Uncategorized | Chandigarh Urban Lab

Capitol and its Northern Periphery – site analysis

Site analysis can of course be done in many different registers. Taking the cue from Le Corbusier, we have choses to work in two modes – the aerial mode, looking at things from the sky, [...]

Chandigarh Urban Lab Volumes I to V.

Here is a graphic representation of the next 5 Chandigarh Urban Labs – 5 sections, going North to South, studying the city and its transformations in the age of globalization. We plan to [...]

‘Heritage’ Furniture – a new line of urban furniture for Chandigarh.

The current focus of the international market on Chandigarh’s so-called heritage furniture has jeopordized the fundamental purpose of furniture: to be used, not idealized. The analysis of this [...]

Sector 17 – Tower for north plaza and multilevel new economy parking solutions for the city center

As the commercial heart of the city, the vitality of Sector 17 is critical to the future of the city. Fortunately, Sector 17s vitality has hardly been threatened by all the peripheral [...]

Sector 17, unbuilt PTT building

Here are the drawings of the unbuilt 11 storey building in Sector 17. [...]

Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, archival image

Source: Uploaded by user via Vikramāditya on Pinterest An archival image of the chairs of Tagore Theatre, with the architect, Aditya Prakash, sitting in them watching a play – he is in the [...]

Citizen Chandigarh: The City Administrators

What is their perspective of some of the administrators of Chandigarh about its future? Chandigarh’s Administration is divided between the official’s of Chandigarh Administration, who are [...]

Retrospective: The Aging City

This film interviews some of the citizens of Chandigarh who have been around from the very beginning, from the 1950s, that is. Filmmakers: Warren Pope & Calvin Tandi [...]

Citizen Chandigarh: Working Hands

Working Hands Chandigarh’s Street Vendors Filmmakers: Emily Andrews, Tejasi Gadkari, Ken Kohnfelder, Erin Feeney. [...]