Wednesday, 11 October 2017

CHANDIGARH vs CHENNAI


Grid:
Structure made up of intersecting(straight, horizontal, curved lines).
Design:
A plan or a decorative pattern.
Grid design of Chandigarh:
First planned city of India about grid design.
Jawaharlal nehru invited Le corbusier to India to design a city Chandigarh.
Le corbusier's is a legendary architect.
Design of city is based on grid iron plan.

Roads in chandigarh:
Designed like most of the day roads are under the shadow.
Huge parking areas.

Residence design:
Design of residence is symmetrical but inside they planned as per the user requirement.
Clusters of bungalows together sharing a common playground for kids.



Parliament design:
Designed as a large box follows grid designing.
Assembly hall has a square plan.
Side of hall facing has eight thin piers.

Grid design of Chennai: