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Le Corbusier once remarked that India has the treasures of a proud culture, but her
coffers are empty.” And throughout the project the desire for grandness was hampered
by the need for strict economy.
In working up his designs, le Corbusier consulted the program for each building as given
in the budget and then prepared the initial project.
Available in quantity, however, was good clay stone and sand, and, above all human labour.
The materials of which Chandigarh has been constructed are rough concrete in the
capitol complex and the central business district and for most of the city, especially in
housing, locally produced brick.
Besides the administrative and financial regulations there was a law of the sun in India.
The architectural problem consists; first to make shade, second to make a current of
air[to ventilate],third to control hydraulics.
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Taking Chandigarh as an example, we may see at once the democratic idea which
allows us to devote an equal care to housing all classes of society to seek new social
groupings, new patterns of education and public welfare, and made more possible by
practical application of the scientific idea which through industrialism, gives us such
benefits as piped water, electricity and cheap transport.
Each sector is designated by number, the capital complex being number 1,with the
remaining sectors numbered consecutively beginning at the north corner of the city.
Initially, 30 sectors were planned in Chandigarh, of which 24 are residential.
The sector was conceived as an autonomous unit including housing as well as all
service needed for everyday life: schools, artisans, shops, leisure.
The sectors at the upper edge of the city are of abbreviated size.
In all type of housing ,partly because of the glazing expense, partly to keep out sun.
As the most economical and readily available material for building at Chandigarh was
locally made brick, this became the material of construction.
The flat roof was employed throughout in Chandigarh housing because of its
usefulness as a sleeping area.
70% of the building would be private in all the sectors.
Residential plots ranging in dimensions from 75 sq. Yards to 5000 sq. yards.
SECTORS: basic planning