- Aditi Shankar

Anusha P.M
Life & Education:
ORIGINAL NAME:
CHARLES-ÉDOUARD
JEANNERET-GRIS

ATTRACTED TO VISUAL
ARTS.

STUDIED AT: THE LA-

CHAUX-DE-FONDS ART
SCHOOL

INFLUENCED BY
ARCHITECT RENÉ
CHAPALLAZ
o In 1908, he travelled to Paris, where he found work in the
office of Auguste Perret, the French pioneer of reinforced
concrete.

o It was his employment at Perret's office that began to form

his own ideas about architecture.
o In 1910, he worked near Berlin for the renowned architect
Peter Behrens, where he met Mies van der Rohe and Walter
Gropius.
oHis visit to the Charterhouse of the Valley of Emma
influenced his architectural philosophy.
“The house is
a machine for
living in.”
The Modular
Philosophy:
1956-construction was started

1961-completed

Concept-a building which could embody a sense of

power

A complex
High Court: large areas were ill-planned and badly
lit
a spell-binding entrance where

the Secretariat: a magnificent facade

the new Assembly-function

• rectangular block
• Contrasting shapes
• Water:the reflection
pond
• main entrance -glazed
steel door, a gift from
France to Punjab
• Painted in black -
enhances the play of
light
-EMPHASIS ON THE TOTAL VOLUME OF A BUILDING .

-THE THREE ELEMENTS ON THE ROOF: THE HYPERBOLOID,

THE PYRAMID
THE LIFT-TOWER.

-HYPERBOLOID IS INEXPRESSIBLY BEAUTIFUL

WHITE IN THE SUNLIGHT.

-THE THREE ELEMENTS ROTATE AROUND EACH OTHER.

-OTHER 3 FACADES ARE SIMPLE

 Its -in scale to its size.
 chamber- a gigantic well. 100 ft
 Forum -void
 painted the walls in three horizontal bands -- red, yellow and
white.
 to increase the amount of light reaching the he has used yellow
wool carpets,
 to break up the monumental space, he has installed green and
brown seats alternately in a sort of checker-board pattern.
horseshoe shape.
 light gets dimmer, the spaces more
diffuse.
 roof level : the landscape of
Chandigarh ,hyperboloid, the
pyramid and the lift-tower.
 single material: naked reinforced
concrete. ANCIENT, LIGHT AND
SHADE, CHEAP,POWER
 Bas reliefs on concrete
 failure? light, ill ventilated
 only three openings in the circular
roof-direct sunlight on some days.
 “ARCHITECTURE
WITHIN
ARCHITECTURE”
 Naturally ventilated
 Overhanging portico
shade-a parasol
Thank you.