capitol complex

Kaimbwala-Sukhna Ecological Zone

A part of the CUL2014 proposal, an interdisciplinary group of students from Urban Design and Planning and Architecture developed a proposal for an ecological zone centered on Chandigarh’s [...]

Rajendra Park, trash recycling proposal

Based on the work that they did for CUL2014, here is a trash recycling urban landscape proposal developed by masters landscape architecture students Shih Chia Chiu and Hao Liang – submitted for [...]

Assembly Model

Here is a video of the dis-assembly of a model of Le Corbusier’s Assembly building. The model was made by a class of students in a seminar on Indian Modernism. I have matched the video to [...]

Proposal for the Museum of Knowledge

As designed by Le Corbusier, the Capitol Complex is currently not completed. A fourth building, the Museum of Knowledge was planned to accompany the existing Secretariat, Assembly Hall and High [...]

Urban Character in Ahmedabad and the Capitol Complex

Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex boasts open green spaces, monumental buildings and an unending view of the Himalaya Mountains. Currently restricted to the public, the complex is an amenity [...]

The capitol complex is in need of some major social activation and the main question is in what manner this activation should happen. The visit to Ahmedabad was a great experience because it opened [...]