This document provides an overview of the planning principles of Le Corbusier and how they were applied in the design of Chandigarh City in India. It discusses Le Corbusier's views on urban planning and city design. It then introduces Chandigarh City and describes how Le Corbusier's concepts of separate zones for living, working, recreation, and transportation were incorporated into the initial master plan for Chandigarh. The document also summarizes the current land use and proposed developments outlined in the Chandigarh Master Plan 2031.

1. Sarvajanik Education society
Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology
TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING
M. E. (TCP) - 1, SEMESTER – I
SOCIO ECONOMIC PLANNING (3714810)
GRADUATION REPORT ON
“PLANNING PRINCIPLES OF LE CORBUSIER: A CASE
STUDY OF CHANDIGARH CITY”
Presented By:-
SHAH YASH S
190420748027
Faculty Incharge:-
Prof.Himanshu J Padhya
Prof. Sejal Bhagat

2. • INTRODUCTION OF LE CORBUSIER
• LE CORBUSIER’S PRINCIPAL OF TOWN
PLANNING
• MAJOR CONTRIBUTION OF LE CORBUSIER
• INTRODUCTION OF CHANDIGARH CITY
• BASIC PLANNING CONCEPTS
• CIRCULATION SYSTEM
• WORKING CENTER
• PRESENT SCENARIO OF CHANDIGARH
• EXISTING LAND USE
• CHANDIGARH MASTER PLAN 2031
• CONCLUDING REMARK
• REFERENCES
Contents

3. INTRODUCTION OF LE CORBUSIER
 Charles-Edouard Jeanneret was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds,
Switzerland, 1887. Trained as an artisan, he traveled extensively
through Germany and the East. In Paris he studied under
Auguste Perret and absorbed cultural and artistic life of the city.
According to him, “A city is a living organism”.
He says Towns are biological phenomena, such as heads,
hearts, limbs, lungs and arteries. Government building, like a
high court legislative assembly, secretariat, Raj Bhavan,
constitute the head, city centre with commercial bldg. and
shops represent hearts, industries and educational institution
represent limbs, parks- play field, green belts are the lungs,
roads, foot-path are arteries.

4. LE CORBUSIER’S PRINCIPAL OF TOWN
PLANNING
Core of the city should be decongested by removing the excess
of population and should be inhabited at the outer country side
in satellite town which are links to the main city.
Provision of speedy transportation.
Provision of plenty of open space in the form of garden, parks,
etc.
Population control. The high density should be spread over the
entire area of the town.

5. MAJOR CONTRIBUTION OF LE CORBUSIER
 Following works are major contribution of Le Corbusier in Urban
Planning;-
A. CIAM
B. CONCENTRIC CITY
C. LINEAR INDUSTRIAL CITY
D. RADIANT CITY
E. CHANDIGARH

6. INTRODUCTION OF CHANDIGARH CITY
The city has a pre-historic past. The gently sloping plains on which modern Chandigarh
exists, was in the ancient past, a wide lake ringed by a marsh. The fossil remains found
at the site indicate a large variety of aquatic and amphibian life, which was supported
by that environment.
The city was conceived not only to serve as the capital of East Punjab, but also to
resettle thousands of refugees who had been uprooted from West Punjab. In March,
1948, the Government of Punjab, in consultation with the Government of India,
approved the area of the foothills of the Shivaliks as the site for the new capital.
The Union Territory of Chandigarh is located in the foothills of the Shivalik hill ranges
in the north, which form a part of the fragile Himalayan ecosystem.
The central part forms a surface water divide and has two minor streams.

7. INTRODUCTION
 City and a union
territory in the northern
part of India.
 It is a capital of the both
state Punjab and
Haryana.
 Chandigarh is first plan
city of India.
 It was planned by the
famous French architect
Le Corbusier.
 It is original planed for 5
lakh population.
 Reported to be the 20-08-2020 7
Location of Chandigarh

8. LOCATION & THEORY

9. INITIAL PROPASALS

10. BASIC PLANNING CONCEPTS

11. CHANDIGARH PERIPHERY-AFTER 1966

12. BASIC PLANNING CONCEPTS

13. CIRCULATION SYSTEM
Le Corbusier's traffic system followed Mayer's lines but was more elaborate; he called it Les
Sept-Vice Circulation, or Seven Vs.

14. WORKING CENTER
Chandigarh has four main work centers:-
A. The Capital Complex in the north-east
B. The Educational institutes in the north-west
C. The City Centre in the heart
D. The industrial area in the south-east

15. GEOGRAGHICAL PROFILE:-

16. PRESENT SCENARIO OF CHANDIGARH
The UT of Chandigarh is a unit-district territory which came into existence on 1st of November,
1966 with an area of 114sq. km. During the last 6 decades (1951-2011), Chandigarh has
witnessed a population increase of more than forty-four times with the absolute population
increasing from 24,261in 1951to10, 54,686 in 2011. As per Census 2011, the population of
Chandigarh.

17. EXISTING LAND USE
 Land use for the city of Chandigarh was defined by the Plan prepared by Le
Corbusier, based on the CIAM (Congress International de Architecture Modern)
principles of the Functional City. These principles focused on segregation of four
major functions:
1. Living (the residential sectors)
2. Working (the Capitol Complex, commercial /institutional buildings along
Madhya Marg, Jan Marg, City Centre )
3. Care of Body and Spirit (the Leisure Valley, open spaces and sector greens)
and
4. Circulation (the network of roads, the 7Vs).

18. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
 Out of the total land of 11,742 acres in the periphery, 3082 acres is vacant land which is
considered for development. The proposed development in the periphery has been defined in
17 distinct pockets having a total area of 3082 acres.

19. PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT
 The total area proposed to be covered is the entire area of 28169.61 acres comprising of
Chandigarh Union Territory. The area includes the area falling under the Phase I, Phase II and
Phase III sectors besides the area under the periphery.

20. CHANDIGARH MASTER PLAN 2031
The reorganization of states and further developments around it
impose constraints on the growth of Chandigarh city. The proposed
Chandigarh Master Plan 2031 respects its historical legacy and
optimises on its constraints of land.
The plan is an attempt to redeem an efficient circulation network
and extensive lung space as well as the scenic backdrop of the
Shivalik Hills against which lies the dramatic Capitol Complex given
its due place of pride.

22. CONCLUDING REMARK:-
Chandigarh was planned before it is executed. It was planned to have basic amenities
to each building block of each sector. There is provided 100% efficient water supply
system in city.
Initial growth in 1st decade is quite higher after that continuously it degraded but
compare to other metro-city is higher.
It is observe that there is ample space for engineering project with least no of problem
Chandigarh now deserves a legally supported and legally framed Comprehensive
Development Plan and Regional Plan to rationalize it future growth and development A
Comprehensive Planning, Development and Management Legal framework in the form
of a State of Art law needs to be immediately put in place for Chandigarh to replace the
existing laws.

23. REFERENCE
Official Website of Chandigarh Administration -chandigarh.gov.in
chandigarh.gov.in › cmp_2031
City Development Plan- Chandigarh
Contribution of Le Corbusier working paper

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