Le Corbusier Day ( Oct 6 ) ( The Architect who designed the Master Plan of Chandigarh ) If you are a Chandigarhian, you will always love him and will always be thankful to him for giving you a chance to live in a city like Chandigarh . In the pic The Open Hand (La Main Ouverte) which means " It is open to give and open to receive ideas . " Dear Le Corbusier, Chandigarh will always love you . " Charles Eduard Jeanneret better known as Le Corbusier was born on October 6, 1885 . Corbusier was an architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout Europe, India, and America . 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 built a new Capital city called Chandigarh about 240 kms. The Master Plan was developed by Le Corbusier who also designed the Capital Complex and established the architectural control & design of the main building of the city. The design of housing for Govt. employees, schools, shopping centers, hospitals were disturbed among the three senior architects. He was assisted by three senior architects, Maxwell Fry, his wife Jane B Drew and Corbusier’s cousin, Pierre Jeanneret. "
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 05:41:34 +0000
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