LA CIUDADELA, student project, 2018, Unit Morell, ETSAM
Chandigarh is an atypical city in India, full of gardens and parks, wide roads, modern architecture. It was the only urban project executed by Le Corbusier. The Capitol represents the head of Chandigarh, in the analogy with the human body performed by Le Corbusier in this project Located in the extreme north at the foot of the hills of the Himalayas, and separated from those by parks and highways, it is the most important monumental area and contains the most representative buildings of the city and some of the most interesting examples of the architect's work . The project of the governor's palace is proposed as a building on the scale of the capitol and the platform. A series of routes open to the outside and "plazas" that evoke the idea of a city itself. The courtyards of this palatial complex are based on those of the Alhambra in the way they are distributed and connected to each other. the disposition of the volumes within the set respond to a stipulated program, with guest apartments, offices and stays of the state, and the housing of the governor. The palace is located inside the capitol as a building that does not break the dialogue between the rest of buildings but interacts with all of them.
Chandigarh is an atypical city in India, full of gardens and parks, wide roads, modern architecture. It was the only urban project executed