Corbusier's birthday celebrated with a walk at Capitol Complex
Chandigarh, Oct. 6 -- As many as 136 participants took a walk-through the Capitol Complex on Sunday to celebrate the 138th birth anniversary of Le Corbusier, a pioneering Swiss-French architect, designer, and urban planner who created the master plan for Chandigarh, India's first planned modern city, and designed its Capitol Complex.
The walk was organised by Chandigarh Citizens Foundation (CCF) in order to learn why the Capitol Complex has been declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016.
Walking through the four monuments and three buildings of the complex, participants learned about the legacy work done and how Chandigarh came into existence.
Deepika Gandhi, convenor of CCF urban planning focus group and former director of Le Corbusier Centre highlighted how the city, which spreads over 114 square km area, was conceptualised over the spirit of democracy, modernity and man-cosmos relationship....
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