CHANDIGARH: Le Corbusier and the new city in the Chilean culture, 1951-1957

The article presents the way in which two Chilean cultural publications interpreted the building and design of Chandigarh. Through the building of the Indian city, the weekly publication Pro-Arte and the periodical Pomaire showed, in the 1950s, a different Le Corbusier from the one traditionally p...

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Main Author: Horacio Torrent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad San Sebastian 2013-08-01
Series:Materia Arquitectura
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Online Access:http://materiaarquitectura.com/index.php/MA/article/view/229
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Summary:The article presents the way in which two Chilean cultural publications interpreted the building and design of Chandigarh. Through the building of the Indian city, the weekly publication Pro-Arte and the periodical Pomaire showed, in the 1950s, a different Le Corbusier from the one traditionally presented in the cultural architectural world. Away from abstraction and very related to practice, the urban theories of the Swiss maestro linked with the cultural tradition of India. In architecture, on the other hand, his approaches to climate and lifestyles were confirmed.
ISSN:0718-7033
2735-7503