circulatory system (the network of roads, the 7vs’) and
    • the viscera (the industrial area).
    THE CONCEPT OF THE CITY IS BASED ON FOUR MAJOR FUNCTIONS:
    • Living (residential sector)
    • Working (capitol complex, city centre, educational zone (Punjab engineering college,
    Punjab university & industrial area)
    • Care of body (the leisure valley, gardens, sector greens & open courtyards)
    • Spirit & circulation (7 different types of roads known as 7 vs & v8)

    GREEN CITY CONCEPT: Planned as a Green City with abundance of open spaces, Chandigarh
    ensures that every dwelling has its adequate share of three elements of Sun, Space and Verdure.
    Location of green belt was in north south direction to link all sectors with the Shivalik range of
    hills / mountains.

    CONCEPT OF 7 V’S :
    ▪ V1- Fast roads connecting Chandigarh to other towns
    (Highways)
    ▪ V2- Arterial roads
    ▪ V3- Fast vehicular roads around the sectors
    ▪ V4- Meandering shopping streets
    ▪ V5- Sector circulation roads(sector loop)
    ▪ V6- Access roads to houses
    ▪ V7- Footpaths, cycle tracks
    ▪ Buses will ply only on V1, V2, V3 and V4 roads. A wall shall
    seal the V3 roads from the sectors.
    LOW-RISE DEVELOPMENT: Planned as a low-rise city, it has developed on the stated
    principles and, even after sixty years of its inception still retains the original concept to a large
    extent.
    HIERARCHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION: Hierarchical distribution of population
    with the density lowest in the northern sectors and gradually increasing towards the southern
    sectors.
    PURE LANDUSE PLANNING: the sectors were designated for residential, commercial and
    industrial, institutional uses.
    ORDER IN THE PLAN:
    • Hierarchy of the circulation system,
    • Hierarchy of the commercial center,
    • Hierarchy of the health facilities,
    • Hierarchy of the educational facilities,
    • Hierarchy of open spaces,
    • Hierarchy of living units,
    • Hierarchy in the infrastructural services,
    • Hierarchy in the extent and nature of architectural control
    3 What are the positive aspects of Chandigarh plan?
    4 What are the negative aspects of Chandigarh plan?
    POSITIVE ASPECTS
    • Each sector satisfies the necessities of human needs.
    • Separate roads for pedestrian, bicycle and heavy vehicles.
    • Shops on ground floor, Residence on upper floor.
    • Shop protected from rain and sun, as a covered walkway for the customers

    NEGATIVE ASPECTS
    • Roads being similar to each other creates confusion
    • Brutal concrete gives a rough look
    • City not planned for lower income people.
    • Existence of slums around the city

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