CHANDIGARH – Genesis and planning

Background History General Information The ‘Sector’ ’

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•The city of Chandigarh was •Chandigarh is a city and a union territory in India that serves
• self-sufficient , introverted
conceived immediately after India’s as the capital of the two neighboring states of Haryana
• connections via V4 & V7
Independence in 1947 and Punjab
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•Punjab Province was divided into •Chandigarh is located near the foothills of the Sivalik range of
• Functional Efficiency
East and West Punjab after the Himalayas in northwest India.
• Structural Clarity
independence in 1947. •It covers an area of approximately 114 km
• Visual Discipline
•Therefore, Punjab in India required •Chandigarh has a humid subtropical climate.
new city not only to serve as the
capital of East Punjab but also to Programme
resettle refugees from west Punjab. •A city for 500,000 Inhabitants
•To be built in two phases
“Let this be a new town symbolic of the freedom of India, unfettered by the traditions
•The first accommodating 150,000
of the past … an expression of a nation
nation’ss faith in the future
future”..
Jawaharlal Nehru,
Hindustan Times, 8 July 1950
Major considerations:
•Affordable
•Non-arable land
•Comfortable climate
•Availability of building material
•Security
SCHEMATIC PLAN OF SECTOR – 20
(HIGH DENSITY SECTOR)
•The basic planning of city is a sector.
•To accommodate 3,00 to 25,000 persons.
•30 sectors in Chandigarh in phase-1.
•The sectors are surrounded by high speed roads.
•Bus stops at every 400m.
•The size of the sector is based on the concept of that no pedestrian need
to walk much
•The basic typology is extremely rectilinear with similar proportions.

Courtesy: http://chandigarh.gov.in